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Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Raggy (Circular Color Photograph of Red Mythical Figure in an Arctic Landscape)

2018

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£1,521.54
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CA$2,797.09
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CHF 1,672.25
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Circular color photograph a red mythical figure in an icy Arctic landscape Archival pigment print, ed. of 5 10 inch diameter image on 22 x 17 inch archival paper Made to order, unframed This circular photograph was made by artist duo, Kahn and Selesnick in 2018. Here the artists capture a single figure in a costume of red rags in a cold Arctic landscape. The figure seems to be celebrating a victory as they triumphantly plant banners into the icy earth. The circular image is 10 inches in diameter and is printed on 22 x 17 inch archival paper. The unframed print is an edition of 5 and is made to order. Additional sizes available: 30 inch diameter with 2 - 4 inch border on archival paper, edition of 5, $4,000 unframed 30 inch diameter dye sublimation on aluminum ($4,500) About the work: Kahn & Selesnick’s latest project “Madame Lulu’s Book of Fate” continues the adventures of the Truppe Fledermaus, a cabaret troupe of anxious mummers and would-be mystics who catalogue their absurdist attempts to augur a future that seems increasingly in peril due to environmental pressures and global turmoil. In this body of work, the artists also examine the notion of the carnivalesque – traditionally the carnival was a time when the normal order of society was upended and reversed, so that at least for a day the fool might become king, the sinner a priest, men and women might cross dress, and sacred ceremonies and normal mores are burlesqued and spoofed. During such brief times of anarchy, societal pressures were relieved by revealing their somewhat absurd and arbitrary natures. Costumes and masks were traditionally worn so that all people might have the same social status during the duration of the festival. The Truppe ask you to consider: is it the carnival that is upside-down, or perhaps the real world that it purports to burlesque? About the artists: Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick are a collaborative artist team who have been working together since they met while attending art school at Washington University in St. Louis in the early 1980s. Both were born in 1964, in New York City and London respectively. They work primarily in the fields of photography and installation art, specializing in fictitious histories set in the past or future. These may include: documentary-style panoramic and square photographs that combine absurdist fantasy and bogus anthropology; elaborately crafted artifact, costumes and sculpture, often constructed of unlikely materials such as bread or fur, painting and drawings ranging from large scale works on plaster to pages of conceptual doodling. Kahn lives in Ghent NY, and Selesnick in Rhinebeck NY. Their current work features the recreation of the Truppe Fledermaus's Memory Theatre of 1932 with its full complement of Batfolk, Greenmen, Rope-Slingers, and Death-Dancers in all their Carnivalesque glory. Kahn & Selesnick have participated in over 100 solo and group exhibitions worldwide and have work in over 20 collections, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution. In addition, they have published 3 books with Aperture Press, Scotlandfuturebog, City of Salt, and Apollo Prophecies. Their most recent book, 100 Views of the Drowning World, is available now from Candela Books.
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    2018
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    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    30 inch diameter, ed. of 5Price: $4,00030 inch diameter dye sublimation on aluminum Price: $4,500
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  • Gallery Location:
    Hudson, NY
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    1stDibs: LU2274686202

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