SFMOMA Artists Gallery presents “Dreamland,” an exhibit of photographer Nina Dietzel’s images of abandoned structures in California’s Salton Sea area, at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Dietzal’s “Dreamland” is a forsaken, empty place that is transitioning from human occupation back into a wild, natural state.

The photographs in “Dreamland” are faded, muted depictions of a crumbled, post-industrial landscape. Rusted folding chairs topple in slow-motion; while peeling, sagging trailers, decaying coils of once colorful hoses, and other residential detritus suggest a territory that is dissolving back into the ooze. Dietzel has captured a recurring aspect of the American West — where boom towns deteriorate into ghost towns in a nearly continuous cycle of frenzied growth declining into abject decay.

The opening reception takes place on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Please RSVP at ArtistsGallery@SFMOMA.org.)

Free Admission