Judy Fiskin

UNTITLED, FROM THE DINGBAT SERIES 

1982-1983
gelatin silver print
8 x 6 inches
editions 1 of 6 and 2 of 6

Judy Fiskin’s acclaimed Dingbat Series exhibit a distinctive format characteristic of all of her work: small, black and white images, two and one-half inches square. “Dingbat” refers to a boxy type of conventional apartment building that flourished in the American South and South west region during the 1950s and 1960s. These photographs present, in a deadpan style, two shoebox-like buildings typical of the. Fiskin’s work is included in many museum collections including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Dallas Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Judy Fiskin lives and works in Los Angeles.