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Archaeological remnants: Nick Larsen excavates and obfuscates the Nevada desert to give form to its ghosts

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Nick Larsen's exhibition, Old Haunts, Lower Reaches, is on view at the Nevada Museum of Art. Larsen is not a trained archaeologist, but his eye has been trained toward the archaeological. Rhyolite, a ghost town near Death Valley, was one of three proposed sites for Stonewall Park.

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Archaeological remnants: Nick Larsen excavates and obfuscates the Nevada desert to give form to its ghosts

Nick Larsen is not a trained archaeologist, but his eye has been trained toward the archaeological. The Santa Fe, N.M.-based artist’s practice was profoundly influenced by time he spent working with an archaeology firm in Reno, his hometown. At the firm, where he helped translate information gathered in the field into finalized maps, photographs and reports, Larsen gained an intimate understanding of the Great Basin via those working hands-on …

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