Jack Pierson
Jack Pierson: Tomorrow's Man 6
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The sixth edition in American photographer Jack Pierson’s (born 1960) celebrated artist’s book series, Tomorrow’s Man―titled after the infamous bodybuilding series of the 1950s and '60s―features work from some of Pierson’s favorite contemporary artists, both established and emerging. As in the previous editions, the book comes in four different covers.
This installment showcases a diverse collection of work, such as Cameron Jamie’s ceramics, Clément PJ Schneider’s nude studies and Danny McDonald’s pop-inspired sculptures, alongside images from Matthew Bede Murphy, Michael Bilsborough, Agustin Bruno, Jeremy Deprez, Eliza Douglas, Robert Escalera, Mark Flood, Quinn Gorbutt, Mended Veil, Nathan Morgan, Nehama, Kembra Pfahler and Niv Shank. Rounding out this volume are Pierson’s own images and assorted ephemera as well as a screenplay by Chico Kramer.
164 pages
10 × 7 1⁄2 inches
Jack Pierson
Jack Pierson works with a variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, installations and film. Through exploration of celebrity, melodrama and loneliness, Pierson articulates these through an emotional narrative manifesting lost love, sexual longing, faded glamour, fleeting moments, and melancholic and sentimental reflection. His favored subjects are excerpts from his daily life: fragments of urban landscapes, still lives of ordinary objects, homoerotic nudes and evocative words worked into collages or transformed into wall mounted sculptures. Deeply rooted in Americana, the artist seeks to portray the other side of the American Dream, what he calls “the tragedy inherent in the pursuit of glamour”.
