Sasha Bezzubov
Pygmy Women on the Way to Fish in the River, Northern Gabon

Name: Pygmy Women on the Way to Fish in the River, Northern Gabon
Brand: Sasha Bezzubov
Price: 4000 USD
Availability: InStock

$4,000

About

This photograph is available at 30"x40" in a limited edition of 5, signed on reverse by the artist. A stunning photograph taken in the Republic of Gabon, that captures the atmosphere and scale of the environment within the lush green growth of the rainforest. Two women stand on the foot path in the forest, on their way to fish in the river. The Sylvia Bongo Foundation invited Sasha Bezzubov to Gabon, Central Africa. "Republic of Dust", is the series of photographs that resulted from this experience. Sasha Bezzubov’s photographic approach has developed through diverse series that address the contemporary condition and explore the nature of the document. Working both solo and with his sometime collaborator Jessica Sucher, Sasha Bezzubov uses a large format camera to photograph the people and the land in diverse series including, The Gringo Project, Expats and Natives, Things Fall Apart, The Searchers, Albedo Zone, Facts on the Ground and most recently, Republic of Dust. Bezzubov is a two-time recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship Award. His work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions including International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts (Liege, Belgium); Tucson Museum of Art; Museum Belvedere (The Netherlands); Herter Art Gallery (University of Massachusetts); Wavehill (New York); New Orleans Museum of Art; and Noorderlicht Photography Festival (The Netherlands). In 2009 Nazraelli Press published Bezzubov’s monograph Wildfire (introduction by Bill McKibben). In 2011 Daniel Cooney Fine Arts published Facts on the Ground (introduction by Lucy Lippard) to accompany the exhibition. His work is in permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Joy of Giving Something Foundation. Bezzubov’s work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, The Telegraph Magazine, Esquire, Newsweek, Time, Art & Auction, and Details; and has received critical acclaim in The New Yorker, Freeze, The Village Voice, The Brooklyn Rail and Print. In 2012, The Sylvia Bongo Foundation invited Sasha Bezzubov to Gabon, Central Africa. Republic of Dust, the series of photographs that resulted from this experience was exhibited at Front Room Gallery (NY). Sasha Bezzubov was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He received and MFA in Photography from Yale University. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Details

Creator
Sasha Bezzubov (1965, Ukrainian)
Dimensions
Height: 30 in. (76.2 cm)Width: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Medium
Archival Pigment
Movement & Style
Contemporary
Period
21st Century
Condition
Gallery Location
New York, NY
Reference Number
1stDibs: LU6922990363
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