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Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Sean Kelly at ADAA: The Art Show 2023, Alec Soth Solo Presentation: SLEEPWALKING, November 2–5, 2023, Booth B16, Park Avenue Armory, Photo: Adam Reich, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles

Alec Soth, Nome, Alaska, 2015

Alec Soth

Nome, Alaska, 2015

archival pigment print

image/paper: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
framed: 44 5/8 x 54 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (113.3 x 138.7 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 4 APs (#1/9)

(AS-R.403.1)

Alec Soth, Riverview Motel, 2005

Alec Soth

Riverview Motel, 2005

archival pigment print

image: 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
paper: 46 x 38 inches (116.8 x 96.5 cm)
framed: 48 x 40 x 2 inches (121.9 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm)

edition of 7 with 3 APs (#2/7)

(AS-NA.203.L.2)

Alec Soth, Tucson, Arizona, 2011

Alec Soth

Tucson, Arizona, 2011

archival pigment print

image/paper: 32 x 40 inches (81.3 x 101.6 cm)
framed: 36 5/8 x 44 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (93 x 113.3 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 1 AP (#2/9)

(AS-R.283.2)

Alec Soth, Untitled (window), 2015

Alec Soth

Untitled (window), 2015

archival pigment print

image/paper: 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
framed: 44 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (113.3 x 93 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 4 APs (#1/9)

(AS-R.104.1)

Alec Soth, Sapporo, Japan, 2016

Alec Soth

Sapporo, Japan, 2016

archival pigment print

image/paper: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
framed: 34 5/8 x 28 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (87.9 x 72.7 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 3 APs (#2/9)

(AS-R.380.2)

Alec Soth, Phil. Madison, Wisconsin, 2005

Alec Soth

Phil. Madison, Wisconsin, 2005

archival pigment print

image/paper: 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
framed: 34 5/8 x 28 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (87.9 x 72.7 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 4 APs (#1/9)

(AS-R.70.1)

Alec Soth, Falls 55, 2005

Alec Soth

Falls 55, 2005

archival pigment print

image: 32 x 40 inches (81.3 x 101.6 cm)
paper: 38 x 46 inches (96.5 x 116.8 cm)
framed: 40 x 48 x 2 inches (101.6 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm)

edition of 7 with 3 APs (#4/7)

(AS-NA.155.L.4)

Alec Soth, Pacific Coast Highway, 2016

Alec Soth

Pacific Coast Highway, 2016

archival pigment print

image/paper: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
framed: 44 5/8 x 54 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (113.3 x 138.7 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 3 APs (#1/9)

(AS-R.735.1)

Alec Soth, Mille Lacs County, 2017

Alec Soth

Mille Lacs County, 2017

archival pigment print

image/paper: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
framed: 44 5/8 x 54 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (113.3 x 138.7 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 4 APs (#1/9)

(AS-R.89.1)

Alec Soth, New York City, 2018

Alec Soth

New York City, 2018

archival pigment print

image/paper: 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
framed: 44 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (113.3 x 93 x 6.7 cm)

edition of 9 with 4 APs (#3/9)

(AS-R.03.3)

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ADAA Art Show 2023: Booth B16

SLEEPWALKING
Alec Soth Solo Presentation

Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
November 2 - 5, 2023

Sean Kelly is delighted to announce a solo presentation of photographs by Alec Soth curated by the artist exclusively for the ADAA’s Art Show. Entitled SLEEPWALKING, this focused booth brings together photographs from bodies of work Soth has produced over the past two decades as well as images from his personal archive. In each deeply personal photograph, Soth visualizes the liminal space of hypnagogia, that transitional, often hallucinatory state between wakefulness and sleep.

In his first publication, Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), Soth introduced the book with an epigraph from Charles Lindbergh as a point of departure for this particular kind of consciousness. Describing the twenty-second hour of his transatlantic flight in The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindberg wrote:

“Over and over again I fall asleep with my eyes open, knowing I’m falling asleep, unable to prevent it. When I fall asleep this way, my eyes are cut off from my ordinary mind as though they were shut, but they become directly connected to this new, extraordinary mind which grows increasingly competent to deal with their impressions.”

As a photographer, Soth often finds himself wandering such spaces during the blue hour of dusk, where consciousness of the physical world fades and develops into a hallucinatory dream state. Reflecting on his previous bodies of work, Soth observes that “in virtually every project from the last two decades, I’ve found myself at some point wandering in the twilight like a sleepwalker.” These photographs invite viewers into moments of solitude, coated by a blanket of hazy cool tones where the line between reality and fiction becomes blurred, allowing one to form their own narrative.

Soth’s longstanding practice is rooted in documenting the distant lives and landscapes of suburban and rural communities throughout the United States with his large format camera. Throughout his oeuvre, Soth seeks to find comfort in creating intimate human connections that are revealed through portraits of strangers, documenting places and spaces unfamiliar to many. Interested in the mythologies and distinct particularities of the American landscape, Soth has an instinct for creating poetic and intimate visual storytelling.

For information about The ADAA Art Show, please visit theartshow.org

For inquiries, please contact Thomas Kelly at Thomas@seankellyla.com