Jason Fulford

Clayton's Ascent

Amerikāņu fotogrāfa un izdevēja Džeisona Fulforda pirmajā izstādē Rīgā būs apskatāms darbs “Kleitona lidojums”, kura nosaukums aizgūts no deviņu stundu lidojuma ar gaisa balonu 1835. gadā. Darba pamatā ir attēli, kas uzņemti laikā no 1997. līdz 2003. gadam, kad Fulfords ar motociklu apceļoja ASV. Fotogrāfijas vieno piesātinātas krāsas, izpludināta robeža starp reālo un mākslīgo, tumša, nedaudz baisa nojausma.

American photographer and publisher Jason Fulford's first exhibition in Riga will feature his work "Clayton's Ascent", it's title derived from a nine-hour balloon flight in 1835. Shot between 1997 and 2003 while traveling the US by motorcycle, Fulford’s saturated colors are infused with a veiled foreboding, drawing a blurred line between the real and artificial.

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Džeisons Fulfords (Jason Fulford, 1973) pazīstams ar pretošanos savu darbu izstādīšanai tradicionālas baltā kuba galerijas kontekstā. Tā vietā viņš organizē neparastus, asprātīgus un rotaļīgus notikumus visapkārt pasaulei. Fulforda darbi pievēršas skatīšanās un domāšanas pieredzei, aicinot skatītājus un lasītājus kļūt par aktīviem izstādes dalībniekiem. Mākslinieka instalācija un viņa performance atklāšanas pasākumā tiks veidota īpaši ISSP Galerijai.

Džeisons Fulfords 2014. gadā saņēmis Gugenheima stipendiju. Izdevis monogrāfijas Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs for $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010), Hotel Oracle (2013), Contains: 3 Books (2016), Clayton's Ascent (2018) un The Medium is a Mess (2018). Kopā ar Tamāru Šopsinu izdevis fotogrāmatu bērniem This Equals That un kopā ar Gregoriju Halpernu - The Photographer’s Playbook. Fulforda fotogrāfijas publicētas The New York Times, Harper's, Newsweek, WIRE.

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Jason Fulford is a photographer and co-founder of J&L Books. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a frequent lecturer at universities, and has led workshops across the United States, Japan, Italy, Poland, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Lithuania, Germany and Spain. His monographs include Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs for $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010), Hotel Oracle (2013), Contains: 3 Books (2016), Clayton's Ascent (2018) and The Medium is a Mess (2018). He is co-author with Tamara Shopsin of the photobook for children, This Equals That (2014), co-editor with Gregory Halpern of The Photographer’s Playbook (2014), and guest editor of Der Greif Issue 11. Fulford’s photographs have been described as open metaphors. As an editor and an author, a focus of his work has been on the subject of how meaning is generated through association.


Foto - Ansis Starks

Izstādi atbalsta / The exhibition is supported by : Vadims Reinfelds, The US Embassy in Riga, VKKF, Rīgas Dome.

P. Sv. / Mon, Sun: slēgts/ closed
O. / Tue.: 12.00 – 18.00
T. / Wed: 12.00 – 20.00
C. Pt. S. / Thu, Fri, Sat.: 12.00 – 18.00

ISSP Galerija, Marijas 13 k-3, Berga Bazārs, Rīga, Latvija