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Tom BarilLarge Format Vintage Floral Black & White Silver Gelatin Photograph Tom Baril1997
1997
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Baril, Tom (American, b. 1952)
Large format silver gelatin print still life of flowers photo. hand signed and dated 1997 by Baril in pencil below image. black and white photograph. image measures 24.5" x 19.5"w, framed measurements are 37"h x 32"w.
Tom Baril is a contemporary American photographer best known for his Polaroid and wet-collodion prints of flowers, landscapes, and architectural studies of buildings and bridges. Born in Putnam, CT in 1952, he received his BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in 1980. In his last year at school, Baril began printing for the famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, where he learned a number of important techniques. Baril's botanical images more closely resemble those of Karl Blossfeldt, a photographer in Weimar Germany. Baril shoots most of his extreme floral closeups with a pinhole camera. But unlike Virginia-based pinhole photographer Beth Beck, Baril uses his camera for resolute directness. Baril's photographs, like his former employer's, often carry a sexual charge, though their eroticism is typically sublimated. Notably, the sexiest flower around, the orchid, is nowhere to be seen. Rather, the translucence of Brugmansia (1998) immediately—and vividly—brings to mind those famous '30s glamour shots of Greta Garbo. And the vibe in Baril's creamy Calla Lily (1998) owes less to Georgia O'Keeffe's sexually explicit floral paintings of the species than to Irving Penn's sinuous fashion photography. The works in the New York series look timeless, betraying not even the stray clue that they were made after 1950. Baril's images of bridge spans, old skyscrapers, and marble columns could easily have been shot by Lewis Hine or Alvin Langdon Coburn, two artists active in the '20s, although the photographs' style owes more to the earlier, fuzzier pictorialism of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. Some of Baril's images pay homage to artists from the early to middle part of the 20th century, especially his close-ups of curled paper, which echo experiments by Francis Bruguiere and Man Ray, as well as his shots of an obese model, which, curiously, bring to mind Edward Weston's famously erotic 1930 image of a green pepper. Baril continues to print for the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. The artist continues to live and work in New York, NY. His work has been featured in important publications including Architectural Digest magazine, Metropolitan Home, and The New York Times.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ.
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal
Musee National d’Art Modern, Paris
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Polaroid Collection
Elton John Collection
Ralph Lauren Collection
- Creator:Tom Baril (1952, American)
- Creation Year:1997
- Dimensions:Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38215260732
Tom Baril
Tom Baril (American, b.1952) is one of the nation’s leading photographic artists, and is known for his unique approach to portraying common objects, such as flowers. Baril was born in Connecticut in 1952, and studied photography at New York’s School of Visual Arts, graduating with a BA in 1980. Early in his career, Baril was the printmaker for famed artist Robert Mapplethorpe, but he eventually broke out on his own, and purposely distanced himself from Mapplethorpe’s work and style to make a name for himself. Baril is known for his expert work with 4x5 Polaroid pinhole and 8x10 collodion wet-plate photography. His talent lies in photographing commonplace items and scenes and portraying them in a way that goes beyond the surface. Baril’s photographs of sea shells, tulips, bridges, and other architecture capture the beauty, savagery, and sadness of nature. His photos have been featured in two monographs as well as two books, Tom Baril in 1997, and Botanica in 1999. His work has been featured in many publications and collections at institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Fogg Museum at Harvard University. Baril is known for collections such as 10 Flowers, Gum, and DC Portfolio. Baril’s early work was rarely exhibited publicly, and is primarily known through The American Diner and A Sense of Place. His diner photographs are stark representations of how America once depended on its highways. Many of the diners were shining examples of modern architecture that later fell into disrepair. Both sets of his early work were created between 1977 and 1986, when he was still learning the craft and traveling the United States While distancing himself from Mapplethorpe’s work, Baril has continued to print for the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. His technique goes far beyond simple photography and extends into the darkroom. Baril is considered a master of film development, using techniques such as applying selenium to prints and placing them in black tea to create a gold patina. Baril lives and works in New York, NY.
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