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FRANCISCO BOULIGNY, MARQUES de CASA CALVO, MANUEL JUAN de SALCEDO
Colonial Governors 1799 – 1801
From 1799 – 1801, colonial Louisiana languished due to Spanish disinterest and neglect. As the Spanish military presence diminished, the region experienced increased encroachment on all perimeters. Colonial governance - always unsteady – suffered through a series of interim executive appointments. Often corrupt, these administrations were debilitated by executive incompetence, disinterest, and internal disputes.
Francisco Bouligny, a military man with minimal interest in civil affairs or public service became the interim and acting governor following the sudden death of Gayoso de Lemos. Bouligny did little and departed the colony without leaving behind any policy or laws of note.
Memoir of Francisco Bouligny.
Image Credit: Rosemonde E. & Emile Kuntz Collection: Spanish Colonial Period, 1769-1803, Manuscripts Collection 600, Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University
Marques de Casa-Calvo – another military man – followed Bouligny as g
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Paris Photo 2024
Booth A39
John Divola has two series featured, brand new works from the ongoing series, George Air Force Base, and a four-element piece from the 1990s series, Continuity. Both embrace a cinematic presence, one literally and the other site-specific installations created by the artist.
In the new, George Air Force Base, Blue with Exceptions, two pieces introduce AI generated images of Song Birds printed by Divola within an abandoned structures at the George Air Force Base. Divola has long been known for his interventions into abandoned structures throughout the Southern California landscape–Vandalism, Zuma, Dark Star, but this is the first time he appropriates an “AI” generated image into his interior landscapes. The AI images create a surreal feel as they sit like sublime windows alongside the chaos of the actual abandoned structure.
Complimenting, George Air Force Base, Blue with Exceptions, is Divola’s Continuity series, a direct conversation with the ever-present movie making industry of Southern California. In Continuity, Divola recontextualizes original 1930s movie continuity photographs from the MGM studios into thematic groupings, Disasters, Pianos, Mirrors, etc. We are featuring a recently created sequence, Several Kinetic Events, focusing on four dr