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The artist attributes his compositional and material subversiveness to his own marginalised identity, stating that: “Both my job as an artist and my experience as a queer man compel me to look for and reconsider the stories and meanings society imposes on material, objects, and people.” Indeed, the artist’s queerness is reflected throughout his work— beyond depictions of homoerotic desire, the pieces have their rhythm and repeated language of marginality and subversion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eTouch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrush\u003c\/em\u003e explores notions of tactility and proximity. Abstracted human forms, sometimes partially cropped out of frame, distorted, or blurred over with sweeping brushstrokes, populate the images within this series. There is a hazy, quasi-cinematic quality to the series, with figures often seeming distant and just out of the viewer’s reach. Self-portraits included by the artist reveal a being in the state of becoming, obscured and ephemeral. There is an undeniable corporeality to the images, a playful eroticism, and an exploration of queer desire. Tongues lick at the air; faces are pressed into unseen flesh… the possibility of touch is continually thwarted by a composition, which increases the erotic thrill of the works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eObject\u003c\/em\u003e is both an exercise in form and an exploration of the artist’s identity at the interstices of nationality, ethnicity, and religion. Blank canvases manipulated over their stretchers have a sculptural quality and allow for complete experimentation with form and texture. Repetitions of images introduce a unique rhythm to the series, which loops and draws the eye toward variation and distortion. This ever-changing focus builds towards a dream-like, transient atmosphere— one which reflects Yosef’s memories of his ancestry and homeland, his complex identity as a queer Arab, and mixed heritage which he strives to connect with through his work:“I’m examining the many dimensions of my identity and background. It’s a reflective practice of not describing my heritage solely within my heritage. Through the revisitation of images and engaging practices of repetition, I am working with memories and remembrance.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJwan Yosef (b.1984) is a conceptual visual artist whose practice challenges conventional form and encompasses themes including marginalisation, belonging, intimacy, and queer sexuality. He has been profiled and exhibited globally in solo and group exhibitions for nearly two decades. Born in Syria, he moved to Sweden in his youth, where he eventually obtained a BFA from Konstfack University College of Arts in Stockholm. He received an MFA from Central Saint Martins in London after his studies in Stockholm. It was in London that he was also awarded The Threadneedle Prize for Exhibiting Artist (2013) and the Beers Contemporary Award for Emerging Art (2013), as well as becoming a founding member of The Bomb Factory Art Foundation (est. 2015). 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The photographs by Andreasson, candidly prepared as visual support for these sales, serve as an important and inimitable survey of Helmut Lang designs, with an edit pre-determined by catastrophic circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis expanded edition features an additional 1,000 photographs—primarily close-up images that further illuminate Lang’s visual language and body of work. It also introduces a new essay on Helmut Lang by Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at FIT, New York. Andreasson worked with Steele before the fire to bring a significant selection of Helmut Lang’s archival pieces into the museum’s permanent collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book further examines the present-day stature of Helmut Lang designs and the undeniable influence of Lang’s work in fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHELMUT LANG ARCHIVE DISPERSED includes texts by EUGENE RABKIN, YALE BRESLIN and JEPPE UGELVIG. 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Artists Andreasson has engaged and closely collaborated with for this program include Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Bjarne Melgaard, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Anselm Reyle, Wilhelm Sasnal, Marilyn Minter, Ashley Bickerton, Sanford Biggers, Jake \u0026amp; Dinos Chapman, Kim Gordon, Carsten Höller, Jonathan Horowitz, Linder, Sue Webster \u0026amp; Tim Noble, Tony Ourlser, Mickalene Thomas and The Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts, among others. Andreasson has organized and curated exhibitions of this program across the world. Since 2013, Andreasson has managed all commercial and licensing activities of Tom of Finland Foundation, and has developed collaborations with brands that include JW Anderson, Diesel, Honey Fucking Dijon, Carne Bollente and CDLP. Mr. Lang engaged Andreasson again between 2014-2021 to oversee press relations, external communication and special projects. 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