Mitchell Funk
Lower Manhattan Building Abstraction in Gold and Blue, Cubist Urban Landscape, 2013
Inkjet Archival Print
40 × 60 in / 101.6 × 152.4 cm
$ 5,500.00
A cluster of prewar buildings in lower Manhattan is transformed into a Cubist-like painting by street photographer Mitchell Funk. The photograph is expressed in two narratives. One is a visual...
A cluster of prewar buildings in lower Manhattan is transformed into a Cubist-like painting by street photographer Mitchell Funk. The photograph is expressed in two narratives. One is a visual document of old urban apartment building roofs. The other and more important narrative is how a drab urban landscape can be turned into a stunning visual through dramatic lighting, camera angle, and cropping. The photograph is signed dated and numbered 3\\u002F15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed. printed later. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary from monitor to monitor. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time-Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others. We Ship Internationally !