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Article: Sally Gall at Julie Saul.
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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This condensed survey of work by Sally Gall, ranging from 1978 to 2005, was a potent reminder that photographs don't have to be big to cover a lot of ground. Almost all in black and white, and none bigger than 38 by 37 1/2 inches (most are considerably smaller), these quiet, precise landscapes and waterscapes are also refreshing proof that subtle forms of manipulation were not invented by Andreas Gursky. In the best of Gall's images, ordinary places and things are made to seem extraordinary simply by virtue of slight alterations of light and clarity of line. The small craft in Canoe (1990) looms huge against the artificially pale and featureless water that laps against it, ...
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