We are incredibly excited to announce a first look at a new print edition with B.D. Graft. Bouquet will become available on Friday, November 26th at 12:00 AM. For more information or to stay up to date on this release, contact us at info@launchf18.com.
Bouquet, 2021. Fuji crystal mat archival print 22.5 x 16 in (57.15 x 40.64 cm) Including a 1/4 in (0.64 cm) white border. Edition of 100, signed and numbered by the artist on the front.
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Ultra HD Premium Features is an interactive augmented reality zine. Calling attention to the book design process, this unbound, unrefined zine invigorates the viewing experience through the playful use of augmented reality. Much like photography, cinematography is constantly innovating and evolving and as a result it's become a highly scrutinized medium. From dynamic range of an image, resolution size, full frame verses Super 35mm, anamorphic verses spherical and signal to noise ratio - the tools are seemingly endless. We have lost site of what these tools where actually designed to do which is to help us tell a story. These methods are teased out by using different materials to create a dialogue about a time-based medium.
This unique edition is presented in conjunction with Davidson's online viewing room, Parasitic Capacitance.
Brooklyn based artist, Bradford Willingham sat down with Sam Trioli to discuss his two part online viewing room, Moiré Vowing (Part I) and Lies are Sewn, Lips are Known (Part II). In these two series of works, Willingham transferred the first iteration’s physical line drawings into digital vectors and then colored them into a muted flat pop aesthetic. The imagery and prints themselves evolve and expand from one series to the next, providing a documented evolution within the work itself.
In concurrence with LAUNCH F18’s online viewing room, Stonebreakers, Marissa Graziano prompted the group of seventeen artists who are featured within the exhibition to answer one of four questions in dialogue with Gustave Courbet. Their responses offer a thoughtful insight into each of their studio practices and highlight the differing aspects of their work in relation to contemporary realism.
On the occasion of her debut solo exhibition with the gallery, Meena Hasan sat down with Christin Graham to discuss her new body work she created for Mangiferin Chintz. Featuring a selection of over fifteen new paintings, Hasan shares her creative process, ideas behind the new work, and personal connections to the subject matter of this incredible new series of work.
