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Photograph by Trevor Paglen. The Last Pictures (Warning from Space; Demonstration of Eating, Licking and Drinking), 2012. February 7 - March 9: Trevor Paglen at Metro Pictures: In his first exhibition at Metro Pictures, Trevor Paglen presents works related to his project The Last Pictures, a selection of photographs reflecting unease and uncertainty about the present, and a deep anxiety about the future. Commissioned by Creative Time, Paglen worked with scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to produce a disc micro-etched with 100 photographs, designed to last in space for billions of years. The project culminated in November of 2012 when the disc was attached to a communications satellite and launched from Kazakhstan into Earth’s orbit For more information, visit Metro Pictures’ website. (Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures New York; Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco; and Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.)

Photograph by Trevor Paglen. The Last Pictures (Warning from Space; Demonstration of Eating, Licking and Drinking), 2012.

February 7 - March 9: Trevor Paglen at Metro Pictures:

In his first exhibition at Metro Pictures, Trevor Paglen presents works related to his project The Last Pictures, a selection of photographs reflecting unease and uncertainty about the present, and a deep anxiety about the future.

Commissioned by Creative Time, Paglen worked with scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to produce a disc micro-etched with 100 photographs, designed to last in space for billions of years. The project culminated in November of 2012 when the disc was attached to a communications satellite and launched from Kazakhstan into Earth’s orbit

For more information, visit Metro Pictures’ website.

(Courtesy the artist, Metro Pictures New York; Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco; and Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne.)

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