American Studies

Compiles uninhabited spaces - even if temporarily - each resonating with a unique and telling history. A landscape, for Dow, is fashioned by ordinary individuals leaving their mark on their surroundings through everyday acts, unconscious of the enduring effect these changes have on our world. Signs and billboards, barbershops, office buildings, libraries, pool halls, private clubs, courthouses and motels. These places belong to a world made primarily by and for American men and are naturally imbued with that identity.