Champassak, Tiane Doan Na

Sunless [2014 1ST EDITION & 1ST PRINTING WITH WHITE COVER - FINE COPY IN SHRINKWRAP]

Editions du LIC, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Éditions du LIC, Oslo, Norway, 2015. Hardover in pictorial boards. First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of only 500 copies issued in 3 separate colored covers (white, red and blue). This copy has the white cover. 64 pages with 55 photographic images throughout. Silkscreen UV & machine matte varnish. 9¾x13". BOOK CONDITION: Fine/As New (still sealed in the publisher's original shrink wrap).

Sunless highlights the different shades between what today's society accepts as male or female, and explores what is considered the norm in terms of gender and sexuality. Whilst homosexuality tends to be well represented in today's contemporary art scene, very little space is made for works that deal with bisexuality and transgenderism. Photographic works on these themes remain within a niche of militant art that rarely reaches a wider audience - as if confrontation with such work is too disturbing or even too threatening for individuals and society. Tiane Doan na Champassak's work is driven by a fascination with gender identity issues, revealing a decidedly aesthetic sensibility. For each body of work, whether gallery prints or limited edition books, he seeks out the most appropriate techniques, materials and formats. In Sunless, transgressive sexual encounters have been captured by the photographer on Ilfochrome film and interspersed with stark monochrome impressions of the urban architecture in which they are anchored. Consequently, Sunless pushes the limitations of offset printing to the limit by attempting to accurately reproduce Ilfochrome prints through the use of high pigmentation inks combined with silkscreen varnish, juxtaposed with large format matte-varnished duotone images. As new. Item #2911

Price: $200.00