Stuck in the Mud, Utah 2021
Elliott Gallery is excited to present:
Indifferent West
An Exhibition and Forthcoming Book
by Daniel Mirer
Indifferent West is a visual investigation into the mythology, commercialisation and environmental disruption of the American West. The exhibition features a selection of Mirer’s meticulously composed photographs spanning over 30 years, capturing the strange beauty and haunting irony of a landscape defined more by fantasy than fact. Mirer's forthcoming book of the same title, showcasing 108 photographs, launches in conjunction with the show.
Train Trestle, Utah 2024
“In my "Indifferent West" project, I have been drawn to exploring how desert and water, environmental attitudes, perceptions, and values coexisted within the contemporary American Western landscape. The American Western space is a mythic, ever-changing American frontier; bringing the added concept of emptiness and water moves away from dualistic thinking in Western philosophical traditions. Emptiness plays an integral part as a formal aspect – but these spaces are never lifeless. 'Emptiness does not equate with nothingness, but rather with something and nothing simultaneously. Through memory, metaphor, and the imagined locations of the American West, I investigate landscapes and their locations from a particular point of view, where landscape involves all its topographical features and constructs cultural documentation of the new Western landscape. The photographs display the fragility and conceptual diversity of the modern Western American landscape.”
-Daniel Mirer
The exhibition runs from September 27, 2025 through January 17, 2026.
The exhibition opening event and book launch will take place on 27 September, 2025 at Elliott Gallery, Amsterdam. Attendees are invited to join the Artist for a book signing, an evening of conversation, and a reception celebrating the exhibition.
For press inquiries, interviews, event information and review copies of the book, please contact us at info@elliott.gallery