Distribution They leave the ambivalence to us. In 2005 she had a solo show in Japan. See more ideas about Justine kurland, Photo, Photography. Justine Kurland's new book "Girl Pictures" brings together images of rebellious teens taken in the late 1990s. McCorkle: No, I really like what you did with the book. This will be her first solo presentation in Los Angeles. Dec 17, 2018 - Explore Hallie Arden's board "Photographers" on Pinterest. In Waldo Farm Train Hoppers (2011)—where was this? Old Joy (2004) turns to men. ", Selections from her work Highway Kind were published in the book The Open Road: Photography & the American Road Trip by David Campany. Justine Kurland, Spit Bubble, 2013Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Kurland: There was one guy in Colorado who used to work for the railroad, so he knew the schedule. FAQ For more than a decade, Justine Kurland has taken photographs during annual cross-country journeys from New York to the Pacific Northwest that reveal the double-edged nature of the American dream. What philosophy does he believe in? Mar 7, 2016 - Explore Karyn Dempsey - Art Teacher's board "Justine Kurland", followed by 503 people on Pinterest. What’s your favorite picture in the book? This Train Is Bound For Glory examines the lore of trains, hobos and campers seeking freedom in the American landscape, a landscape interpreted in part through photographs of Kurland’s young son Casper with whom she traveled for much of his early life. Her early work comprises photographs, taken during many cross-country road trips, which reveal the double-edged nature of the American dream. Justine Kurland: Lynne Tillman begins her stories “Still Moving” with this quote from a poem he wrote about the wind: “I am bound more to my sentences the more that you batter me to follow you.” Highway Kind starts with photographs of trains and if you think about it, all the words in a sentence are like a train, and maybe both a sentence and a train are like the wind—they move along a path. Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online. These signs look dirty and then over here it’s all nice in that direction the birds are headed in. 1969, Warsaw, New York Lives and works in New York, NY Justine Kurland is known for her utopian photographs of American landscapes and the fringe communities, both real and imagined, that inhabit them. Staff Justine Kurland, Union Pacific at Donner Pass, 2008Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Kurland: I think maybe anarchy or Marxism. Justine Kurland, Untitled (Birds), 2008Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Privacy Policy McCorkle: I think we got off the road at a good time. McCorkle: Could I ask a question? Kurland: That was a different story. Kurland was born in Warsaw, New York. In the spirit of the 19th-century landscape photographers, who produced idealized, utopian images of the American wilderness, Justine Kurland crisscrosses the country with her 4 x 5 camera and her young son, meeting and photographing fellow travelers in grand natural settings. I’d like to think you’ll have a better life than this guy. Get the best of Aperture in your inbox every day. We met rail fans who helped us. McCorkle: Yeah. Host an Exhibition, Contact Us Do most of the people who you photograph want to be photographed? Jun 2, 2020 - b. Kurland: It’s just a style. After having a son, Kurland began to photograph pregnant women and new mothers ("Mama Baby", 2004–2007). Announcing the Winners of the 2020 PhotoBook Awards, Why Deborah Willis Thinks the Photobook Can Be Transformative. Justine Kurland, After Weston, 2010Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Kurland also attributes her more recent photographs of trains and train stowaways to Casper’s love of those vehicles. Justine Kurland, Waldo Farm Train Hoppers, 2011 Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Maybe they were there on the side of the highway, or in some public restroom, or just standing on a sidewalk as I passed by. For the better part of three years, the open road was Justine Kurland’s home and inspiration. The times I photographed you when you didn’t want me to, we would make a make deal. Justine Kurland’s Highway Kind is largely comprised of pictures that have been published or shown before as two self-contained projects. When I was there they were reading Hegel, who wrote this book called Phenomenology of the Spirit (1807), which later became a model for Karl Marx. I think that’s my favorite picture because I like to imagine you when you grow up and you’re my age. They have destroyed the landscape. Part of the philosophy is that everyone should live off the labors of their own work, and that mastery is achieved through labor. Sometimes we would wait all day. And there were these designated spots, the Donner Pass or the Tchepatche Loop, or the Caliente Pass, or in the San Gabriel mountains where we met other people. Mitchell-Innes & Nash is honored to present Girl Pictures, 1997-2002 by Justine Kurland. But I remember going in the back of the van and then waking up when you were still sound asleep and dreaming. McCorkle: You know what I really like about this book? Justine Kurland - The Family for Sale What I like most about her and her art work, is that she captures the beauty of natural things. Interviews - December 19, 2016 Like on the weekends, just teleport to the sand dunes, teleport to Red Rock Canyon, all the places in your photographs, and see what changed. Kurland’s pictures of mechanics and car culture are touching and affectionate. It’s about the master–slave relationship. This past fall, Kurland released her latest photo book, Highway Kind , a virtuosic narrative comprised of 10 years of work that she made while criss-crossing America in a green