{"product_id":"george-byrne-post-truth-9783775752534","title":"George Byrne: Post Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA love letter to Los Angeles through the lens of a pastel postmodernism Turning the spatial flotsam of the Anthropocene  or what architect Rem Koolhaas famously referred to as junkspace  into candy-colored dreamscapes  photographer George Byrne depicts the gritty urbanism of Los Angeles in sublime otherworldliness. Arriving a decade ago  the Australian artist was immediately enthralled by the sprawling cityscape  mesmerized by the way the sunlight transformed it into two-dimensional  almost painterly abstractions. In his Post Truth series (201520)  Byrne reassembles his photos of the urban landscape into striking  ascetic collages of color and geometric fragments  creating postmodernist oases in the metropolis. By masterfully harnessing the malleability of the photographic medium  the photographer situates his work in the space between real and imagined. Byrnes compositions evoke associations with Miami Beachs Art Deco  the Memphis Groups designs  as well as the painting of David Hockney or Ed Ruscha  and at the same time tap into the aesthetics of todays visual culture played out on Instagram. This vibrantly illustrated catalog showcases more than 60 images from the series and features text by the design writer Ian Volner  as well as a foreword by Byrne himself. George Byrne (born 1976) graduated from Sydney College of the Arts in 2001  and traveled extensively before settling in Los Angeles in 2010. Today  he is internationally recognized for his large-scale photographs shot with medium-format film. Byrne has exhibited internationally and is currently represented by galleries in Sydney  Shanghai  Los Angeles  Toronto  Vancouver  Oslo  Mumbai and Taipei. In 2020  he was named the Minimalist Photographer of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914160463925,"sku":"ByrdShop_3775752536","price":333.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783775752534_a649a419-52d6-4e1a-a90b-a2e95f8280cd.jpg?v=1787337742","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/george-byrne-post-truth-9783775752534","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}