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MP3: Midwest Photographers Publication ProjectAdd to WishlistRegular Price: $ 30.00
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"In thrift shops, I can capture lost excitement and overwhelmed, subsumed moments. " —Brian Ulrich Chicago, Illinois, 2005 is the very first picture Brian Ulrich made in his Thrift series. Part of a larger project titled Copia , a direct response to the 2001 encouragement by the then administration to go out and spend to boost the U.S. economy, the project examines our consumer-dominated culture. In Thrift, the artist has made a series of photographs taken in thrift stores—which have become the depositories of our recycled consumer desires . The work in the words of the artist, "explores not only the everyday activities of shopping, but the economic, cultural, social, and political implications of commercialism and the roles we play in self-destruction, over-consumption, and as targets of marketing and advertising." Aperture is pleased to offer this very special limited-edition photograph to our collectors by the recent 2009 Guggenheim Fellow, Brian Ulrich. Both his Thrift and Dark Stores will be on view at Chelsea's Julie Saul Gallery from May 28th until July 13, 2009. Brian Ulrich was born 1971 in Northport, NY. His photographs are in major museum collections such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Ulrich earned his MFA in photography at Columbia College Chicago and a BFA in photography at the University of Akron. Ulrich has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. His work has also been included in many group exhibitions such as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Contemporary Photography; and the Walker Art Center among others. His first monograph, Copia was published in 2006 by Aperture as part of the MP3: Midwest Photographers Project. In 2007 Ulrich was named one of the years 30 Emerging Photographers by Photo District News magazine, and a critic’s pick by Richard Woodward for ARTnews magazine. His work has been recently featured in the New York Times Magazine; Orion Magazine; Vice Magazine; Mother Jones magazine; the Chicago Tribune; Artforum; Harper’s; Leica World; and Adbusters. Ulrich lives and works in Chicago and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Columbia College. |
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