October 15

ACP LECTURE SERIES: KAHN & SELESNICK

Posted by Layla on October 15, 2014 in LECTURES | Leave a comment

Savannah College of Art & Design
Featuring work by: Nicholas Kahn, Richard Selesnick

Lecture: Wed, Oct 15, 7pm – 8:30pm

Through photographs made at the crossroads of past & future, the collaborative artistic duo Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick speculatively explore time’s breadth; from a decidedly old-West-feeling future, to an expertly imagined, science-fiction past.

Kahn & Selesnick create work that’s as boldly imaginative as it is grounded by fact. As hand-crafted and anachronistic as a flying machine, their work’s idiosyncrasies are built with painstaking purpose in support of fantastic narratives, coaxing the viewer’s imagination to soar.

Critically acclaimed, with over 100 solo and group exhibitions worldwide, their work appeals to wide swaths of culture. From steampunk circles to historian cartographers, their pictures have an openness that beckons and welcomes, inviting engagement from all.

PHOTOS:

The artists explaining their inspiration

Collaborative early work with the basis in Edwardian inspiration

Border treatment is inspiration for many pieces to come

Early painting collaboration

Early collaboration with photo of real person made to look otherworldly

Early work with photography and painting

Piece made with dough

Interior of 6ft octagonal piece

Edwardian Green Man which inspires much of their work

Photo of artist version of Green Man

Another version of Green Man with leaves stuck on with honey

Another Green Man

Another Green Man

Octagonal piece with Green Man photographs all over

Panoramic pieces in gallery

Artists during the lecture

Piece of panoramic storytelling

Closeup of storytelling

6ft long panoramic storybook

Photography piece with Edwardian inspiration

Another work by Kahn & Selesnick

Excerpt of work shot in Scotland

More of the same work shot in Scotland

Another piece from series shot in Scotland

Another excerpt from work in Scotland

Playing with perspective to create odalisque form

William Blake character

Photography piece inspired by an old painting

Woman in wheel

Image of stupas

Clay stupa village made by artists and shot in nature

Clay village

Aerial view of the clay village

Clay village recreated with a new narrative

Inspiration for alligator piece

Process of creating alligator piece

Process of creating alligator piece

Process of creating alligator piece

Process of creating alligator piece

Process of creating alligator piece

Edwardian astronaut

Artists created what they would imagine Edwardian space exploration equipment to look like

Exhibition of Moon project with props in the gallery

Image of Moon Paste

Various ceramic rocks created by the artists

Iceberg project inspiration

Images from iceberg series

Image of time of Depression when money was used as kindling because it was worthless

Images of worthless money

Iceberg pieces

Coat made of created money, and Delft dish with polar bears inside

Created money- all images and designs done by the artists

Closeup of created money

Greem man series

Closeup of Green Man

Green Man Series