Keys,

Hal Fischer

Keys,, 197761 x 76.2cmSign in to view price
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The image presents a black and white photograph focused on the lower body of a person wearing denim jeans with a distinctive key chain hanging from the pockets. The overall composition highlights the textural details of the denim fabric, creating a gritty, urban atmosphere. The inclusion of the key chain serves as a symbolic element, hinting at the subject's identity or personal context. The monochromatic treatment and the stark, minimalist composition suggest an artistic style that emphasizes the raw, unadorned aspects of the subject matter, reflecting a broader aesthetic trend in contemporary photography. ...

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Hal Fischer
Artist
Hal Fischer
B.1950, American

Hal Fischer is a San Francisco-based artist who works in photography, text and performance. One of the prominent figures of American conceptual photography of the 1970s, his work is documentation and celebration of "the gay universe", which was San Francisco's Castro and Haight-Ashbury districts for Fischer. His series, such as Gay Semiotics and 18th Near Castro Street x 24, are projects consisting of photo texts documenting cruising gay men in the city's streets. The writing over the black and white photographs of men in Gay Semiotics reveals a "hanky code", signs that indicate one's sexual preference and that are visible to all but can only be seen by the members of the gay community. Fischer's photography is quiet in its everydayness; it is unapologetic in its honesty, overflowing with 1970s Pride. Born in 1950, US, Hal Fischer's four-decade-long career spans across photography, art criticism and museum management. His work is part of collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. His usage of photo-text medium is one of the pioneering projects merging conceptual photography with linguistic structuralist movement. ...

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Keys,
Hal FischerKeys,, 1977
61 x 76.2cm
Handkerchiefs,
Gay Semiotics,
Boy-Friends,
Project Native Informant

Contemporary art gallery established in 2013 with a strong interest in expanded institutional critique. Project Native Informant works with 16 artists and collectives, producing 5-6 exhibitions per year and hosting performances, concerts, talks and events.

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