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Vanishing Cityscapes, Hidden Alleys:
Glushakow moved about his city observing the deterioration and destruction that characterized much of the twentieth century cityscape. In the alleys of the city, he found shabby, haphazard buildings and houses rightly clustered together, their inhabitants largely invisible. These stark scenes foreshadowed the eventual eradication of many of the city's nineteenth-century rowhouses and shop fronts.
More interested in the naked skeletons of buildings being torn down than the "modern" city replacing them, Glushakow's compositions allow the viewer to glimpse the remnants of the architectural past in its most exposed state: windows broken, doors off hinges, and interiors rendered exteriors by the wrecking ball. |