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Aaron Hobson’s pictures are very immediate—they’re familiar for anyone who’s spent time picking around America’s rust belt, but you linger for a while and notice the care with details and composition.
To Richard Ross, the DMV is more than an annoyance; it’s an example of authority at work in our daily lives.
Kohei Yoshiyuki’s 1970s photos capture peeping Toms raptly eyeing their prey in Tokyo parks.
Thomas Allen’s work brims with loose women, bad men, and secret, dangerous lives. Working with pulp novel covers, he infuses them with new life and narratives, pushing pulp’s roughish allusions into three dimensions.
Charlie White sends subtle messages. His photographs twist our social mores, commenting on the associations we make with famous (and imagined) events, art, and characters—revealing the monsters that hide in our corners.
Martin Klimas breaks recognizable objects so they become something else, and stops us just at the moment of transformation.
The composition of everyday things is up for review. Each week we find out new things about genes, about molecular structures—so why not the letters we read on signs, in magazines, on the flipside of our hovering skateboards?
Chris Jordan takes reports of large-scale waste and consumption out of the realm of statistics and places them squarely in front of our faces.
The watercolors and packing-tape installations of Robert Waters are frank and intimate, with luminous simplicity; what they’re made from serves the message, and not the other way around.
Even if you’ve never heard his name, chances are you’ve seen Shepard Fairey’s stickers, posters, and stencils on lampposts in New York City, or peeking out from doorways and street signs in one of the countless countries where his street art has traveled.
Think of your favorite teddy bear. Now imagine it’s been ripped open, gutted, and turned inside-out. That’s what Kent Rogowski has done to the iconic stuffed animals of our childhoods.
Terry Rowlett searches for meaning through contemporary work with undeniable ties to painting’s history. In his work, Rowlett’s friends mirror his own struggles and exalt his triumphs.