New and recent photographic, moving image, and sculptural
works by artist Stuart Sandford, whose work revolves around exploring
ideas of sexuality, masculinity, and identity stemming from adolescence.
Invoking keen directorial and editorial skill, his work calls to mind
the tenderness and innocence of Hollywood teen heartthrobs of the 1980s,
while re-appropriating and re-contextualizing these familiar icons (including
Chad Allen, Corey Haim, and a young, fresh-faced Matthew Broderick)
with a provocative, sexy, neo-punk aesthetic.
His process challenges the notions of authorship and image-maker
(Sandford draws inspiration from eighties teen fan-mags and accepts
photographic contributions from others for his own projects). This will
be Sandford’s first solo presentation of his work in London.
Stuart Sandford received his BA Fine Art, with Honours,
in 2006. He has exhibited his photographic, video and installation work
in New York, London, Berlin, Basel, Rotterdam, Rome, Madrid, and Vienna,
amongst others. In 2010 he curated the group show HUNG and co-curated
Boy BANG Boy, both of which took place in London. His work has been
featured in magazines internationally, including BUTT, GT, Maenner,
Kaiserin, attitude and Objektiv.
Based in London, but currently artist-in-residence at
Tom of Finland Foundation in Echo Park, LA, Stuart is also a published
and produced writer and screenwriter currently working on his first
feature film.
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