Bill Dane was born William Thacher Dane in Pasadena, California in 1938.

In 1969/1970, after seven years as a painter, Dane took up photography. His

pursuit is an effort of harvesting the curious and ordinary from our everyday

world. "If you're not confused, you're not paying attention." [Tom Peters] is an

aphorism that well describes the world of Bill Dane. His pictures are pieces of a

simultaneously poignant and synthetic puzzle telling us visual truths about

our most uncommon common world. Recipient of two Guggenheim

Fellowships and two National Endowments for the Arts, Dane's work has

been internationally exhibited and collected. His work is held in the collections

of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New

York; Art Institute of Chicago; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; National Gallery

of Art, Washington D.C.; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

- from the Fraenkel Gallery

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