Common Objects revisits Lewis Baltz’s most remarkable series
from The Prototype Works (1967–1976) to Ronde de Nuit
(1992–1995), and interrogates for the first time the influence
of European cinema (Antonioni, Godard, Hitchcock) on his
work. Baltz’s seminal series The Prototype Works, The Tract
Houses (1969–1971), Candlestick Point (1987–1989), Sites of
Technology (1989–1991) and Ronde de Nuit are presented
in dialogue with stills from several films: Alfred Hitchcock’s
Saboteur and Psycho, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie
Point, La Notte and Red Desert, and Jean-Luc Godard’s Les
Carabiniers.
Common Objects
von Lewis Baltz