van that she had retro-fitted to include a bed, a bookcase, cupboards and hardwood floors. It looks like the birds have wrecked havoc. But I’d want the train to disappear into the landscape. Do you remember going to these different places to look for trains to photograph? Meeting on the Hill exemplifies Justine Kurland's affinity for the landscape image. We got chased by cows. It really describes the road trip experience. Altogether, Kurland published 69 pictures of girls in a series called "Girl Pictures." But when you really didn’t want to be photographed, you just kind of walked away. Actually when I met him he asked me if he could put his drugs in my van for a little while. I don’t know any of the girls in Justine Kurland’s Girl Pictures, but it really feels like I do. Every night he has all the kids sit in a circle—they call it “temple”—and they read philosophers like Hegel. As of 2018[update] she had been dating her current female partner for three years. [6], Kurland began dating women shortly after completing her "Girls" series, work with an undercurrent of sex and female sexuality. On view at the gallery’s Chelsea location on the occasion of the project’s 20th anniversary, this exhibition is the first presentation of the artist’s complete first printing of the Girl Pictures; the series is … Raised on the Road: Justine Kurland in Conversation with Her Son, Casper aperture December 19, 2016 After years traversing the U.S. in a van, the photographer and her son sit down for a candid interview. Ruby Beach, Washington. In the spirit of the 19th-century landscape photographers, who produced idealized, utopian images of the American wilderness, Justine Kurland crisscrosses the country with her 4 x 5 camera and her young son, meeting and photographing fellow travelers in grand natural settings. I didn’t ask him. After years traversing the U.S. in a van, the photographer and her son sit down for a candid interview. The staged photos take place in urban and wilderness settings, with girls depicted as though to imply they are runaways, hopeful and independent. Justine Kurland Kurland: I don’t know. And if their mom wanted to go or whatever. Justine Kurland, Watermelon Still Life, 2012Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. I remember you taking so long to write this thing called “Now We Are Six” and I really like the writing of it. I think I always used to—it was called a shutter, I think, right? Probably not, I don’t know. Do you remember those guys? What Does Utopia Look Like in Photography Today? In early 2001 Kurland spent several months in New Zealand, where she created similar work with schoolgirls there.[5]. What is he doing? Justine Kurland - signed copy. I started going to museums at an early age, but my imagery is equally influenced by illustrations from the fairy tales I read as a child. from the School of Visual Arts in 1996. Kurland: You would press the shutter for me? See more ideas about Photography, Photographer, Justine kurland. McCorkle: Yeah. She is known to travel across the country in an RV with her son, scouting out locations in the American wilderness for her photographs. Justine Kurland, 280 Coup, 2012. Or at least, I must have seen them. Her book Spirit West (2000) featured similar work on a more ambitious scale. It doesn’t stick to one theme. The Atmosphere of Crime ... Justine Kurland - signed copy. Indeed, the fall of man, or more exactly fallen men, have their own erotic pathos. Kurland: It’s true. For years, he has accompanied her on shoots out west where traveling caravan-style, they befriend road dogs, train hoppers, back-to-the land commune members, and other emblematic types of … I don’t know if I could be a photographer, but if I could, if I had all the money for gas, and they were little, I probably might. Vendor VIVIANE SASSEN Regular price €198,00 Sale price €198,00 Sale. Our guest in this episode is photographer, writer and teacher Justine Kurland. Kurland: Yeah. Now a mother herself, Kurland has not surprisingly turned the camera on her son, Casper, who more than a muse, has become her collaborator. All Work is Copyright Of Respective Owner, Otherwise © 2020 Aperture Foundation. Raised on the Road: Justine Kurland in Conversation with Her Son, Casper After years traversing the U.S. together in a van, the photographer and her son sit down for a candid interview. Justine Kurland, Untitled (Sleeping in Van), 2006Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. I remember being there and how rickety it was. You talked about the birds and your hair being chaotic—do you remember saying that? Kayne Griffin Corcoran is pleased to present a solo exhibition featuring New York-based artist Justine Kurland. You know why I like him? Kurland: You’re the only person I photographed who didn’t want to be photographed. McCorkle: I remember this one. These travelers include runaway girls, train-hopping hobos, hippies in communes, and mothers with their children. McCorkle: No, I like my friends and I have a good school. The last part of the book gets pretty depressing. When elementary school started in first grade, I think that was a good time. Kurland: He’s super handsome, he’s a foxy dude. But the one thing I didn’t like about being on the road was the six hour, eight hour trips. Since 2004, Kurland and her young son, Casper, have traveled in their customized van, going south in the winter and north in the summer, her life as an artist and mother finely balanced between the need for routine and the desire for freedom and surprise. Kurland first gained public notice with her work in the group show Another Girl, Another Planet (1999), at New York's Van Doren Waxter gallery. Kurland: When I showed you these pictures for the back of the book you described this photograph