Wednesday Edition: Shawn Records
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Life-is-weird Wednesday greetings collectors and how are you today? It's been a pretty incredible week here so far at 20x200 HQ, in no small part due to our outstanding editions by David Byrne and Amy Jean Porter. One of the most gratifying things about this gig is how we get to work with such a broad array of interesting artists; they often overlap, sometimes in the most unlikely ways.
This week's artists are an excellent example of our interconnectedness since all of them, today's Shawn Records included, have collaborated with David Eggers on books, exhibitions and/or films. (Six Degrees of David Eggers?) Today's edition, Untitled, from the series Owner of This World, comes from a body of work that Shawn created while on the set of Where the Wild Things Are, as his son, Max, played the role of Max in the film. Its screenplay is an adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book penned by Eggers.
Fond memories of my own dog-eared copy of this beloved book are nice and all (not to mention powerful!) but what's most compelling about Shawn's project, and this image in particular, is how it evokes the often heartbreaking dynamic between parent and child. What makes it sort of mind-bending is how meta it is: we're seeing a moment of Shawn's invention, captured as he observes his child who's working to recreate the make-believe version of the make-believe book, its mise-en-scène revealing all the unfinished edges that go into the creation of such fiction.
The first thing I thought of when seeing this photograph was: "Sure this might be pretend and all, but that water is most definitely real and is it cold?" (Note: all the camera men are wearing what look to be pretty thick wetsuits!) Then I gasped a little, thinking of how many exquisitely painful moments Shawn might have experienced while observing and recording his son's adventure, imagining whether he was cold, or scared or really maybe just awfully tired. The thing I've come to realize though, is that kids are simultaneously more fragile than they realize and tougher than we can imagine.
Shawn himself is a long-time member of the JBP family. He officially joined us as a Hot Shot in 2005 and was a contender this year. He also serves as President of the Board of Directors of Photolucida. So, we've crossed paths online and in person at many a photo-centric event. I'll hope to see him again soon at one such event, our upcoming shin-dig with our friends at Blurb. Won't you join us too? Next Friday, October 29th from 6 to 9 p.m., we'll be celebrating at the first-ever Blurb Pop Up/NYC at 60 Mercer Street (between Broome and Grand). Space is limited to please be sure to RSVP. I'll see you here, before then, with a brand-new edition next Tuesday.
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