Tuesday Edition: Joseph O. Holmes
Holiday madness continues apace here at 20x200 HQ. We're starting the week off with a bonus edition, amnh #30 from internet-famous Joseph O. Holmes, he of the fast-selling Prospect Park photograph presented to you just a few short weeks ago.
Considering the speed at which the last edition of Joe's sold, you are lucky or clever (or both!) to have added yourself to the 20x200 mailing list. I'm still getting cranky emails from pals who were asleep at the wheel when Joe's first edition was announced, thus missing the opportunity to buy a small or medium edition of his print. (The big guys are still available however.)
amnh #30 is from Joe's awfully popular series of silhouettes shot in front of the glorious dioramas at The Museum of Natural History. The photographs are printed with archival inks on a substantial 100% cotton rag paper, and are available in three sizes.
Like empty swimming pools and gas stations, dioramas and/or taxidermied creatures are a popular subject amongst photographers emerging and established. Doing it well is tricky. Animal Logic by the estimable Richard Barnes is a good example of an exploration of the theme that blows me away.
I'm quite taken with Joe's project too, but for very different reasons. The Barnes work has a more ominous pull for me, while Joe's work taps into my unending nostalgia and affection for the museum. As a city kid, I spent a lot of weekend afternoons roaming those halls and being mesmerized by the creatures set against those distinctive painted backdrops.
By setting people against the creatures against the backdrops, Joe gets meta in a way that puts me right back there. I'm transported to a time when I coveted plastic dinosaurs and dreamed of getting to have a spooky sleepover in those majestic rooms. (Now that I think of it plastic dinosaurs and museum sleepovers still seem pretty swell...)
This particular image, with the kid's ears so pointedly prominent, reminds me of Alfalfa and pinching, poking, fidgeting lines of kids grudgingly holding hands two-by-two, while proceeding across marble floors. Alfalfa might not be timeless, but those field trips sure are - I bet there's a class or two disgorging from yellow school buses and marching up those grand stairs right this very minute.
As for me, right this minute: I need to move on! The last season of Hey, Hot Shot! makes its debut at the gallery tomorrow evening at 6pm, so it's time to bust out the levels and the drills and put art on walls.
As for 20x200, if having your art on hand for Christmas Day is a priority, this is your last week to get those orders in. Speaking of priority...We highly recommend that you choose the Priority Mail option when shipping.
The Post Office is madness right now, and First Class can be awfully slow going. Priority Mail doesn't just expedite your precious art, but it gives you a tracking number so you can monitor your precious cargo as it makes its way to your door.
I'm back tomorrow with more art and some other goodies, so be on the lookout!
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