formally. Raised on the Road: Justine Kurland in Conversation with Her Son, Casper After years traversing the U.S. together in a van, the photographer and her son sit down for a candid interview. McCorkle: Yes, and there was a spit bowl, oh god. I used to . Sometimes I think about what if you’re my age and I’m your age. Kurland: You’re glad we got off the road? Before the birth of her son, Casper, Kurland spent most of her time travelling across America in search of subjects to … Justine Kurland, Keddie Wye, 2009Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Fine art photographer Justine Kurland is well-known for her dreamy images of women — care-free runaway adolescents, schoolgirls, mothers, and soon-to-be mothers, clothed and naked — captured in utopian American landscapes often cast in a gorgeous golden glow. The auto yard is a place of pragmatic resurrection. From the series, “Of Woman Born.”. . McCorkle: Yeah. Or at least, I must have seen them. McCorkle: And also the signs. In her 2004 show Songs of Experience she explored medieval and Biblical imagery. You said the leader used to be a philosophy person or whatever. Kurland: When you grow up and you have kids will you bring them on road trips? “After the birth of my son, Casper, in 2004, I began a series of photographs that juxtapose radical repre (...) sentations of motherhood with idealized views of the American West. Kurland's work appears on the cover and liner notes of French electronic/shoegaze group M83's 2004 album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, as well as the covers of the EP releases for the album. “The first book I made with Aperture, Highway Kind , was released the day Trump was elected, and now Girl Pictures comes out in the middle of Covid-19,” she writes to AnOther over email as her latest book is published. McCorkle: I think that makes a lot of sense. I wanted to talk about how the train had become part of the landscape. In 2003 she had European solo shows Golden Dawn (London) and Welcome Home (Vienna), based around these series of commune images. Her deep interest in the road, the western frontier, escape, and ways of living outside mainstream values pervade this stunning and important body of work. We were chased by dogs, and I threw you over the fence into a bush so the dogs couldn’t get to you. Kurland: I ask people to let me photograph them, and a lot of the times they say, “No.” But I never photographed anyone who didn’t want to be photographed. The show included her large c-print staged tableau pictures of neo-romantic landscapes inhabited by young adolescent girls, half-sprites, half juvenile delinquents. The First PhotoBook category celebrates the, Announcing Aperture magazine's winter 2020 issue, Celebrating the evolving narrative of the, Ben Krewinkel's online archive considers the. Justine Kurland, What Casper Might Look Like If He Grew Up to be a Junkie in Tacoma, 2013Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Kurland first gained public notice with her work in the group show Another Girl, Another Planet (1999), at New York's Van Doren Waxter gallery. Her deep interest in the road, the western frontier, escape, and ways of living outside mainstream values pervade this stunning and important body of work. Do you know? Kurland: No, he’s super handsome, what to you mean he’s ugly? McCorkle: If I’m like forty and you’re like one? [2] The show included her large c-print staged tableau pictures of neo-romantic landscapes inhabited by young adolescent girls, half-sprites, half juvenile delinquents. I like it. Kurland: Do you remember this one where you’re brushing your teeth? We used to talk about you brushing your teeth professionally? Kurland: Sometimes we would wait so long. Justine Kurland, Baby Tooth, 2011. There was a guy in California who brought us some place in the mountains. I have a question about basically all of the train pictures. 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[3][4], As landscapes she chose the 'secret places' of late childhood; wasteland on the edges of suburbia, 'owned' only by a feral nature and unsupervised children. Altogether, Kurland published 69 pictur… Rebuilt Engine, 2013. Click here to see an interactive timeline which details the history of Aperture. Mitchell-Innes & Nash is honored to present Girl Pictures, 1997-2002 by Justine Kurland. How long did you normally have to wait until a train came, and did you know when the trains would come by? in 1998. Advertising I also remember waking up to that really awesome noise of the rain on the roof. AbeBooks.com: Justine Kurland: Highway Kind (9781597113281) and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Sometimes I was asleep and I slept for a long time and you were driving and I was still in the back. And remember? Kurland: When I showed my photographs to the rail fans, they weren’t impressed because they had zoom lenses and tried to photograph the trains in a particular ways. What’s your favorite photo out of all of these that you made? McCorkle: I don’t know. Justine Kurland admits to having “terrible timing” when it comes to publishing photography books. Kurland: Waldo Farm is outside Gainesville, Florida. She shows visionaries trekking naked into the wilderness, where they undergo spiritual experiences. And a deal is a deal. I wish I could teleport to some of the places we’ve gone and sleep in the van. Jobs I think it’s really good. McCorkle: You photographed me when I didn’t want to be photographed. DIE SON SIEN ALLES - signed copy. Well, of course I was asleep. Kurland has long been fascinated with the American West, and like previous bodies of work the photographs in this exhibition were made over the course of extended road trips with her son. 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