Work Work: On display at Frieze

Thomas Dozol
"No End", 2011
Fluorescent ink silk screen posters
155 x 123 cm


Si vous êtes de passage à Londres, passez par Frieze pour voir un des mes tous rècents travaux.
If you're in London, come visit the Jack Hanley booth at Frieze and see an installation of the new poster work.

Jack Hanley / Booth A9
Frieze Art Fair
Regent's Park
London, United Kingdom

Vernissage ce Dimanche!

THOMAS DOZOL I IS NOW WHITE CUBICLE TOILET GALLERY Opening: Sunday 9 October, 2011. 8PM to 11PM Special guest dj for the night: Jeremy Shaw The exhibition will remain on until end of October and can be visited daily from 18 to 24 PM White Cubicle Toilet Gallery is honoured to present an exhibition by Thomas Dozol. For I IS NOW Dozol presents a series of new photographic work which explores the relationship between the body, sign language, abstract geometry and color codes. For it, Dozol has created a whole alphabet of hand signs screen printed as black light posters. Writing with a non-letter alphabet, images become phrases which become haiku like texts, but which also refer to the silent languages of minorities and subcultures. The back light posters also remind us of propaganda and political posters of the seventies and of the aesthetics of lost utopias. For the exhibition Dozol transforms the White Cubicle into a glow in the dark installation. THOMAS DOZOL was born in Martinique and studied Economics, Social Studies and Theatre in Paris before moving to New York In 2002 where he became a photographer. His work has been featured in Interview, Vogue Paris, AnotherMan, Apartamento, Kaiserin and Kink. Dozol’s solo exhibitions include 'Entre Temps' at Envoy Gallery in New York in spring 2010 and ‘I’ll be your Mirror’ at Mais Soma in Sao Paulo in autumn of 2010. He also has a twin. You can visit his tumblr at: http://thomasdozol.tumblr.com/ You can also see some of his previous work at http://envoyenterprises.com/artists_pages/dozol.html andhttp://www.eastvillageboys.com/2010/05/31/in-the-shower-with-thomas-dozol THE WHITE CUBICLE TOILET GALLERY measures 1.40 by1.40 metres, is located within the Ladies Toilet of the George and Dragon, and works with no budget, staff or boundaries. White Cubicle presents a discerning programme of local and international manifestations as an antidote to London’s sometimes extremely commodified art scene. Past exhibitions have included the work of Deborah Castillo, Gregorio Magnani, Butt Magazine, Federico Herrero, Terence Koh, i-Cabin, Steven Gontarski, Pixis Fanzine/Princess Julia and Hanah, General Idea and avaf, Basso Magazin, Carl Hopgood, Giles Round, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Superm, (Brian Kenny and Slava Mogutin), Elkin Calderon, Wolfgang Tillmans, Calvin Holbrook/Hate Magazine, Husam el Odeh, Simon Popper, Fur, Dik Fagazine, Rick Castro/Abravanation, Jean Michel Wicker, Noki, Ellen Cantor,Karl Holmqvist, Julie Verhoeven, Aldo Chaparro, Esther Planas, Nikos Pantazopoulos, Luis Venegas, Twinklife, Rocky Alvarez, Benedetto Chirco, STH Magazine, Elmgreen & Dragset, Francesc Ruiz, Sico Carlier, Stefan Benchoam... website: http://www.whitecubicle.org/ Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103491142620&ref=ts

Work Work: Bruce Benderson pour Apartamento

Plus de photos et une très bonne interview de Bruce dans le dernier numéro d'Apartamento.

More photos and a great interview in the last issue of Apartamento. In stores now.

Apartamento

Work Work: Nicole Krauss pour Vogue Paris

Photo du Jour: Retour au boulot

Trois editoriaux coup sur coup.
After an arty hiatus, three editorial jobs in a row.

Work Work: Me in Dossier

"These Things I Never Tell You, June 2008"

A new piece made for the Secret portfolio in the last issue of Dossier magazine.

Photo du jour: Home Studio

Je viens de recevoir les épreuves de mon shooting de la semaine dernière.

Il faudra attendre Septembre et la semaine des défilés pour voir le résultat sur papier.

Mais au premier coup d'oeuil, ca devrait être bon.

I just received the contact sheets from a shoot I did at home last week.

We'll have to wait until september for more details and the printed version, but at first glance it should be really good.

