Compass for Surveyors

This reinstallation of works from LACMA’s American art collection emphasizes 19th century American landscape painting, and a selection of photographs from the same period. The East Coast works, hung salon-style, dramatically outnumber the museum’s canvases portraying the West. Conversely, representations of the West abound in the museum’s holdings of early photography. The installation is designed to emphasize this contrast.
Video production: Alexa Oona Schulz