Darrel Ellis: Regeneration

On Ellis' ingenious, heartfelt explorations of memory and disillusion through multimedia photography During his short career, Bronx-born Darrel Ellis (1958-92) created a multifaceted and expansive body of work merging painting, printmaking, photography and drawing before his premature death due to AIDS-related causes. During his early 20s, Ellis was given a group of negatives shot by his father. The young Ellis' unique practice involved projecting these negatives onto a sculpted surface, masking out areas and rephotographing them, generating a stream of surrogates that capture the fleeting effects of memory. Ellis' technical and theoretical experimentation transformed serial and appropriation practices into something unrecognizably new and compellingly heartfelt. Darrel Ellis: Regenerationoffers a comprehensive survey of Ellis' work and includes contributions by Makeda Djata Best, Allen Frame, Scott Homolka, Linda Owen and Kyle Croft.

• | Author: Antonio Sergio Bessa, Leslie Cozzi
• | Publisher: Skira
• | Publication Date: May 23, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 173 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 8857246876
• | ISBN-13: 9788857246871