For Convoke's special, limited-edition of Utopia Centerfolds At Play, which explores the body, sexuality, and the archive in art today, Dean Sameshima hand-silkscreened one of his iconic Young Men At Play images on the book's cover. This bold intervention by an unapologetic visionary makes for a one-of-a- kind collectable, bringing the marginal spaces of mid-20th century male-male desire to the fore for a 21st century audience.
Saddle stapled book, waxed poster cover
Dimensions: Book — 9 x 12.75 inches, Poster — 36 x 25 inches unfolded
Pages: 64 pages
ISBN: 9780999782125
Utopia Centerfolds At Play brings together three artists' projects - Brandon Isralsky's Centerfolds and Fuckboys, Ina Jang's Utopia, and Dean Sameshima's Young Men At Play - to constellate explorations of censorship, ephemera, and sexuality across gender and social spectrums. While each artist's work employs unique visual strategies, they all begin with culturally specific, appropriated images of the body, which they treat to speak to their current perspectives, connecting geographies, nationalities, and ethnicities. The book features a uniquely designed fold-out cover that doubles as a poster as well as a must-read introduction by Mizz Even.
For Convoke's special, limited-edition of Utopia Centerfolds At Play, which explores the body, sexuality, and the archive in art today, Dean Sameshima hand-silkscreened one of his iconic Young Men At Play images on the book's cover. This bold intervention by an unapologetic visionary makes for a one-of-a- kind collectable, bringing the marginal spaces of mid-20th century male-male desire to the fore for a 21st century audience.
Saddle stapled book, waxed poster cover
Dimensions: Book — 9 x 12.75 inches, Poster — 36 x 25 inches unfolded
Pages: 64 pages
ISBN: 9780999782125
Utopia Centerfolds At Play brings together three artists' projects - Brandon Isralsky's Centerfolds and Fuckboys, Ina Jang's Utopia, and Dean Sameshima's Young Men At Play - to constellate explorations of censorship, ephemera, and sexuality across gender and social spectrums. While each artist's work employs unique visual strategies, they all begin with culturally specific, appropriated images of the body, which they treat to speak to their current perspectives, connecting geographies, nationalities, and ethnicities. The book features a uniquely designed fold-out cover that doubles as a poster as well as a must-read introduction by Mizz Even.
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