Joel-Peter Witkin Art

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Art Brokerage: Joel-Peter Witkin, born in 1939, is a photographer whose images of the human condition are undeniably powerful. For more than twenty years he has pursued his interest in spirituality and how it impacts the physical world in which we exist. Finding beauty within the grotesque, Witkin pursues this complex issue through people most often cast aside by society -- human spectacles including hermaphrodites, dwarfs, amputees, androgynes, carcasses, people with odd physical capabilities, fetishists and "any living myth, anyone bearing the wounds of Christ." His fascination with other people's physicality has inspired works that confront our sense of normalcy and decency, while constantly examining the teachings handed down through Christianity. His constant reference to paintings from art history, including the works of Bosch, Goya, Velasquez, Miro, Botticelli and Picasso are testaments to his need to create a new history for himself. By using imagery and symbols from the past, Witkin celebrates our history while constantly redefining its present day context. Visiting medical schools, morgues and insane asylums around the world, Witkin seeks out his collaborators, who, in the end, represent the numerous personas of the artist himself. The resulting photographs are haunting and beautiful, grotesque yet bold in their defiance a hideous beauty that is as compelling as it is taboo. Witkin begins each image by sketching his ideas on paper, perfecting every detail by arranging the scene before he gets into the studio to stage his elaborate tableaus. Once photographed, Witkin spends hours in the darkroom, scratching and piercing his negatives, transforming them into images that look made rather than taken. Through printing, Witkin reinterprets his original idea in a final act of adoration. Joel-Peter Witkin lets us look into his created world, which is both frightening and fascinating, as he seeks to dismantle our preconceived notions about sexuality and physical beauty. Through his imagery, we gain a greater understanding about human difference and tolerance.
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"Ms. P - From the series, Objects Held Then Thrown"


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Photograph Print
1980
Hand Signed   Lower right   Edition # Not numbered  
Provenance & Extra Info Seller served as model for this image. The photograph was the end of a series called Objects Held Then Thrown that at one time hung at the San Francisco Modern Art Museum.  
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"Witkin"


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Book with 12 Photogravures
1993
Other   Colophon page signed by Joel-Peter Witkin   Edition # Printers Copy  
Provenance & Extra Info Witkin, Joe-Peter Witkin and Galway Kinnel, 12 photogravures by Joel-Peter Witkin with poem " Under The Maud Moon " by Galway Kinnel. published by Kevin Begos Publishing, Inc. 1993. Bound book signed by Joel-Peter Witkin. Limited edition of 175 copies.  
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