CHECK OUT THE FEUTEU EBAY STORE
FOR MORE RARE AND HARD TO FIND PRINTS,
PHOTOGRAPHS, EDITIONS & MULTIPLES
JOHN STEZAKER
EVOLUTION (DOUBLE SIDED), 1996
Double sided Photolithograph on thick wove John Purcell Paper
28 x 28 cm
11 1/8 x 11 1/8 in
Edition of 55
Initialed and numbered 'JS 11/55' in pencil
Framed with matte in double sided glazed black wood box frame. Good condition.
Published in Printmaking Portfolio, Royal College of Art, Centenary Year, 1996
John Stezaker’s work re-examines the various relationships to the photographic image: as documentation of truth, purveyor of memory, and symbol of modern culture. In his collages, Stezaker appropriates images found in books, magazines, and postcards and uses them as ‘readymades’. Through his elegant juxtapositions, Stezaker adopts the content and contexts of the original images to convey his own witty and poignant meanings.
In his Marriage series, Stezaker's approach focuses on the concept of portraiture, both as art historical genre and public identity. Using publicity shots of film stars, Stezaker splices and overlaps faces, creating hybrid ‘icons’ that dissociate the familiar to create sensations of the uncanny. Coupling male and female identity into unified characters, Stezaker points to a disjointed harmony, where the irreconciliation of difference both complements and detracts from the whole. In his correlated images, personalities (and our idealisations of them) become ancillary and empty, rendered abject through their magnified flaws and struggle for visual dominance.
In using stylistic images from Hollywood’s golden era, Stezaker both temporally and conceptually engages with his interest in Surrealism. Placed in contemporary context, his portraits retain their aura of glamour, whilst simultaneously operating as exotic ‘artefacts’ of an obsolete culture. Stezaker’s portraits celebrate the grotesque, rendering the romance with modernism equally compelling and perverse.
ABOUT FEUTEU
Established in 2020, but with a new EBAY shop front FEUTEU is a leading online gallery. Based between the UK & Los Angeles FEUTEU specialises in high quality contemporary photography and photo-related contemporary art. FEUTEU also offers editions, prints and multiples.
Each artwork is carefully and critically selected and FEUTEU has only high quality art from reputable international artists and exciting emerging names.
All FEUTEU art is 100% guaranteed genuine and comes with a gallery Certificate of Authenticity (COA). FEUTEU also promises to offer any purchased work for resale at any time (on commission - enquire for costs).
Alongside online sales FEUTEU is happy to advise on any artworks and artists, helping you collect individual works or assisting in building a valuable collection, whether for investment or appreciation.
CHECK OUT THE FEUTEU EBAY STORE
FOR MORE RARE AND HARD TO FIND PRINTS,
PHOTOGRAPHS, EDITIONS & MULTIPLES