A substantial new appraisal of Consuelo Kanaga, one of the pioneers of modern American photography.
Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) was one of the pioneers of modern American photography. Beginning her career in 1915 as a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, Kanaga quickly became a highly skilled darkroom technician, developing a distinctly artistic aesthetic style inspired by the photography of Alfred Stieglitz. Over the next six decades, she produced beautifully composed images over a wide range of subjects, characterized by an abiding interest in the social conflicts of her time, including urban poverty, workers' rights, racial segregation, and prevailing inequality. She became especially known for her emotional and introspective portraits of African Americans, which combined modernist formal technique and radical documentary commentary.
Featuring two hundred photographs from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, this substantial new appraisal of Consuelo Kanaga's work establishes her place as one of America's most vital twentieth-century photographers.
Published to accompany a major touring exhibition from 2024-2026 at Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid; SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art; and Brooklyn Museum, New York.
The first publication dedicated to artists' zines in North America, a revelatory exploration of an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practice.
Copy Machine Manifestos captures the rich history of artists' zines as never before, placing them in the lineage of the visual arts and exploring their vibrant growth over the past five decades. Fully illustrated with hundreds of zine covers and interiors, alongside work in other media, such as painting, photography, film, video, and performance, the book also features brief biographies for more than 100 zine-makers including Beverly Buchanan, Mark Gonzales, G.B. Jones, Miranda July, Bruce LaBruce, Terence Koh, LTTR, Ari Marcopoulos, Mark Morrisroe, Raymond Pettibon, Brontez Purnell, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Kandis Williams. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, this expansive book, bound as a paperback with a separate jacket, focuses on zines from North America, celebrating how artists have harnessed the medium's essential role in community building and transforming material and conceptual approaches to making art across all media since 1970.
Ayant grandi dans le Colorado avec son père dans la Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association, Luke Gilford a passé ses années de formation autour du rodéo, un milieu souvent été associé au conservatisme et à l'homophobie. Ce n'est que plus tard, lorsqu'il a découvert l'International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA), qu'il a commencé à se considérer comme faisant partie d'une famille du rodéo. L'IGRA est l'association fédérant les communautés de cow-boys et de cow-girls LGBTQ+ en Amérique du Nord. Le rodéo queer rassemble des participants des régions rurales de toute l'Amérique pour des programmes éducatifs structurés et des compétitions.
Gilford a passé plus de quatre ans à parcourir le pays pour documenter cette sous-culture diverse et en constante évolution. Réalisé en moyen format et imprimé dans une chambre noire traditionnelle, le travail est détaillé et riche en émotions et en couleurs. Les photographies qui en résultent sont à la fois personnelles et poétiques - des témoignages clairs de la relation intime de Gilford avec la communauté, célébrant la diversité et la beauté des familles choisies partout dans le monde.
Cette édition révisée, avec des images inédites, paraît à l'occasion de l'adaptation cinématographique de National Anthem en 2024.
