Authors
Susan Sontag
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
detail of Susan Sontag
Zora Neale Hurston
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
detail of Zora Neale Hurston
Maya Angelou
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Emily Dickenson
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Toni Morrison
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Louisa May Alcott
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Virginia Woolf
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Octavia Butler
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Harper Lee
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Agatha Christie
2019-2020
type metal on paper
43 x 34 1/8 x 1.5 inches
Installation at Armory
Praz Delavallade Gallery
2020
“This exhibition also presents Brandt’s portraits of acclaimed female authors throughout history. The portraits in this exhibition include Maya Angelou, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, and Edith Wharton. He begins the process by turning sourced images to silk screen prints and then carefully applying molten type metal from a century old typesetting technology. Through this fitting and appropriate process, the portraits become a tactile, three dimensional object. Time and time again, Brandt uses physical materials to push the boundaries of what a photograph can be.”
—Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Press Release, 2020