James Bidgood

Untitled (Sandcastles Series #3)

1963

Reaching, Sandcastles (Bobby Kendall and Jay Garvin), early 1960s [050] Signed, verso Vintage C-print 3.5 x 3.5 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Sandcastles (Bobby Kendall and Jay Garvin), early 1960s [049] Signed, verso Vintage C-print 3.5 x 3.5 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Underwater with The Young Physique 1960s/2022 Estate stamped and numbered on label, verso Digital C-print 20 x 16 inches, sheet 15 x 15 inches, image (Edition of 25) $2,000 This...

School of Fish, Water Colors (Jay Garvin), early 1960s Signed, verso Vintage C-print 3.5 x 3.5 inches This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Please ignore the glare on the glass. Rare, early, signed and dated (verso) 1987 vintage silver gelatin print. this is one of a kind and not editioned according to correspondence I h...

Untitled (Ensign Broderick record Shoot 'Blood Crush') - Bombay Beach, CA - 2019 20x20cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Signature la...

Last man standing - 2019, part of the series The crazy Adventures of David C. 20x20cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on the back an...

'Untitled' (Cricket on the Nose Scene) from the 29 Palms, CA series, - 2009, 56x56cm, Edition 1/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid signed on verso, artist inventory number: 10032.01, Mounted on Aluminum with matte UV-Protection. 29 PALMS, CA is a film / art piece that explores and chronicles the dreams and fantasies of a group of individuals who live in a trailer community in the Californian desert. The world depicted in the film is inspired by the photographs of German artist Stefanie Schneider in that it combines the notions of reality and fantasy and explores the resonance of both within a desert landscape and a transient culture. The characters portrait in the film, (an actress, a singer, a DJ, a motel owner and his wife, a US army soldier, a mystic, a princess, a recluse, a movie ticket seller, two hitchhikers, a doctor, and so on), are to be played by both actors and non-actors. The story is constructed through the interpretation of real life communications (i.e. phone calls, emails, conversations) that have taken place as the individuals depicted in the story try to make sense of events that have occurred in real life. In this sense the story is, in part, a biography and social commentary, and the characters are the exaggerated alter egos of the individuals who play them. The structure of the plot is fairly simple. An actress working as a telemarketer is inspired by a singer who is new to town and is featured on the local radio station. The radio station runs a program for lonely hearts and a charismatic DJ uses the show to reveal the hopes and dreams of the towns “hottest women”. One night a panicked German female caller captivates the community with a painful story about a sexy “Smoke Jumper” (a mysterious and super real alpha male). Everybody in town is listening to the program and nobody is quite sure what to say. Life in general continues and we witness and explore the various interactions. The actress meets the singer and they become famous. The US Army soldier dies on his way to battle. The foreign princess discovers that the jewels she has come to sell are fake. The motel owner‘s wife has an affair with the pool boys and so on. All the while the community is united by their loyalty to the “Lonely Hearts” radio show and through the disturbing revelations of the German woman...