Trucker Convoy Pulls Into The House of Sweden
Annica Karlsson Rixon's "Truckers and Others."
(The House of Sweden)
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· A trio of Swedes shifts the gears of American car culture. Annica Karlsson Rixon presents 272 snapshots of truck cabs and the drivers inside them. Shot on a California interstate while driving alongside the rigs, the pictures bring the Germanic penchant for documentation stateside. Lisa Selin's photographs capture Raggare, a Swedish subculture engaged in fantasies of American greaser culture; jolting evidence of place, like a car air freshener called Wunderbaum, punctures the pompadours. A conceptually compelling, if stark-looking, video documents artist Mikael Lundberg's 506 consecutive days spent wearing a GPS device.
"On the Road" at the House of Sweden, 901 30th St. NW, Wednesday-Friday noon-7 p.m., Saturday-Sunday noon-4 p.m., 202-467-2621, to March 23.http:/