Wednesday Edition: Gregory Krum
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Warm and springish greetings collectors! It's Sara today, filling in for Jen and oh-so-happy to be introducing a new photograph from the ever wonderful Gregory Krum. Paris is the fourth edition we've released by Mr. Krum, and is a fine companion to the sold out Chateau Pool and Nymphenburg, and New York (Peony), which is still available.
We've lined up this new edition just in time to remind the New Yorkers out there to swing by the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum to see Quicktake: Rodarte, an exhibition celebrating the fashion design duo, curated by Mr. Krum. The exhibition closes this weekend, on Sunday, March 14th. Jen returned from the very fancy Vogue preview of the exhibition with rave reviews, so I'll be scooting myself uptown to see it this weekend and suggest that you do too. Next on the calendar for Gregory is his own solo show at Jen Bekman Gallery, opening in a few short months this May. We'll have more details soon!
When I was reviewing the final proof of this photograph with Gregory, he told me that his last specification to our printer was to make the image "more dreamy." I'm smiling as I share this because only Gregory could give that instruction in all seriousness without sounding like a dolt, and only Eric, our printer, could turn around a new version of the image that was exactly what Gregory wanted. And so we have a subtle and specific representation of a boat on the river Seine.
It's easy to give this image a minute to study the tangled coils of ropes and hose and foliage, alive and dead, scattered and floating, and the next thing you know, you too are scattered and floating, a glance having gleaned a full ten minutes of your time. For me, ten minutes turned to a half hour as I scoured the web for houseboat rentals on the Seine. As soon as the idea entered my mind, I couldn't get it out — what could possibly be more romantic than staying on a riverboat in Paris? One thing that comes close is Mr. Krum's own notion for the series of works that Paris is a part of — Sailors' Valentine. Yes, plural, possessive "sailors'" and singular "valentine" — as he writes, "as if there was one mythical collective Valentine" — all those sailors seeking the one and same thing to bring back to their patiently-waiting loves. If your own seeking doesn't take you far from a desktop today (sad but true for most of us!), no need to shelve indulgent fantasies entirely: Paris isn't that far away.
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