Lot 226: MICHAEL DWECK

Dave and Pam in their Caddy, Montauk, NY
Signed, titled, dated and numbered AP 1 in ink on the reverse of the mount. One from an edition of 5 plus artist's proof.

65 1/2 x 85 1/4 in. (166.4 x 216.5 cm)

Gelatin silver print, Diasec mounted.

2002

Dweck, <em>The End: Montauk, N.Y.,</em> pp. 14-15

From the artist's studio
Private Collection, New York

This signature piece is from Michael Dweck's first major photographic series <em>The End: Montauk, N.Y</em>., and portrays the old fishing community of Montauk and it's surfing subculture. It is an evocation of a real-world paradise lost: of summer, youth, and erotic possibility; of community and camaraderie in a special place apart — an American version of the arcadian vision. Blending nostalgia, fantasy and documentation, the photographs present a compelling portrait of a place in time that exists as much in the realm of memory and desire as in the real world.