George Condo
The Young Sailor, 2012
Oil on linen
40 x 32 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Skarstedt Gallery, New York
Myths of the Near Future — Rob Stephenson
Myths of the Near Future
Rob Stephenson
When the last Space Shuttle took off from Kennedy Space Center in 2011 a population and generation defined by the dreams of the Space Age lost the most potent symbol of its identity. This project looks at the landscape of the “Space Coast” of Florida in wake of the closing of the shuttle program and on the many contradictions the program and its demise engendered.
In his collection of short stories, Memories of the Space Age, novelist JG Ballard describes a near future in which the infrastructure of the US Space Program has been abandoned, its gantries left to decay into the Florida swamp while inanimate astronauts circle the earth in an endless orbit. While the reality is not quite as dystopic as he suggests, the slow decline of the space program and its effects on the local economy and landscape have made many of Ballard’s descriptions eerily prescient.
Ballard’s recurring motifs – derelict motels, overgrown jungles and dead satellites tumbling through the darkness of space, occupy that ambiguous realm between dream and reality, between past and future, and between nature and technology. These photographs explore those in between states, depicting a nostalgia for the future as the promise of the Space Age slowly fades away.
Myths of the Near Future includes a text from Margaret Lazarus Dean author of The Time It Takes to Fall and leaving Orbit: Noted from the Last Days of American Spaceflight
Rob Stephenson
Rob Stephenson is a landscape and architectural photographer who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums including The Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Center for Architecture, and The Museum of the City of New York. He has been awarded fellowships from the Design Trust for Public Space, The Camera Club of New York and the New York Foundation for Arts. Rob’s editorial work has been featured in T Magazine, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His first book, From Roof to Table, documenting the urban agriculture movement in New York City, was published in 2012.
7″ x 9″, 96 pages,
Perfect Bound
Edition Size 300
ISBN : 978-1-944005-32-0
Published by : Aint–Bad
Seeing Red at Thinkspace Projects, Culver City
Seeing Red at Thinkspace Projects, Culver City
For more than a decade Booooooom has championed visual artists from all over the world, presenting a unique mix of high and low brow work from both emerging and established artists. Curated by Jeff Hamada, “Seeing Red” presents all new works from a wide array of artists who’ve been featured on Booooooom over the past ten years, and with the spirit of the site in mind, there are legendary names and relatively unknown ones showing alongside each other. Each artist was given the same challenge, to work within a 12×12 inch (30×30 cm) frame and to incorporate the color red into their work. The simple visual theme serves as a common thread connecting all the works—a pathway for the viewer to travel into and out of each piece—and provides a reference point to help understand the way this diverse group sees the world around them.
Andrew Hosner interviews Jeff Hamada in anticipation of ”Seeing Red” opening March 30 at Thinkspace:
Cara Delevingne by Peter Lindbergh
Cara Delevingne for Interview Magazine April 2013
Photographed by Peter Lindbergh
Untitled Selfie #19
Untitled Selfie #19
Fabien Baron: Works 1983-2019
The much-anticipated book from one of the most sought-after art directors in the world, showcasing 30+ years of his talent.
Part design manual, part manifesto, the first career retrospective of Fabien Baron, whom Vanity Fair called ‘the most sought-after creative director in the world,’ is an immersive visual survey of more than 30 years of award-winning art direction, design, and image-making. Using examples taken from across the entire range of his work – including typography, packaging, product, furniture, and interior design – Baron’s book communicates his aesthetic logic with clarity and style. Replete with text by acclaimed author Adam Gopnik and a foreword by worldfamous super model Kate Moss, this is an intimate insider’s visit with a true fashion, photography, and design visionary.
Format: Hardback
Size: 380 x 292 mm (15 x 11 1/8 in)
Pages: 424 pp
Illustrations: 450 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714879932