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AUCTION ITEM
Masks and Mannequin, 2022
Matt Fibre 200grs Hahnemühle
30 × 24 × 1/10 in
76.2 × 61 × 0.3 cm
$750 USD Estimated Value
AUCTION ITEM
Tapes, 2022
Matt Fibre 200grs Hahnemühle
30 × 24 × 1/10 in
76.2 × 61 × 0.3 cm
$750 USD Estimated Value
AUCTION ITEM
Rainbow Face, 2018
Matt Fibre 200grs Hahnemühle,
30 × 24 × 1/10 in, 76.2 × 61 × 0.3 cm
$750 USD Estimated Value
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750 USD (Available only in Gallery - Please contact)
Matt Fibre 200grs Hahnemühle
30 × 24 × 1/10 in
76.2 × 61 × 0.3 cm
JESSE EGNER
@JESSEEGNER
Jesse Egner es un artista queer que trabaja principalmente con la fotografía. Su obra, que a menudo adopta la forma de retratos juguetones y absurdos de sí mismo y de otras personas, explora temas de queeridad, desidentificación, homonormatividad, enfermedad mental y neutralidad del cuerpo. Egner nació en 1993 en Lancaster, Pensilvania, y actualmente vive en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Obtuvo su licenciatura en Millersville University of Pennsylvania en 2016 y su maestría en Parsons School of Design en 2020. Su trabajo ha sido exhibido a nivel mundial y recientemente ha sido incluido en exposiciones en ClampArt, Luciana Matalon Foundation, Photographic Center Northwest, Filter Photo, Columbia College Chicago, Mana Contemporary, el Pingyao International Photography Festival, entre otros.
Sus fotografías han sido destacadas en publicaciones de CNN Style, PUBLIC Journal, Lenscratch, Float Magazine, Soft Lightning, Queer Photo Collective, Plataforma Minima, Maake Magazine, entre otras. Ha participado en residencias en el Santa Fe Art Institute y en el Bunnell Street Arts Center, y su obra forma parte de la colección permanente del Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts.
"Sin Afeminados. Sin Gordos". Cuando empecé a crear perfiles en aplicaciones de citas y encuentros gay de adolescente, esta frase era algo que encontraba con frecuencia, lo que estableció un precedente que definía mi cuerpo como no deseado. Como persona queer con un cuerpo no normativo y una discapacidad invisible, el constante rechazo de las comunidades gays puso en marcha una batalla entre mi queeridad y el cuerpo que habito.
Este trabajo comenzó con autorretratos, una acción que me resultaba agresiva debido a mi aversión a ello como práctica, quizás debido a años de condicionamiento para despreciar mi apariencia. Sin embargo, me permitió iniciar una exploración visual de la queeridad no normativa a través del uso de elementos como la absurdidad, el humor y lo extraño. Con el tiempo, pasé de hacer solo autorretratos y comencé a fotografiar a otras personas queer en colaboración.
JESSE EGNER
@JESSEEGNER
Jesse Egner is a queer artist working primarily with photography. Often taking the form of playful and absurd portraiture of himself and other individuals, his work explores themes of queerness, disidentification, homonormativity, mental illness, and body neutrality. Egner was born in 1993 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He received his BA from Millersville University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and his MFA from Parsons School of Design in 2020. His work has been exhibited globally and has recently been included in exhibitions at ClampArt, Luciana Matalon Foundation, Photographic Center Northwest, Filter Photo, Columbia College Chicago, Mana Contemporary, the Pingyao International Photography Festival, and others.
His photographs have been featured in publications by CNN Style, PUBLIC Journal, Lenscratch, Float Magazine, Soft Lightning, Queer Photo Collective, Plataforma Minima, Maake Magazine, and others. He has participated in residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute and Bunnell Street Arts Center, and his work is included in the permanent collection at the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts.
No Femmes. No Fats.” When I started making profiles on gay dating/hookup apps as a teenager, this is a phrase I came across frequently, which set a precedent that defined my body as unwelcome. As a queer person with a non-normative body and an invisible disability, the constant rejection from gay communities set in motion a battle between my queerness and the body I inhabit.
This work began with self-portraiture—an action that felt aggressive towards me due to my aversion to it as a practice, perhaps through years of conditioning to despise my appearance. However, it allowed me to begin a visual exploration into non-normative queerness through the utilization of elements such as absurdity, humor, and the uncanny. I eventually moved on from just self-portraiture and began photographing with other queer people in collaboration.