Tyler Shields

Mouthful, Photography, Story teller, Hollywood

2012

Edition 9 A portrait of genius Steve Jobs on the evening before he presented the IPod 2001. Internationally-renowned and New York City-based photographer and multidisciplinary arti...

Edition 9 The contact sheet of the sold out picture "Movie Star", a young girl is standing at a counter with the head on the plate. Internationally-renowned and New York City-based...

Edition of 3 More sizes on request. A portrait of a mal lion. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director and former professional inline skater who has been labeled by some as “Hollywood’s favorite photographer”. He is best known for his unparalleled, controversial, shock evoking photographs of Hollywood Celebrities. Shield’s images often incorporate violence and eroticism, such as his 2011 photograph of Lindsay Lohan in which she appears seductive while being covered in blood and holding a knife. Continuing to push the boundaries, in preparation for his Life Is Not A Fairytale (2011) exhibit in 2011, Shields collected blood from twenty celebrities to paint with, onto a canvas. Shields also appeared to stage the “shooting” of a party-goer with a gun the same year at a release party for his book “Collisions” as an appropriated piece of performance art en homage to the cans of Fluxus artist, Piero Manzoni. Shields is not shy to controversy, in 2012 he also released a photograph of Francesca Eastwood, burning, sawing and biting a $100,000 Hermès Birkin Bag for a photoshoot. Moreover, his series “Suspense” (2013) portrays and depicts stars such as Emma Roberts, Francesca Eastwood and Lydia Hearst frozen in mid-air falling and voluntarily jumping off buildings and bridges creating a sense of movement, adrenaline, and excitement. “Suspense is not about death; it’s about life” explains Shields. Rather than focusing on the person in the frame, these images are more concerned with the action, environment, and landscape. In 2015. Shields created the series “Historical Fiction” which focuses on historical events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King among many more historical events. This series put the American Civil Rights Era at the forefront of his work, as these images explore dark moments in history with many of them honing in on moments that confront the country’s racist past. Furthermore, in 2015 Shields created his hit series “Chromatics” which surrounds the theme of “beauty in chaos” captured through freeze frames of surreal, technicolor violence with colored powder. In order to create this violence, he lined up 20 people up against each other and made them fight with powder. Shields’ talent goes beyond shock. His unique, sinister and daring lens through which he composes and creates his work enables him to push boundaries and experiment with tweaking the Hollywood mystique. The mystery behind his relationships and habits captivate the media, not unlike the art world’s best-known friend of the famous, Andy Warhol. _Photography, nude, woman, naked, story teller...

Edition of 3 More sizes on request. A woman with a black hat and a black pullover. The lips are painted deep red. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director ...

Edition of 3 More sizes on request. 6 ladies dancing in baroque costumes. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director and former professional inline skater who has been labeled by some as “Hollywood’s favorite photographer”. He is best known for his unparalleled, controversial, shock evoking photographs of Hollywood Celebrities. Shield’s images often incorporate violence and eroticism, such as his 2011 photograph of Lindsay Lohan in which she appears seductive while being covered in blood and holding a knife. Continuing to push the boundaries, in preparation for his Life Is Not A Fairytale (2011) exhibit in 2011, Shields collected blood from twenty celebrities to paint with, onto a canvas. Shields also appeared to stage the “shooting” of a party-goer with a gun the same year at a release party for his book “Collisions” as an appropriated piece of performance art en homage to the cans of Fluxus artist, Piero Manzoni. Shields is not shy to controversy, in 2012 he also released a photograph of Francesca Eastwood, burning, sawing and biting a $100,000 Hermès Birkin Bag for a photoshoot. Moreover, his series “Suspense” (2013) portrays and depicts stars such as Emma Roberts, Francesca Eastwood and Lydia Hearst frozen in mid-air falling and voluntarily jumping off buildings and bridges creating a sense of movement, adrenaline, and excitement. “Suspense is not about death; it’s about life” explains Shields. Rather than focusing on the person in the frame, these images are more concerned with the action, environment, and landscape. In 2015. Shields created the series “Historical Fiction” which focuses on historical events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King among many more historical events. This series put the American Civil Rights Era at the forefront of his work, as these images explore dark moments in history with many of them honing in on moments that confront the country’s racist past. Furthermore, in 2015 Shields created his hit series “Chromatics” which surrounds the theme of “beauty in chaos” captured through freeze frames of surreal, technicolor violence with colored powder. In order to create this violence, he lined up 20 people up against each other and made them fight with powder. Shields’ talent goes beyond shock. His unique, sinister and daring lens through which he composes and creates his work enables him to push boundaries and experiment with tweaking the Hollywood mystique. The mystery behind his relationships and habits captivate the media, not unlike the art world’s best-known friend of the famous, Andy Warhol. _Photography, nude, woman, naked, story teller...

Edition of 3 More sizes on request. A woman in a red dress dives into the water. Tyler Shields is an American Photographer, screenwriter, director and former professional inline sk...

Matthew Barney Drawing Restraint 9: Toya, 2006 C-print in self-lubricating plastic frame 26 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches (frame) Edition 18 of 25, with 5 Signed and stamped verso

RINKO KAWAUCHI (*1972, Japan) Untitled, from the series 'Cui Cui' 2005 C–type print Sheet 30,5 x 25,4 cm (12 x 10 in.) Frame 31,5 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm Edition of 6; Ed. no. 4/6 Kawauchi,...

ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland) Kate Moss Veil (color), 1993 Special Carbon Series on lithographic paper image 76 x 56 cm (29 7/8 x 22 in.) Edition of 7, plus 2 AP; Ed. no. 3/7 Prin...

ERIK MADIGAN HECK (*1983, USA) Gucci, Old Future 2016 Chromogenic print Sheet 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.) Frame 78.5 x 58 x 5 cm (30 7/8 x 22 7/8 x ...

Erik MADIGAN HECK (*1983, United States) Gucci, Old Future, 2016 Chromogenic print Sheet 152.4 x 114.3 cm (60 x 45 in.) Frame 155x 117 x 5 cm (61 x 46 1/8 x 2 in.) Edition of 9, plus...

From the Series, You an Orchestra You a Bomb You an Orchestra You a Bomb explores the Cig Harvey’s relationship with life itself. It is a series about paying attention to and apprec...