Antoine d'Agata

"Neudobnoe mesto" - eto sovmestnyj proekt publitsista Dzhonatana Littella i fotografa Antuana d'Agaty o Babem jare, istoricheskoj pamjati i voennykh prestuplenijakh Rossii v Ukraine v 2000-kh. Rukopis knigi byla zakonchena za dva dnja do napadenija Rossii na Ukrainu. V nojabre 2022-go Littell vernulsja k tekstu, chtoby perepisat ego v sootvetstvii s novoj realnostju, v kotoroj uzhe sluchilas Bucha, okkupatsija Mariupolja i kazhdyj den stanovitsja izvestno o vse novykh prestuplenijakh rossijskikh voennykh v Ukraine. Dzhonatan Littell - avtor romana "Blagovolitelnitsy". V novoj knige on zadaet tjazhelye voprosy o dramatichnykh sobytijakh XX (a teper i XXI) veka. A fotografii Antuana d'Agaty iz legendarnogo agentstva Magnum prevraschajut chtenie "Neudobnogo mesta" v immersivnyj opyt.

An artist’s book bringing together 27 photographs by Antoine d’Agata and 25 graphic works by Francis Bacon.

Chus Bures creates miracles. Each piece of jewellery that emerges from his workshop boasts a complex genesis, stemming from an intersection between his genius-level thought processes and his maverick lifestyle. From exploring the versatility of buttons, to accentuating the geometric planes of the human body (Infinity Lines, 1990), and using minerals to emulate and exaggerate human features (seen in the striking 'Mae Nam' Collection of 2000), Bures' work is always perplexing, always stimulating, and always innovative. He refuses to be cowed by convention, and delights in challenging his clients and models. The bodily focus of his work makes every piece a startling, and often uncomfortable, insight into humanity. Bures may be a maestro of metal - the gauzy chainmail-esque veils in his Crochet collection, 2000, attest to that. Yet he has mastered the emotional dimensions of his jewellery as well as its physical properties. The relationship between his pieces and the people who collect and cherish them is essential to his artistic praxis. In Chus Bures, Portraits & Jewellery (2016), this is realised through a series of intense portraits by Antoine d'Agata, Alberto Garcia-Alix, and Andres Serrano. These pictures reveal a transgressive melding of jewel and subject: man becomes metal and metal becomes man. Watch ideas take on physical form, and immerse yourself in Bures' world of wearable art.