Artificial intelligence, Toshiba, Kawasaki City, Japan
1989–1991, printed 2006
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chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 26.4 × 17.7 cm (10 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.) sheet: 35.5 × 28.1 cm (14 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Accession Number
2020.29.107.13
Art Historical Context
Lewis Baltz's *Artificial intelligence, Toshiba, Kawasaki City,* (1989–1991, printed 2006) a stark industrial facade in one of Japan's booming tech hubs during the late 1980s economic miracle. The title draws from signage on a Toshiba facility, evoking era's fascination with emerging technologies like AI amid Japan's rise as a global electronics powerhouse. Baltz, a leading figure in the New Topographics movement, turned his unflinching lens on man-made landscapes, transforming mundane corporate sites into meditations on modernity and environmental transformation. This chromogenic color print...
About the Artist
Lewis Baltz
Lewis Baltz (1945–2014) was born on September 12 in Newport Beach, California, where he developed an early passion for photography, beginning seriously at age 12. His father passed away when he was 11, an event that marked his childhood. Baltz pursued formal training at Monterey Peninsula College in 1967, followed by a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1969 and an MFA from Claremont Grad...