Contemporary Art
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Artist: David Burdeny
Laiguille after Monet, Etretat, Normandy, France
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imm...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Broome 1, Western Australia - Ocean Series
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 7 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imme...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Galleria Colonna, Rome, Italy by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele, Milan, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele, Milan, Italy, 2016
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Polignano A Mare (mid-day), Bari, Apulia, Italy - Ocean - Seascapes
Located in New York City, NY
Polignano A Mare (mid-day), Bari, Apulia, Italy - Ocean - Seascapes
Edition of 5 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
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“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that ...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Reggia di Caserta Theatre, Caserta, Italy by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Winter Red, Pushkin, Russia by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography)
Located in New York City, NY
Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography)
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
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“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and conn...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Kado 1, Kyoto, Japan, 2019 (sakura)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Kado 1, Kyoto, Japan, 2019 (sakura)
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Polignano A Mare (mid-day), Bari, Apulia, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imm...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Ochre Room, Havana, Cuba
Located in New York City, NY
Ochre Room, Havana, Cuba, 2014
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
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“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. ...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Forum, Rome, Italy - Europe Interiors
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imm...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Veld 5, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Located in New York City, NY
Veld 5, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I a...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Iceberg 1 (corkscrew), Greenland, 2017
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Iceberg 1 (corkscrew), Greenland, 2017
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imm...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Avenue Des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France
Located in New York City, NY
Avenue Des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France, 2012
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
Framed
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect t...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Galleria Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Italy by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
Ask us for custom fra...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Solice, Amboseli, Kenya, Africa
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Solice, Amboseli, Kenya, Africa, 2019
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One eyed Lion, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
One eyed Lion, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa, 2019
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Paradise, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Paradise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa, 2019
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Galleria Colonna, Rome, Italy by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
Ask us for custom fra...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
VELD 11, Noordoostpolder Flevoland. The Netherlands
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
VELD 11, Noordoostpolder Flevoland. The Netherlands, 2015
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Forum, Rome, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Forum, Rome, Italy, 2016
Archival Pigment Print
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Grotta, Puglia, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Grotta, Puglia, Italy, 2016
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Fjallabak, Study 03, Iceland
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Fjallabak, Study 03, Iceland, 2018
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Palazzo Madama, Torino, Italy by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Fjallabak, Study 01, Iceland
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Fjallabak, Study 01, Iceland, 2018
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Ca’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Ca Rezzonico, Venice, Italy, 2012
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Surfer, Perth, WA - Ocean Series
Located in New York City, NY
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial immensity of the ocea...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Resting Elephant, Amboseli, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny - Resting Elephant, Amboseli, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
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David Burdeny - Lioness Profile, Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa (BW Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny - Lioness Profile Serengeti Tanzania, Africa (BW Photograph)
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David Burdeny - Heads Together, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny - Heads Together, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
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David Burdeny - Heads Together, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny - Heads Together, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
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Rotunda, Stupinigi Palace, Piemond, Italy by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
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Giza Plateau, Giza, Egypt by David Burdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 21 inches - edition of 7
32 x 32 inches - edition of 7
44 x 44 inches - edition of 10
59 x 59 inches – edition of 5
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2010s Contemporary Art
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David Burdeny - Blue Quadrilateral, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Blue Quadrilateral, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2017
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SALT pushes the preferred min...
