An avid reader of The New York Times, Ross Bleckner stumbled upon a quirky juxtaposition of luxury and real life in the newspaper some 20 years ago and started saving daily tear sheets for the irony they conveyed. Page 3 of section A of the Times has displayed a Tiffany & Co. advertisement for bejeweled baubles next to headlines and pictures reflecting global tragedies, conflicts, disasters, and rituals for as long as anyone can remember. The artist has compiled nearly 90 of the appropriated and un-manipulated montages, which reference a wide range of international problems and human concerns, in the newly published A3: Our Lives in The New York Times, a 1:1 scale monograph that provides an overview of an era of widening inequities.

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Posted on: August 18th, 2011
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