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Post by mose on Sept 26, 2012 14:19:05 GMT -8
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Post by afroken on Oct 10, 2012 12:23:07 GMT -8
From Frieze's sculpture park...  |
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Post by afroken on Oct 20, 2012 17:50:45 GMT -8
I highly recommend this book. It provides a fascinating insight in to Sam's practice. And it's signed. A bargain at $30. |
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Post by drevil on Oct 20, 2012 18:29:20 GMT -8
Details?
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Post by guymo on Oct 21, 2012 10:05:16 GMT -8
It's 322 pages, large format, mainly consisting of photographs. Some are (I guess) Sam's work, and some are shots of his works in the making, e.g. paper rolls cooking in the sun. There are one or two bit of text (poems I suppose) in there. There are more images of the book on the karmakarma site than there used to be so follow the link.
But look. It's $30. If you are interested in Sam Falls then it's highly recommended and really it's a no-brainer.
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Post by mose on Oct 21, 2012 10:43:58 GMT -8
Agree with all of the above. Wish it was a hardcover, but oh well.
Grabbing this, and perhaps adding Val Verde, is a good way to go.
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Post by afroken on Dec 6, 2012 4:38:09 GMT -8
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Post by afroken on Dec 14, 2012 16:50:45 GMT -8
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Post by drevil on Dec 19, 2012 15:21:52 GMT -8
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Post by pokymoll on Dec 20, 2012 7:10:19 GMT -8
great Artist!
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Post by afroken on Jan 23, 2013 12:51:35 GMT -8
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Post by guymo on Jan 23, 2013 13:53:12 GMT -8
Love these new painted photograms: Me too, but I don't understand how they are produced. There were some smaller ones at Ronchini in London last year, and the staff there launched enthusiastically into explaining how they were made, before getting confused and giving up! Do you know how they're made? Clearly there is garden trellis and sunlight involved at some point, but I can't see exactly at what point. |
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Post by afroken on Jan 23, 2013 14:00:54 GMT -8
Yes, they are photograms which he creates by exposing photographic paper directly to light before matching the resulting colours with airbrushed acrylic. Previous examples of this technique, without the trellising, include:   Like all his work, you have to see it in the flesh to really appreciate it. |
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Post by mose on Jan 23, 2013 14:36:56 GMT -8
Falls' catalogue raisonne(may he eventually earn the honor of having one) is going to be absolutely, atrociously, enormous. And essential, if anyone hopes to really get a grip of his varied practice and the many, many series in his oeuvre.
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Post by drevil on Jan 23, 2013 14:58:29 GMT -8
I generally enjoy his work. But I'm not really sure what these are all about. Any one have any insight? Also agree that his output is crazy. He is like a one man Warhol.  Noticed that he also has a new ltd edition book with sculpture at Gottland. gottlundverlag.com/catalog.html |
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Post by ricosg11 on Jan 24, 2013 9:20:56 GMT -8
this is Sam's description of the lattice works
"I'm incorporating traditional photography with color printing photograms in the darkroom and then painting on them in the studio. In the darkroom I've placed the lattice directly on the photo paper and exposed it to a combination of colored light with the filters in the enlarger. Afterward I bring the developed paper back to my studio, place the lattice in the same place on the print to create a stencil and spray-paint on the color print. The colors used in the painting process for each print are the same as the colors used for the filter in each image. Because color paper functions as a negative, I know that for instance if the print has blues and greens, then the colors of the filters were reds and violets, so those are the colors I spray onto the image. Rather than an exterior reality depicting the final image on a printed photograph, it is purely the unique photographic light that dictates the process of fabrication and outcome of the final unique art object. "
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Post by mose on Jan 24, 2013 10:41:24 GMT -8
Thanks for that. Quite consistent with his past practice and very interconnected with a few other series.
Nice.
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Post by drevil on Jan 24, 2013 11:13:34 GMT -8
Thank you.
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Post by afroken on Jan 24, 2013 14:10:39 GMT -8
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Post by 80 on Jan 24, 2013 19:01:06 GMT -8
oof, procrastinated buying it and now it's doubled in price, i need to stop doing that. new korine/colen book on there looks to be worth buying too.
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Post by drevil on Jan 24, 2013 19:09:58 GMT -8
My $30 copy works just fine for me.
Does it seem odd to anyone that a book primarily focused on his fade work is wrapped in what looks like a river rock piece?
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Post by drevil on Jan 30, 2013 22:25:14 GMT -8
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Post by ricosg11 on Jan 31, 2013 4:48:53 GMT -8
this kid is EVERYWHERE. Liking these fades more than earlier renditions. Thanks for sharing
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Post by drevil on Jan 31, 2013 6:23:58 GMT -8
this kid is EVERYWHERE. Liking these fades more than earlier renditions. Thanks for sharing Agreed. I haven't decided whether this is a good thing or not though. On the one hand it gets his work out there and more people familiar with him and his style of work. On the other hand, there does not appear to be any real filter between what he makes and what ends up in a gallery. Regardless, he is a one man machine. I also saw he has an NYC solo this year. Having just had one last year as well. |
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Post by mose on Jan 31, 2013 14:24:49 GMT -8
These new fades are stunning pieces, IMO. Drop dead. Especially that blue one.
But, I think I like these fades less than the originals(I am biased, of course, owning a Val Verde). To me, these are more illusionistic. Perhaps a trompe-l'œil effect? I feel they show more 'artist hand' than the originals, more painterly and more photographic in a way in their being tighter, more defined, and carrying more unambiguous/definite information. As Falls progresses, the fades become 'better' but then lose some of the rawness that I really enjoyed initially, and stray farther from the minimalism/post-minimalism that is my passion.
Can't wait to see examples of these new ones in person though.
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