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Nets 2, Ningde, Fujian, People’s Republic of China
Located in New York City, NY
DAVID BURDENY
OCEAN series
Nets 2, Ningde, Fujian, People’s Republic of China, 2017
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
Unframed
Pr...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Tangents 2, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Tangents 2, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2017
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SALT p...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Red Water, Hut Lagoon, Western Australia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Red Water, Hut Lagoon, Western Australia
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SALT pushes...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Fes El Bali, Fez, Morocco
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Fes el Bali, Fez, Morocco, 2022
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David Burdeny - Heads Together, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny - Heads Together, Kenya, Africa (BW Photograph)
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2010s Contemporary Art
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David Burdeny - Cheetah Profile (Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
Cheetah Profile, 2019
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David Burdeny - Photosynthetic I, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imm...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Saltern Study 8, Great Salt lake, UT
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial imm...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Halogens 1, Great Salt Lake, Utah
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny - Halogens 1, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2017
44 x 55 inches
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds ...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Light Snow, Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Light Snow, Shosanbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, 2017
44 x 72 inches
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds ...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Pantheon exterior, Rome, Italy by David Butdeny
Located in New York City, NY
Archival Pigment Print - UNFRAMED
21 x 26 inches - edition of 7
32 x 40 inches - edition of 7
44 x 55 inches - edition of 10
59 x 79.5 inches – edition of 5
Ask us for custom fra...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
David Burdeny - Lioness in Profile, Serengeti, Tanzania (Photograph)
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Lioness in Profile, Serengeti, Tanzania, 2019
Archival Pigment Print
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Yusupof Theatre (Curtain), St. Petersburg, Russia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Yusupof Theatre (Curtain), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
73.5 x 59 inches
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
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Dating back to 1935, The Moscow and St. Petersburg Metro was one of the USSR’s most extravagant architectural projects. Under Stalin’s direction, the Architects were directed to introduce the concept of “svet” or light and “sveltloe budushchee” or “A Bright Future”.
With their polished marble walls, high vaulted ceilings, and ornate chandeliers, the Metro stations have been likened to an “artificial underground sun”.This underground paradise was to remind its riders that Stalin and his party had delivered something substantial to the people in return for their sacrifices.
Burdeny has themed the series around this notion, showcasing his photographs of 20 of the metro stations and various Russian museums, palaces, and theatre interiors.
The artist is also working with esteemed writer and translator Rosamund Bartlett, highly regarded in academic circles for completing the latest and perhaps best translation of Anna Karenina...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Yusupof Theatre (Czar Box), St. Petersburg, Russia
Located in New York City, NY
David Burdeny
Yusupof Theatre (Czar Box), St. Petersburg, Russia
73.5 x 59 inches
Edition of 5
Archival Pigment Print
Signature Label
Price for Print only. Ask us for framing options.
Dating back to 1935, The Moscow and St. Petersburg Metro was one of the USSR’s most extravagant architectural projects. Under Stalin’s direction, the Architects were directed to introduce the concept of “svet” or light and “sveltloe budushchee” or “A Bright Future”.
With their polished marble walls, high vaulted ceilings, and ornate chandeliers, the Metro stations have been likened to an “artificial underground sun”.This underground paradise was to remind its riders that Stalin and his party had delivered something substantial to the people in return for their sacrifices.
Burdeny has themed the series around this notion, showcasing his photographs of 20 of the metro stations and various Russian museums, palaces, and theatre interiors.
The artist is also working with esteemed writer and translator Rosamund Bartlett, highly regarded in academic circles for completing the latest and perhaps best translation of Anna Karenina...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography)
Located in New York City, NY
Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography)
Edition of 5 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
Framed
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and conne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Grand Canal II, from Ponte dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy
Located in New York City, NY
Grand Canal II, from Ponte dell’Accademia, 2012
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
Framed
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I am fascinated with the quality of light and the spatial immensity of the ocean. I have enormous reverence for feeling so small in the presence of something so vast, where perspective, scale, time and distance momentarily become intangible. Photographing as a process of clarifying this quality, I work towards creating formalized, liminal spaces. The glory lies not in this act of clarification or reduction, but in the experience of what is left – sublime experience located in ordinary space: a slowly moving sky...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Sammezzano Castle, Tuscany, Italy, 2012
Located in New York City, NY
Sammezanno Castle, Tuscany, Italy, 2012
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
Framed
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea ...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Seaweed Farm, South China Sea, China (Sepia)
Located in New York City, NY
Seaweed Farm, South China Sea, China (Sepia)
Edition of 10 + 2AP
Archival Pigment Print
Framed
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresho...
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2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Veld 11, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Located in New York City, NY
Veld 11, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Veld 11, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Located in New York City, NY
Veld 11, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
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Archival Pigment
Veld 12, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Located in New York City, NY
Veld 12, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Veld 8, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Located in New York City, NY
Veld 8, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands, 2016
Edition of 10 + 2AP
“These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and connect the sea to land. I a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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