For his limited edition of Utopia Centerfolds At Play Brandon Isralsky — aka Mr. B — has created 4 unique, must-have artworks, incorporating his signature mark-making over the books’ fold-out-poster covers. In these covers, as in his series Centerfolds, Isralsky navigates the nature of desire as it has been crafted in 20th century American print media. He treats each of the 4 versions of his covers (white, blue, green and yellow “X”) with a unique color palette and stroke. Isralsky’s covers-cum-paintings call to mind the work of those who have influenced him - including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso — though the results are quintessentially his, reflecting the artist’s unique perspective as a native New Yorker of Afro-Peruvian descent and as one of the leading artists in today’s New York street scene.
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 his limited edition of Utopia Centerfolds At Play Brandon Isralsky — aka Mr. B — has created 4 unique, must-have artworks, incorporating his signature mark-making over the books’ fold-out-poster covers. In these covers, as in his series Centerfolds, Isralsky navigates the nature of desire as it has been crafted in 20th century American print media. He treats each of the 4 versions of his covers (white, blue, green and yellow “X”) with a unique color palette and stroke. Isralsky’s covers-cum-paintings call to mind the work of those who have influenced him - including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Pablo Picasso — though the results are quintessentially his, reflecting the artist’s unique perspective as a native New Yorker of Afro-Peruvian descent and as one of the leading artists in today’s New York street scene.
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.
