White Flag Projects is pleased to announce the opening of a solo exhibition of artwork by Greg Stimac, which will take place this Saturday, April 24th from 7-10 p.m.

In the summer of 2009, Chicago-based photographer Greg Stimac set out on a cross-country road trip with a sheet of Plexiglas adhered to the front of his car. Each time Stimac stopped and set out toward a new destination, he attached a fresh sheet of Plexi, removed the old one, and scanned it to make a printed image of the smashed insect carcasses and other debris collected on the plastic surface. Not your typical roadside activity (plugging a flatbed scanner into your car’s cigarette lighter and creating art) but each image turned out strikingly beautiful. The flattened bodies of insects, flecks of dirt, and other airborne particles transform from waste into constellation-like collages against a stark black background. Each image in the series, though similar in terms of theme and material, has its own distinct pattern and character. The works stand as documents of Stimac’s journeys, evidencing the conditions he encountered as he traveled.

Continuing in the tradition of the American road narrative, Stimac also takes photographs along the way; however, he doesn’t capture images of the stunning scenery or historic sights. Instead, he serially documents the arguably more mundane traces of human life such as bottles of piss that litter the side of the road. This series of works, titled only by their location will also be on view at White Flag alongside a video of Stimac’s, showcasing three identical white Mustangs wearing out their horns in an atonal chorus.

Most of Stimac’s work focuses on the American cultural landscape. Whether it is the mowing of lawns in suburbia, lone campfires against the Pacific, or a group ready to fire at a shooting range, Stimac’s work sheds light on American identities and ideologies that are too easily forgotten by mainstream culture.

Greg Stimac opens Saturday, April 24th, 2010. The opening reception will take place between 7 and 10 PM. The exhibition will remain open through May 22nd. For more information on this exhibition and upcoming events, please visit www.whiteflagprojects.org.

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