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Thrift and Dark Stores: Brian Ulrich
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A personal fan of the treasure hunting aspect of thrift shopping I tend to not associate Thrift stores with the idea of abandonment. In Brian Ulrich’s exhibition Thrift and Dark Stores abandonment sets the overall tone. Not all the images depict Thrift stores and in fact it is the human-less images of neglected chain stores that are more chilling than the images of rooms overwrought with shoes or empty hangers.
At a time when most people feel an aversion to spending money this series becomes much more poignant and innately depressing. It is interesting that the thrift stores, often associated with frugality, are compared (contrasted) with images of the demise of consumerism. The interpretation of Target, pictured below, feels quite literal. An overturned shopping cart tells just as much about what is in this picture as it does about what may have been around when the sun was shining on our economy.
Brian Ulrich a New York state native has been shown in major museum collections including Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Thrift and Dark Stores runs until July 3rd at Julie Saul Gallery at 535 West 22md Street 6th Floor.
For more information http://www.saulgallery.com/
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