| Series re-build-ings uzbek #26 2003 Edition of 5 C-Print on Aluminium 162 x 126 cm |
| Brian McKee *1977 Kansas City - USA |
About the work
For the past four years I have traveled throughout America and Eastern
Europe photographing sites that represent important political and social
events in contemporary world history. My most recent project in
Afghanistan is a continuation of this larger conceptual body of work.
Acting as a kind of visual historian I seek to create images that convey a
unique and important view of select aspects of World History. Within
architecture and landscapes I find my true subject, the detritus of
civilization, and seek to explore the way we define and relate to its
existence. Although creating precisely composed and executed images I
carefully chose projects that have a conceptual meaning and importance
beyond their visual interest or beauty. These images from Afghanistan
encompass and express the intents of my vision as an artist.
All images are photographed with a Deardorff 8x10 inch camera on Fuji
negative film. Final print sizes vary from 30x40 inches to 50x60 inches
and are in an edition of 5.
[DETRITUS: Loose fragments that nature or carving has worn away
from rock. Often, by extension, the material or debris resulting from the
making of any work of art; the disintegrated or eroded material left
behind by past civilizations. (pr. de-try'tes) ]
For the past four years I have traveled throughout America and Eastern
Europe photographing sites that represent important political and social
events in contemporary world history. My most recent project in
Afghanistan is a continuation of this larger conceptual body of work.
Acting as a kind of visual historian I seek to create images that convey a
unique and important view of select aspects of World History. Within
architecture and landscapes I find my true subject, the detritus of
civilization, and seek to explore the way we define and relate to its
existence. Although creating precisely composed and executed images I
carefully chose projects that have a conceptual meaning and importance
beyond their visual interest or beauty. These images from Afghanistan
encompass and express the intents of my vision as an artist.
All images are photographed with a Deardorff 8x10 inch camera on Fuji
negative film. Final print sizes vary from 30x40 inches to 50x60 inches
and are in an edition of 5.
[DETRITUS: Loose fragments that nature or carving has worn away
from rock. Often, by extension, the material or debris resulting from the
making of any work of art; the disintegrated or eroded material left
behind by past civilizations. (pr. de-try'tes) ]
See More of Detritus @ the Galerie-Poller
| Biography Born 1977 in Kansas City, Missouri, attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and Bard College studying photography with Stephen Shore, Larry Fink and Barbara Ess. Worked as assistant and studio manger to Lynn Davis 1996-2001. Currently lives and works in New York City. Solo Exhibitions 2006 - URBANUS, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln 2005 - Re-Build-Ings, Galería Arnés y Röpke, Madrid, Spain 2005 - URBANUS, Mitchell-Innes&Nash, New York 2005 - URBANUS, Hilger Contemporary, Wien 2004 - DETRITUS, Valentina Bonomo Artecontemporanea, Roma 2004 - DETRITUS, Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary, München 2003 - DETRITUS, Galerie Hilger, Wien 2003 - DETRITUS, Galerie Poller, Frankfurt am Main 2002 - Fotografie aus New York, Gallery KunstRaum, Essen, Germany 2001 - The Soviet Military Bases, KunstMarkt , Krefeld, Germany 1999 - SITES, Olin Gallery, Annandale, New York Group Exhibitions 2005 - Asthetik des Dokumentarischen, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Austria 2004 - New Artists, Galerie Poller, Frankfurt, Germany 2004 - 25 Under 25, Tisch Gallery, New York City 2002 - Mudai, Gallery Christa Schubbe, Dusseldorf, Germany 2002 - October Report, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University 2002 - The Blue Square, Gallery Viehofer Strasse 26, Essen, Germany 2002 - International Young Art, Sotheby’s Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York 2000 - Annual New Images Exhibition, New Images Gallery, James Madison University, Virginia Collections Silvana Facchini Collection, Miami, Florida (USA) Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida (USA) Sammlung Schoeller, Germany Sammlung Quandt, Bad Homburg v.d.H. (Germany) Sagamore Collection, Miami, Florida (USA) Awards 1999 - The Eugene Atget Prize for Photography presented by Bard College 2001- International Emerging Young Artist, Sponsored by ArtLink and Sotheby’s and followed by a series of group shows with Sotheby’s Auction House 2001- 25 Under 25, Sponsored by Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies and followed by the publication of 25 Under 25 Upcoming Publications March 2003: Featured Artist Portfolio: Bardian Magazine Fall 2003: Artist Portfolio: Eikon September 2003: 25 Under 25: sponsored by Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies and published by Powerhouse Books |
| Series re-build-ings uzberk #4 2003 Edition of 5 C-Print on Aluminium 162 x 126 cm |
| Series re-build-ings uzbek #27 2003 Edition of 5 C-Print on Aluminium 126 x 162 cm |
| Brian McKee @ The Galerie-Poller |
| Series re-build-ings 2003 Edition of 5 C-Print on Aluminium 126 x 162 cm |
Catalogue to order
Brian McKee - DETRITUS
48 pages, 34 images of photographs, preface by Carl Aigner,
texts by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Inge Nevole (all texts in
German and English), Wien 2003, EIKON Verlag Wien -
Sonderdruck #9, ISBN 3-902250-06-2
25,00 Euro + postage
Brian McKee - URBANUS
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, 2005, with interview with
Ian Dunlop, 52pp., 26 color ill., 21,5 x 28 cm / 8,5"x11", ISBN
0-9749607-3-X
25 Under 25, sponsored by Duke University's Center for
Documentary Studies and published by Powerhouse Books,
New York, 2003
Brian McKee - DETRITUS
48 pages, 34 images of photographs, preface by Carl Aigner,
texts by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Inge Nevole (all texts in
German and English), Wien 2003, EIKON Verlag Wien -
Sonderdruck #9, ISBN 3-902250-06-2
25,00 Euro + postage
Brian McKee - URBANUS
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, 2005, with interview with
Ian Dunlop, 52pp., 26 color ill., 21,5 x 28 cm / 8,5"x11", ISBN
0-9749607-3-X
25 Under 25, sponsored by Duke University's Center for
Documentary Studies and published by Powerhouse Books,
New York, 2003
| Series re-build-ings uzbek #17 2003 Edition of 5 C-Print on Aluminium 162 x 126 cm |
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