2016 Festival ←

David Kaufman ARCHITECTURAL DEVOLUTION: Industrial Buildings in a Post-Industrial Age

May 3–28,  2016
Twist Gallery
David Kaufman, American Standard Elevator, Buffalo, NY, 2014
David Kaufman, American Standard Elevator, Buffalo, NY, 2014
David Kaufman, Don Valley Brick Works, Toronto, 2003
David Kaufman, Don Valley Brick Works, Toronto, 2003
David Kaufman, Ogilvie “Five Roses” Flour Mill, Montreal, 2011
David Kaufman, Ogilvie “Five Roses” Flour Mill, Montreal, 2011

The era of the imposing brick-and-steel factories that once shaped great cities is coming to an end. In this new exhibition, architectural photographer Kaufman surveys the fate of older industrial buildings within the de-industrialized urban context. Drawing on images created over several decades in Europe and North America, Kaufman illustrates in highly detailed photographs the condition of buildings purpose-built for various economic enterprises, many of which have outlived their original functions.