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EVERYTHING IS LIQUID
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American artists Doug and Mike Starn are identical twins born in 1961, work in Beacon, NY at their 40,000 square foot studio. First having received international attention at the 1987 Whitney Biennial, the Starns were primarily known for working conceptually with photography, and are largely concerned with interconnection and interdependence. Over the past three decades, they have continued to defy categorization, effectively combining traditionally separate disciplines such as photography, sculpture, and architecture.
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SCP 2228A, 2021-2022Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jets prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tapeEdition of 9 | 19 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 | 33 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches
Edition of 3 | 62 1/2 x 103 inches -
MTN 648 crop 2, 2021-2022Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jets prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tapeEdition of 9 | 19 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 | 33 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches
Edition of 3 | 62 1/2 x 103 inches -
SCP 22293B, 2021-2022Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jets prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tapeEdition of 9 | 19 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 | 33 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches
Edition of 3 | 62 1/2 x 103 inches
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MTN 621Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jets prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, scotch tapeEdition of 9 | 19 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 | 33 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches
Edition of 3 | 62 1/2 x 103 inches -
MTN 123 CROP 2Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jets prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tapeEdition of 9 | 19 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 | 33 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches
Edition of 3 | 62 1/2 x 103 inches -
MTN 648 crop 1, 2021-2022Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jets prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tapeEdition of 9 | 19 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 | 33 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches
Edition of 3 | 62 1/2 x 103 inches
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As twins and lifelong collaborators, they are innately and profoundly aware that nothing stands alone, everything is interdependent. Everything is Liquid, their most recent body of work, explores how all things are flowing, moving, and finding new form, in ways apparent to the human eye or spanning across and beyond lifetimes. The Starns probe this idea through comparing ceaselessly rising and falling seascapes with mountain-scapes, formed by the gradual yet perpetual turbulence of geologic change. The result is artwork that are neither simply photography or sculpture, but rather three-dimensional objects of inquiry by their very nature.
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Doug and Mike Starn
EiL 11, 1/3Acrylic paint on Ultrachrome K3 Epson ink jet print on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall paper, scotch tape
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The Starns have received many honors including two National Endowment for the Arts Grants in 1987 and 1995; The Bruce Museum Icon Award 2017; The Brendan Gill Prize 2009; The International Center for Photography's Infinity Award for Fine Art Photography in 1992; and artists in residency at NASA in the mid-nineties. Major artworks by the Starns are represented in collections including: The Museum of Modern Art (NYC); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (NYC); The Jewish Museum, (NYC); The Israel Museum in Jerusalem; The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC); Moderna Museet (Stockholm); The National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne); Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC); Yokohama Museum of Art (Japan); La Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris); La Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris); and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, amongst many others
EVERYTHING IS LIQUID: DOUG AND MIKE STARN
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