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Fun Loving Criminals II By BATIK- Signed Limited Edition Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, ...

Greetings, 1992 Photograph 10.25 h × 7.5 w in (26 × 19 cm), Frame 11 x 8 inches Photo mounted to foamcore and framed behind acrylic Hand signed and dated 'Rimma and Valeriy 1992'; Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin were founding members of the underground conceptual movement Samizdat in the Soviet Union, described in their book Russian Samizdat Art. Based on a play of paradoxes, their work is rich with philosophic and mythological implications, reflected in their writing as well. Their book Concepts was published in Russia in 2012. The work by Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin is emphatically contemporary. The artist couple were part of the Moscow Conceptualists, their performance Costumes, from 1977, deepened their ongoing work with linguistic semiotic systems and their own bodies. Considering the context in which Gerlovina and Gerlovin made their work—that of political restrictions on public life, of unfreedom, and censorship—their collaborative togetherness must also be read as a space of possibility for political community and resistance. Rimma Gerlovina’s hair is featured prominently in the art of the Gerlovins as a constructing element of the body. Used for the linear drawings her braids transmit transpersonal waves reminiscent of an aura of live filaments. Long loose hairs function as threads of life; streaming in abundance, they allude to Aphrodisiac vitality and Samsonian strength. On the other hand, they are the haircloth worn during mourning and penitence. In New York they continued to make sculptural objects, and their photographic projects grew into an extended series called Photoglyphs. In their photographs, they use their own faces to explore the nature of thought and what lies beyond it. Since coming to the United States in 1980, they had many exhibitions in galleries and museums including the Art Institute of Chicago. The New Orleans Museum of Art launched a retrospective of their photography, which traveled to fifteen cities. Group exhibitions include the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, Smithsonian National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C., Bonn Kunsthalle, Germany, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, and others. Samizdat or “self-published” began in the Soviet Union, and Samizdat art consists mainly of books and magazines published and distributed by the artists who made them. Samizdat art has sources in the innovative books and magazines turned out by the early 20th century Russian avant-garde—artists and writers like Olga Rozanova, Vladimir Mayakovsky, El Lissitzky, and Alexander Rodchenko. Artists as varied as Alexander Archipenko, Leon Bakst, Marc Chagall, Naum Gabo, Alexandra Exter...

Fun Loving Criminals II By BATIK Signed Limited Edition Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, M...

'Bandstand', captured on a visit to his grandparents at the British seaside in Eastbourne, this collection by Samuel Field is a beautiful reminder of days gone by. This listing is f...

'Homenajes' Portfolio by Javier Vallhonrat Composted of 11-toned silver gelatin prints. Ed 1/25 (The overall wall size composition of the entire portfolio is 45" H x 48" W ) Each work is titled, dated, numbered, and signed by the artist on the print in ink Portfolio size: 14.58 H x 11.78 W ____________________________________________ Javier Vallhonrat was born in Madrid in 1953. Graduated in Fine Arts and Psychology, Gestalt Therapist and Integrative Humanist Therapist, this artist chooses photography as his privileged research medium, exploring its limits as a language, and making it dialogue with painting, video, performance, word, or facility. For more than three decades, he has combined the development of his work with a teaching activity taught in public and private institutions in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Spain, France, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. In recent years he has worked in particular geo-climatic environments, carrying out long-term projects that he continues to develop today. The work of this artist has been exhibited in numerous museums and institutions around the world and is found in collections such as the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, the Grand Duc Jean in Luxembourg, and the Museum of Modern Art in Philadelphia, among others. 17 monographs of his work have been published, and his work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Photography Prize, the Community of Madrid Photography Prize, the Madrid City...