John Divola - Vandalism Architectura & Natura Accompanying the school’s end-of-year show

Accompanying the school’s end-of-year show

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John Divola - Vandalism Architectura & Natura Accompanying the school’s end-of-year showBetween 1974 and 1975, the American photographer John Divola then in his mid 20s and without a studio of his own travelled across Los Angeles in search of dilapidated properties in which to make photographs. Armed with a camera, spray paint, string and cardboard, the artist would produce one of his most significant photographic projects, entitled Vandalism. In this visceral, black and white series of images Divola vandalised vacant homes with abstract