Harmony Korine is one of the most significant artists of his generation. After emerging onto the world stage in the 1990’s as a screenwriter (Kids) and director (Gummo; Julien Donkey-Boy), his intuitive, open-ended approach to realism created a polarizing fervor amongst critics. Lesser known but no less relevant are Korine’s experiments outside the world of cinema. A Crack-up At The Race Riots, his first book, adapted the possibilities of his brand of montage to text. Numerous collaborations with other artists (such as Christopher Wool, Brian DeGraw, Gus Van Sant and Mark Gonzales) further stretched Korine’s imagination into realms of formalized abstraction, vaudeville, black metal nihilism, and ambient soundscapes.
The book brings together forty-nine photographs from Korine’s private archive in order to reveal a side of the artist’s creative process that remains largely unexamined. Depicting a mysterious young girl moving through a televised landscape of shifting contexts, Pigxote further illustrates Korine’s interest in replacing plot lines and other narrative tropes with intuitively arranged “experiential moments.” They also provide a unique insight into the poetic mind of Nashville’s most compelling prodigal son.
The exhibition was co-organzied by Joseph Whitt and O'Salvation Cine Ltd.
A special edition for Purple Fashion Magazine No. 10. Harmony Korine gives us insight into the inner workings of his film with a collection of black and white stills. As with all Korine publications this is rare and beautiful and full of life.
Following in the snapshot tradition of Wolfgang Tillmans and Jurgen Teller, young Swiss photographer Linus Bill selects saturated color images taken over four years for this book. Intimate portraits of close acquaintances’ nighttime antics and lazy afternoons alternate with scenic landscapes and spontaneous table-top still lifes. Equal parts joyful and meditative observation, this book depicts moments during beer-fueled escapades and sunny day downtime that merit a closer look.
Seeker is an artist book / catalog for Eddie Martinez’ show at Peres Projects in Berlin, 2011. This hand screenprinted folio is printed on heavy craft stock with a full colour catalog bound on centerfold by elastic.
Silence, first Sensational Fix zine, edited and published by Roland Groenenboom in March 2009. Mainly visual contributions by Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Cameron Jamie, Michael Morley and others.
Noise, second Sensational Fix zine, edited and published by Roland Groenenboom in May 2009. Mainly visual contributions by Savage Pencil, Mike Watt, Kim Gordon, Marnie Weber, and others.
Sensational Fix zine #3 entitled Morley is dedicated to Michael Morley (of a.o. The Dead C and Gate). The zine contains an article by Michael Morley, ten full colour images, and a DVD with a sound/video work by the artist, all 500 copies are hand-numbered, and signed by the artist. Published and edited by Roland Groenenboom, August 2009.
Bleeding eyes, daggers, skulls, cobras, and other signs of teenage angst find a new context in the drawings of Brooklyn musician and artist Jeremy Earl, who employs visual symmetry and found imagery from National Geographic magazines to create collages and line drawings that allude to both Christian and Pagan symbologies.
Thurston Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label.
Spore Purse is a series of illustrations in black and white photocopies on canary yellow paper from artist Juli Majer. The mutant, bionic entities of Spore Purse exist within a mycological/cosmological plane characterized by reproductive imagery of incubated eggs and uterine botanicals of the artist’s sci-fi imagining.
Juli Majer is a visual artist from Vancouver. Alongside Juli’s independent art practice she works collaboratively in the artist collective Puddle Popper and is a founding member of the publishing group DDOOGG.
Limited numbered edition of 150. 20 pages, stapled thick paper wraps, 8.25" by 6.25". Fantastic artist's book by gay Japanese photographer Miyagi Futoshi, profiling a series in which Futoshi photographs himself in the apartments of strangers. He describes his work as such: "The procedure was simple: go to strangers' places and take photographs of us, acting as if we were in a relationship. That way, I thought I could deal with the incessant interrogations on my sexuality and my seemingly hopeless shyness."
The strangers were met online, in bars, and through friends, and Futoshi's email soliciting their participation is printed out and included with the book. 12 photographs are featured - superb color tableaux with suggestive overtones. Just a wonderful book by an emerging talent. Rare. In fine condition
