Synopsis
Jon Rafman recently caught the art world's attention with his ambitious photo project The Nine Eyes of Google Street View, a collection of hundreds of images carefully selected from blogs and searches. Hauntingly evocative, the work utilizes extremely personal moments to reveal how digital ephemera and media shape our desires and threaten to define our being. Since his appearance on the art scene just a few years ago Rafman has garnered remarkable international success and this first career monograph, produced so early in his career, testifies to the pertinence of his practice. Using a wide range of media Rafman blurs the boundaries between virtual and physical realities with works that can be either digital or material, found or made. By moving back and forth from video and photography to sculpture and painting, he brings attention to how such a transformation has become intuitive for us, changing the different ways in which we know ourselves, and how we perceive and relate to the world around us. Though Rafman rarely takes a moral stance toward the messaging behind his art, it consistently asks us to evaluate what it means to be human in the context of these new and ambiguous digital realms.
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About the Author
Mark Lanctôt has authored major monographs on Marcel Dzama, Michel de Broin and Pierre Dorion. Sandra Rafman is a developmental and pediatric psychologist and a published author in her field.
From the Back Cover
Jon Rafman was born in 1981 in Montreal where he continues to live and work. His works have been exhibited at the New Museum (New York, 2010), Saatchi Gallery (London, 2012), Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Rome, 2010), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2012) and Fridericianum (Kassel, 2013). His work has been featured in Art in America, Modern Painters, Artforum, Frieze, and the New York Times. Jon Rafman was a nominee for the prestigious Future Generation Art Prize in 2014 and has been nominated for the 2015 Sobey Art Award.
From the Inside Flap
Jon Rafman was born in 1981 in Montreal where he continues to live and work. His works have been exhibited at the New Museum (New York, 2010), Saatchi Gallery (London, 2012), Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Rome, 2010), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2012) and Fridericianum (Kassel, 2013). His work has been featured in Art in America, Modern Painters, Artforum, Frieze, and the New York Times. Jon Rafman was a nominee for the prestigious Future Generation Art Prize in 2014 and has been nominated for the 2015 Sobey Art Award.
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MAC Montreal / ABC Art Books Canada, 2015
ISBN 10: 2551256879
ISBN 13: 9782551256877
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Hardcover
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