Work: "Once and for All" pour Kaiserin; la suite

Work: "Once and for All" pour Kaiserin

Quelques images d'une série photo publiée dans Kaiserin.

Le numéro, premier semestre 2010, vient d'arriver en kiosques et je vous le conseille vivement.

La photo de couv est une pièce de Tom Burr, un artiste qui vaut bien sa petite recherche google.

Images from a series just published in the last issue of Kaiserin magazine.

"Premier semestre 2010", just arrived in stores, and is highly recommended. By me.

On the cover is a piece by the great artist Tom Burr, definitely worth a google.

Work Work: Tallulah, the outtakes

Work Work: Tallulah For Vogue Paris

Premier blizzard de l'hiver.
La neige etait tellement epaisse, on y voyait pas a 3 metres.
Du milieu du brooklyn bridge, on ne voyait pas les rives.
Juste l'impression de flotter dans un grand nuage.
Un heure plus tard, on a fini par trouver le studio d'artiste ou le shoot devaitt avoir lieu. Bien etendu, la lumiere etait loin d'etre top.
Mais on a pris des photos sympas sur le toit. Tallulah a defile dans la neige en talons hauts et veste en cuir.
Mais quand elle a perdu sa bague qui valait pas mal de pepetes, on a du faire une pause.
Michaela l'a miraculeusement retrouve, enfouie dans la neige.
Mais de toutes facons, j'avais les doigts completement geles donc on est redescendu au chaud.
Au final, une journee memorable et des photos sympathiques.

The shoot almost didn't happen as we got caught on the most intense blizzard on our way to the location.
In the middle of the Brooklyn bridge, you couldn't see either riversides, we were just driving in a cloud of thick white.
Of course, once we finally got there, the light was horrendous. And a bunch of the shots ended up blurry.
But we did get some fun on the roof, tallulah bravely walking around in high heels and just a jacket.
We had to stop when she lost on of those hefty rings while throwing a snow ball at me.
Lovely Michaela miraculously found it buried in the snow, but that was the end of that.
My fingers were so frozen at this point, I couldn't press the shutter.
Quite a day, sweet pictures.

Day+111: Andre J Outtakes

And my favorite:

Day+110: Andre J; Making a photo

This image comes out super muted, I don't know why.
Will try to post its real, saturated version tomorrow.

Day+95: I Love Andre J

I got to photograph Andre for Vogue Paris, as my 1st job back.
Hadn't shot anything else than my series in a couple of months and wasn't sure how this one was gonna go.
But it was amazing.
I ended up shooting Andre trotting down Tribeca streets, in high heels boots, a floor length cap, a latex bikini. and that's it. Meanwhile, it was barely 30 degrees.
His favorite word wass fierce and he totally owned it.
And to make the story even better, he was moving to Vienna one week later to work on the LifeBall. To learn, as his goal is to create his own charity.
The issue is finally out, get one. It looks good on paper.

Apres un hiatus ou je n'ai rien fait d'autre qu'obsseder sur mon expo, voila ma premiere commande.
J'etais dubitatif mais le shoot s'est avere assez incorayable et je suis super fier des photos.
On a commence au greenwich hotel mais on a fini dans les rues de tribeca. Andre montant et descedant hudson street comme le podium d'un defile. Habille de bottes, d'une cape et du plus petit slip en latex au monde. Et c'est tout.
Il faisait -5 dehors. J'avais les mains gelees mais il etait tellememnt content d'etre dans vogue qu'il n'avait pas l'air de sentir pas le froid.
Fierce etait son mantra du jour. Fierce indeed.

Day+90: Pepites du grenier; Mr Gondry

My 1st assignement ever.
Michel Gondry for Interview.
It was quite epic.
I was obviously nervous.
He was super late so my assistant had to leave mid shoot.
He could tell everytime I wasn't sure what I was doing.
But I love the final images.
And that's why I learned that day: all you need is that one shot.

Ma premiere commission.
Michel Gondry pour Interview.
Deja, a la base, je me fais pipi dessus.
Il est en retard, donc je dois papoter avec son attache de presse qui me demande pour qui je shoote habituellement...
Il est tellement en retard que mon assitante doit partir au milieu de la seance.
Et je le vois qui s'impatiente quand je ne sais pas trop quoi faire.
Tout va bien, quoi. J'ai juste l'impression que tout le monde peut voir que je transpire comme un chacal.
Mais au final, je suis super content des photos.
Et c'est tout ce qui compte, savoir atraper un moment fugitif au milieu du choas.