Photography
Thomas Allen, "Aroused," 2009
- Item Number
- 29
- Estimated Value
- 2600 USD
- Opening Bid
- 1200 USD
Item Description
Thomas Allen (American, b. 1963)
Aroused, 2009
Chromogenic print
Framed: 20 x 24 inches
Edition: 1/10
Signed and dated on back in ink
Inspired by the View-Master and “pop-up” books from childhood, Thomas Allen became interested in combining these viewing experiences with his adult interests in pulp fiction paperbacks as still life subjects. Allen gently cuts around the shape of his figures, physically releasing them from their two dimensional surface. They are brought to life from their pages and covers with detailed lighting and a thin focus. Pulled and positioned, their intended drama comes to life.
Aroused is from Allen's latest body of work. Here, narrative is reduced to the final scene of the book, often involving love triangles and relationships accentuated with moments of voyeurism, unrequited love, and homoeroticism.
About The Artist
In 2007, Aperture Foundation (NYC),published UNCOVERED: Photographs by Thomas Allen with a forward by graphic design superstar Chip Kidd. He has had two solo museum exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin. Allen's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Milwaukee Art Museum; Target Corporation; Fidelity Investments and The Progressive Corporation.
Publication credits include Harper's, The New Yorker, New York Magazine and O Magazine among many others.
Thomas Allen received his MFA at the University of Minnesota in 1996. He has received a fellowship from the Minnesota State Art Board in 2000 and the prestigious McKnight's Artist Fellowship for Photographers in 1997.
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