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Dream Vacation - Limited Edition of 10 Photograph

Newbold Bohemia

United States

Photography, Digital on Paper

Size: 36 W x 24 H x 1.1 D in

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The housewife depicted in "Dream Vacation" is seen multitasking - the steam of the iron mixes with cigarette smoke and probably smoke from a burning shirt while the woman is preoccupied talking to a friend on her pink princess phone and dreaming of a getaway promised in a magazine she has open on the ironing board. The work is one of 9 images from the project “In an Ideal World” a series of brief, unfinished stories. Each work is a captured moment as a woman rebels (in both small and large ways) against her narrowly defined world of domesticity. These “perfect” and often humorous pictures, set in the idyllic world of the 1950s, become acerbic comments on gender roles, oppression and anger. To create the images from “In An Ideal World”, Newbold Bohemia first built sets, sourced props and costumes and hired an actor. The original photograph was taken in black and white and then meticulously recolored in the restrained and limited palette of pinks, greens and blues. The woman at the center of the series is never quite seen, her face is hidden despite being photographed from multiple angles. Each scene at first glance depicts a moment of domestic life, yet the details hint at a much darker side of the life of a suburban housewife. The implications are devastating; the images are rich, beautiful, playful, yet horrifying. Edition #4 of 10, signed on back of photograph Printed with archival inks on on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl. This 285gsm, 100% a-cellulose, bright bright white paper has a delicately textured surface and a smooth, silky feel. The printed image measures 24" X 36" and is printed with a 1/2" white border, making the paper 25" x 37".

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Photography:Digital on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:10

Size:36 W x 24 H x 1.1 D in

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For Chicago artist Newbold Bohemia, an image is not captured in an instant, it is cultivated over time. While other artists exploit the documentary nature of photography, Newbold subverts reality by creating falsified and forged documents. His images are openly staged and/or manipulated after being captured. He builds sets and costumes to create narrative tableaux, stages mundane objects to create transformative still-life compositions, manipulates photos both digitally and physically, and combines found images in ways that either highlight or subvert the intended messages of the original photos. “Photos are just a material like paint, wood, or clay,” says Newbold. “I plan, create, and capture images in my studio or in the field. I color them, paint them, cut them, and combine them — either physically or digitally — to create something new. I try to create not only an image, but an entire world within my image,” explains Newbold, “a world that is fictional but hopefully truthful. As Emerson said, ‘Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.’ ” Even the name Newbold Bohemia is a fabrication. The name reminds him to create art dedicated to the four pillars of Bohemian society — Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love.

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