Car Culture looks at the interrelationship of cars, people and society—for better or worse. We associate the ubiquitous automobile with romantic notions of the freeing, open road; with the craftsmanship of customization; and with the prestige of conspicuous consumption. Cars are also combustible devices that frustrate us when they malfunction, pollute the environment and become tools of global malevolence, from smuggling to car bombings. Car Culture spans from parody to politics. It encourages viewers to think about cars as never before through the eyes of artists Robert Bechtle, David Claerbout, Margarita Cabrera, Robert Frank, Liz Cohen, Jens Haaning, Ahmet Ögüt, Hans Op de Beeck, Walid Raad, Amy Stein and Erwin Wurm.

online exhibition catalog: www.smoca.org/carculture (full flash version - can't view flash pages? then click here for an html version)

Organized by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Sponsored by Eric Jungermann and Family.

Erwin Wurm, Fat car, 2000, mixed media, 12 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 22 ½ inches. Collection of Charles J. Betlach II. Photo by: Ben Blackwell Photography; © Erwin Wurm.

Car Culture online catalog (full flash version) *recommended*
Car Culture online catalog (html version)

January 18, 2008-
April 27, 2008

Gerard L. Cafesjian Founder's Gallery and Michael and Ellie Ziegler Gallery, SMoCA