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Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Joshua, Day Lily, Octopus (Color Figurative & Floral Archival Pigment Print)

2015

About the Item

Color archival pigment print 26 x 19 inch image, $3500 Composed in a warm palette of ochre, brick, umber, sienna, and deep blue, this photograph by artist duo Kahn & Selesnick combines the classically beautiful with the carnivalesque. The image depicts a young boy donned in period dress and uncanny white face paint floating in a shallow pool. He is surrounded by flora and assorted objects. Part of Kahn and Selesnick's Dreams of a Drowning World series, this image is a single thread to be woven into a greater narrative. The contemporary saga of collaborative duo, Kahn & Selesnick, continues to evolve as the artists release new images from Dreams of the Drowning World. The visual narrative speaks to the delicate balance between nature’s luscious beauty and the threat of its loss. The defeat illustrated between man and nature is stunningly beautiful as the characters are surrounded by abundant flora and objects of their past-time amidst the rising waters. The mid-19th century painting of a drowning Ophelia is referenced in the six foot tall prints of vertical God-like figures, appearing peaceful and dreamlike as they float in a motionless marsh. Smaller, arch-topped vignettes offer a reverent view on figures that lay in a transcendent state of surrender. This elaboration on the Truppe Fledermaus series is perhaps proof of the artist’s deeply imaginative, if cautionary, contemplation.
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