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Phillip Buehler
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24"x 30" photograph, edition of 5, signed on reverse This photograph was taken at Greystone Park Hospital, and shows an abandoned interior space with three beauty parlor style hair dryers, and two chairs. The pale pink, yellow, and blue painted walls show signs of distress and age through the chips and cracks in the paint. The vinyl upholstery of the chairs compliment the blues and yellows that are visible on the walls. The floor space surrounding the chairs is covered with debris and dust. There is also an old sewing machine visible on a wooden table. Phillip Buehler has been photographing abandoned places around the world since he rowed to the (then abandoned) Ellis Island in 1974. Many, like Greystone Park Hospital, have since been demolished; some, like Ellis Island and the High Line, have been restored, and some, like the S.S. United States and the New York State Pavilion, are now in jeopardy. Photographs from the (now demolished) Greystone Park Hospital are featured in this exhibition and in the book “Wardy Forty” which he wrote in 2013 about the last days of Woody Guthrie
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