I'v been a fan of Levitt since I saw her stuff in Vice magazine years ago. Recently, she had an opening at Reserve, this store down over on Fairfax last Thursday that I didn't find out till later. *sigh*
We Are Experienced includes football stars, anorexics, wiccans, punks, prom dates, snowboarders, and baton twirlers. Levitt revels in the beauty of the age and its incomparable potential. She also exposes an advanced awareness particular to a generation. The notion of strident youthfulness was invented in the last century; today it is an understood quantity, a streamlined experience. Levitt's subjects are well-schooled in the expectations, limitations, and developmental strategies of growing up American, and have unparalleled resources to identify in a multitude of ways. We Are Experienced is a lushly stylized archive of the choices they make.
The book is available now.
The Reserve
420 N. Fairfax
Los Angeles CA 90036
323-651-0131
Reserve
weareexperienced.com
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