Andrew Bush

Vector Portraits

Andrew Bush.
Woman waiting to proceed south at Sunset and Highland boulevards, Los Angeles, at approximately 11 59 a.m. one day in February 1997.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Women racing southwest at 41 mph along 26th Street near the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, at 1 14 p.m. on a Tuesday in February 1997.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Woman wheeling down Sunset Boulevard at 34 mph in Beverly Hills on an afternoon in the summer of 1990.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Woman gliding southeast at 64 mph on U.S. Route 101 near Santa Barbara at 4 39 p.m. sometime in March 1990.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Woman caught in traffic while heading southwest on U.S. Route 101 near the Topanga Canyon Boulevard exit, Woodland Hills, California, at 5 38 p.m. in the summer of 1989.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Man traveling southeast on U.S. Route 101 at approximately 71 mph somewhere around Camarillo, California, on a summer evening in 1994.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Man traveling southbound at 67 mph on U.S. Route 101 near Montecito, California, at 6 31 p.m. on or around Sunday, August 28, 1994.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Man ramping down from the Santa Monica Freeway to the northbound Harbor Freeway at 31 mph at 12 18 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1995.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Man heading north at 66 mph on the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles on an afternoon in 1989.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Man driving southwest at approximately 72 mph on Interstate 40 in Arizona on an afternoon of the July 4th weekend of 1989 (possibly with an air conditioner malfunction).
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush.
Family traveling northwest at 63 mph on Interstate 244 near Yale Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at approximately 4 15 p.m. on the last day of 1991.
From the series Vector Portraits.
Digital C-Print.
© Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

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Andrew Bush. Woman waiting to proceed south at Sunset and Highland boulevards, Los Angeles, at approximately 11 59 a.m. one day in February 1997. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Women racing southwest at 41 mph along 26th Street near the Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, at 1 14 p.m. on a Tuesday in February 1997. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Woman wheeling down Sunset Boulevard at 34 mph in Beverly Hills on an afternoon in the summer of 1990. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Woman gliding southeast at 64 mph on U.S. Route 101 near Santa Barbara at 4 39 p.m. sometime in March 1990. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Woman caught in traffic while heading southwest on U.S. Route 101 near the Topanga Canyon Boulevard exit, Woodland Hills, California, at 5 38 p.m. in the summer of 1989. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Man traveling southeast on U.S. Route 101 at approximately 71 mph somewhere around Camarillo, California, on a summer evening in 1994. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Man traveling southbound at 67 mph on U.S. Route 101 near Montecito, California, at 6 31 p.m. on or around Sunday, August 28, 1994. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Man ramping down from the Santa Monica Freeway to the northbound Harbor Freeway at 31 mph at 12 18 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1995. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Man heading north at 66 mph on the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles on an afternoon in 1989. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Man driving southwest at approximately 72 mph on Interstate 40 in Arizona on an afternoon of the July 4th weekend of 1989 (possibly with an air conditioner malfunction). From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Andrew Bush. Family traveling northwest at 63 mph on Interstate 244 near Yale Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at approximately 4 15 p.m. on the last day of 1991. From the series Vector Portraits. Digital C-Print. © Andrew Bush, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York; Julie Saul Gallery, New York

Moscow, 30.03.2012—9.05.2012

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Andrew Bush. Vector Portraits

Begun in 1989, Andrew Bush’s series Vector Portraits was taken while the artist drove the city streets and freeways of Los Angeles. Either stopped in traffic or traveling at speeds of 20 to 70 miles per hour, the artist took portraits of other drivers using a medium-format roll-film camera and flash attached to the passenger side door of his car. Extended titles note particulars of speed, location or time with scientific precision while leaving other details unclear.

The photographs capture subjects in the ambiguous combination of private and public space created by a ‘private room on wheels.’ The drivers are either alone in their vehicles lost in thought, or with passengers, revealing the dynamic between families, couples or friends. An examination of people and their cars in a city famous for its car culture, the series addresses personal privacy and challenges our definition of public space.

Andrew Bush’s work is held in the collections of institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He completed his Masters of Fine Arts in Photography at Yale University in 1982. Born in 1956 in St. Louis, Mr. Bush currently lives and works in Los Angeles. In 2008, Yale University Press published the book Drive, which includes an interview of the artist by Jeff L. Rosenheim, a curator of photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.