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"The most striking thing about Christopher Williams's photographs is how pristine and choreographed they seem. In the \"The Production Line of Happiness,\" the artist's debut exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Williams mimics the advertorial images that compel consumers to buy products, and, in so doing questions the conventions of commercial imaging. Depicting perfectly ripe bunches of apples, a waxed vintage car turned on its side, and the back of a dishwasher neatly loaded with orange dishes as if on display in a showroom, the photographs' perfection is in itself a critique. Notes museum curator Matthew Witkovsky, 35 years into Williams's career, \"[This retrospective] is long overdue.\"\n\nPinterestFacebook*Weimar Lux CDS, VEB Feinger\u00E4tewerk Weimar, Price 86,50 Mark GDR, Filmempfindlichkeitsbereich 9 bis 45 DIN und 6 bis 25000 ASA, Blendenskala 0,5 bis 45, Zeitskala 1/4000 Sekunde bis 8 Stunden, ca. 1980, Models: Ellena Borho and Christoph Boland, November 12, 2010,* Christopher Williams, 2010. Photo: \u00A9 Christopher Williams and courtesy of the artist; David Zwirner, New York/London; and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne\n\n\"[Williams] also brings photography into a dialogue with architecture and design,\" explains Witkovsky. \"[He] shows how photographs can take account of the space around them.\" In one gallery, a single photograph of a bouquet of wilting flowers is on display, a key move that emphasizes the concept of photography as a form of installation art. In addition, throughout the show Williams's vinyl \"supergraphics\"\u2014texts printed on brightly colored backgrounds\u2014add a cohesive motif across the exhibition spaces. Williams also displays an extensive selection from an ongoing project, For Example: Dix-huit le\u00E7ons sur la soci\u00E9t\u00E9 industrielle (Eighteen Lectures on Industrial Society), which exposes the apparatus\u2014light meters, cameras, color correction strips\u2014behind taking a flawlessly composed image.\n\nPinterestFacebook*Erratum, AGFA Color (oversaturated), Camera: Robertson Process Model 31 580 Serial #F97-116, Lens: Apo Nikkor 455 mm stopped down to f90, Lighting: 16,000 Watts Tungsten 3200 degrees Kelvin, Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan ASA 125, Kodak Pan Masking for contrast and colour correction, Film developer: Kodak HC-110 Dilution B (1:7) used @68 degrees Fahrenheit, Exposure and development times (in minutes): Exposure Development, Red Filter Kodak Wratten PM25 2'30\" 4'40\", Green Filter Kodak Wratten PM61 10'20\" 3'30\", Blue Filter Kodak Wratten PM47B 7'00\" 7'00\", Paper: Fujicolor Crystal Archive Type C Glossy, Chemistry: Kodak RA-4, Processor: Tray, Exposure and development times (in seconds): Exposure Development, Red Filter Kodak Wratten #29 8, Green Filter Kodak Wratten #29 15,5 1'10 @ 92 degrees Fahrenheit, Blue Filter Kodak Wratten #98 30,5, October 7, 2000, 2000,* Christopher Williams, 2000. Photo: \u00A9 Christopher Williams and courtesy of the artist; David Zwirner, New York/London; and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne\n\nEncompassing three floors across two buildings, the exhibition was a major undertaking for the museum. \"Williams has managed to give the entire Art Institute a tremendous coherence,\" explains Witkovsky. He continues: \"This is vitally important for a photography program such as ours, which seeks to integrate photography into the aesthetic panorama of a large, encyclopedic museum.\" Through this expansive collection of Williams's photographs, viewers are prompted to reconsider the glossy surface of our modern industrial society.\n\nPinterestFacebook*Model: 1964 Renault Dauphine-Four, R-1095, Body Type &amp;amp; Seating: 4-dr-sedan\u20134 to 5 persons, Engine Type: 14/52 Weight: 1397 lbs. Price: $1495, 00 USD (original), ENGINE DATA: Base Four: inline, overhead-valve four-cylinder, Cast iron block and aluminum head. W/removable cylinder sleeves. Displacement : 51.5 cu. in. (845 oc.) Bore and Stroke: 2.23 \u00D7 3.14 in. (58 \u00D7 80 mm), Compression Ratio: 7.25:1 Brake Horsepower: 32 (SAE) at 4200 rpm. Torque: 50 lbs. at 2000 rpm. Three main bearings. Solid valve lifters. Single downdraft carburetor, CHASSIS DATA: Wheelbase 89 in. Overall length, 155 in. Height: 57 in. Width: 60 in. Front thread: 49 in. Rear thread: 48 in. Standard Tires: 5.50 \u00D7 15, TECHNICAL: Layout: rear engine, rear drive. Transmission: four speed manual Steering: rack and pinion. Suspension (front): independent coil springs. Suspension (back): independent with swing axles and coil springs. Brakes: front/rear disc. Body construction: steel unibody. PRODUCTION DATA: Sales 18,432 sold in U.S. in 1964 (all types), Manufacturer: R\u00E9gie Nationale des Usines Renault, Billancourt, France, Distributor: Renault Inc., New York, NY., U.S.A., Serial number: R-10950059799, Engine Number: Type 670-05 # 191563, California License Plate number: UOU 087, Vehicle ID number: 0059799 (For R.R.V.), Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2000 (No.6),* Christopher Williams, 2000.\n\nThrough May 18 at the Art Institute of Chicago; artic.edu\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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