Welcome to PLANET X

Davis & Davis - PLANET X opened March 26 at Marx & Zavattero in San Francisco. This photo is entitled X01 and it's not actually in the show. We feature it here, because it was the first photo in the series and we're feeling nostalgic.

From our artists' statement: Toy spacemen of the late 40's and early 50's combine a pre-Sputnik naiveté about space travel with a cold war paranoia about all things alien. Their art deco space suits feature bell jar helmets and back-slung, oxygen tanks; their elaborate ray guns bulge with deadly, high technology. Because they appeared before the dawn of the Space Age, they don't look like the astronauts we know today and seem to recall a future yet to come. For the series PLANET X, we photograph these spacemen as they struggle with robots and other technology, with monsters and aliens, and with themselves in the barren, cratered landscape of Planet X.

Davis & Davis - PLANET X

March 26 - April 23, 2011
Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri. 10:30-5:30, Sat. 11-5

Marx & Zavattero
77 Geary Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 627-9111
www.marxzav.com