MOTEL VEGAS
Art historian and photographer Fred Sigman documents the art and history of Las Vegas motels and classic neon signage that contributed to the drive for preservation and restoration during the mid-90s. Motel Vegas provides a nostalgic look into the ever-evolving landscape that is classic Las Vegas. As the boom in building casinos moved to the southern end of the Strip, some of the classic motels from the 50s and 60s near downtown and Fremont Street have been able to survive in relative obscurity. Sigman’s photographs provide insight on how the economic prosperity of Las Vegas fueled the drive for tourism, while forcing change for others. The book is an extension of Sigman’s previous exhibition held at O.K. Harris Gallery in New York and Smallworks Gallery in Las Vegas.
Art historian and photographer Fred Sigman documents the art and history of Las Vegas motels and classic neon signage that contributed to the drive for preservation and restoration during the mid-90s. Motel Vegas provides a nostalgic look into the ever-evolving landscape that is classic Las Vegas. As the boom in building casinos moved to the southern end of the Strip, some of the classic motels from the 50s and 60s near downtown and Fremont Street have been able to survive in relative obscurity. Sigman’s photographs provide insight on how the economic prosperity of Las Vegas fueled the drive for tourism, while forcing change for others. The book is an extension of Sigman’s previous exhibition held at O.K. Harris Gallery in New York and Smallworks Gallery in Las Vegas.
Art historian and photographer Fred Sigman documents the art and history of Las Vegas motels and classic neon signage that contributed to the drive for preservation and restoration during the mid-90s. Motel Vegas provides a nostalgic look into the ever-evolving landscape that is classic Las Vegas. As the boom in building casinos moved to the southern end of the Strip, some of the classic motels from the 50s and 60s near downtown and Fremont Street have been able to survive in relative obscurity. Sigman’s photographs provide insight on how the economic prosperity of Las Vegas fueled the drive for tourism, while forcing change for others. The book is an extension of Sigman’s previous exhibition held at O.K. Harris Gallery in New York and Smallworks Gallery in Las Vegas.
ABOUT FRED SIGMAN
Fred Sigman is an art historian and photographer whose scholarly and artistic activities have revolved around the meanings we attach to our experiences of place. Combining his expertise in art history with his photography practice, Sigman has developed long-term projects in Barbizon and the Fontainebleau Forest, the 18th century Missionary Churches of the Baja Peninsula, motels and casinos of Las Vegas, the geoaesthetics of preserving desert wetlands in Nevada, and ancient sites such as Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu.
Since an early age, Sigman has traveled the world motivated by the same questions that have weighed on other travelers such as Chatwin, R.L. Stevenson and Bashō. What am I doing here?
PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9780977880683
Hardback
8 x 10 inches | 203 x 254 mm
188 pages
$30 | €28 | £26
Publication date: May 21, 2019