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Michael James O’BrienIn Spite of dreams, Limited Edition Portfolio of 6 Color Photographs2013-2020
2013-2020
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A combination of analogue and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative. MJO, 2021
Michael James O’Brien draws inspiration from his diverse roles as a photographer, poet, and activist. His work often intersects with themes of identity, social justice, and cultural commentary. O'Brien produced a diverse body of photographic work, from still lifes and portraits to art documentation. He still uses film and works in medium and large formats. His themes are not classical, the artist prefers to portray extraordiary beuty, transgender people and still lifes. The artist's images have a sense of discovery and loss; absence and presence.
From In Spite of Dreams Series
Printed on Hahnemuhle fine art paper
Dimension for each print is 20 in. H x 30 in. W
The overall size composition of the entire portfolio is: 60 in. H x 60 in. W)
Limited Edition of 10 + 2AP
A combination of analog and digital compositions based on ideas from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, deconstructed and subverted to my own narrative.
1. The Fall of Icarus (Diptych), 2013-2018
“Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards…”
-Ovid, The Fall of Icarus
2. Lycidas (Diptych), n.d.
“Who would not sing for Lycidas”
-John Milton, Lycidas
3. The Ides of March (Diptych), n.d.
4. Hidden Things (Diptych), n.d.
“On hearing about great love, respond, be moved like an aesthete. Only, fortunate as you’ve been, remember how much your imagination created for you.”
- C.P. Cavafy, On Hearing of Love
5.One Afternoon at Four O'clock (Diptych), 2015-2019
“One afternoon at four o’clock we separated for a week only…And then—that week became forever.”
-C.P. Cavafy, The Afternoon Sun
6. When They Come Alive (Diptych), n.d.
“…Where youth grows pale and specter-thin and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow…”
- Keats, Ode to a Nightingale
- Creator:Michael James O’Brien (1970, Georgian)
- Creation Year:2013-2020
- Dimensions:Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Miami Beach, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU45338451732
Michael James O’Brien
Michael James O’Brien is a photographer, teacher, curator, poet, and activist currently based in Atlanta, GA. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, Antwerp, Istanbul, Liverpool, and Savannah GA. in addition to having worked in London’s National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection. His work has been featured in publications like Rolling Stone, Vogue UK, The New Yorker, GQ, Eyemazing, Black & White Photography UK, The Guardian, The Financial Times among many others. He has been Editor-at-Large of Verbal Abuse, the poetry zine as well as Contributing Editor for Departures Magazine. His book Girlfriend; Men, Women, and Drag, with text by Holly Brubach, was published by Random House in English, French & Japanese in 2000. From 1900 to 2000 he did all the still photography for Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 7 as well as Cremaster 1,2,4 & 5 which were exhibited worldwide. For over 20 years, O’Brien was a member of ACTUP as well as a volunteer for GMHC and Terrence Higgins Trust UK. He was a co-producer of the Love Ball in NYC & Paris, which over the years raised more than $3million for people living with HIV/AIDS. He was the Creative Director for DAA/Designers Against Aids in 2011-12 and produced the Live Positive Campaign for the Flemish HIV Awareness organization, SENSOA in 2013.
O’Brien is based in Atlanta where he is the Chair of Photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design/SCAD.
He is currently the Chair of the Advisory Council of Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
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