Bill Dane Pictures ...it's not prettyJust finished my first book project promoting the work of Bill Dane.
In 2015 I went to visit with Bill Dane for the first time. For those who don't know, Bill's work would appear in many different contexts in the '70s and '80s. He had a solo show at MoMA in 1973, was represented by Fraenkel Gallery, was part of the Mirrors and Windows catalog and received two NEA fellowships and two Guggenheim fellowships. Garry Winogrand mentioned him in interviews as one of the interesting contemporary photographers of the time and John Szarkowski lectured on his work. He was perhaps best know for his postcard work. However, he had all but disappeared from the institutions by the mid-90s.
I was curious to learn more about who he was, what he'd done and why he transitioned from the galleries to the internet. Our conversations form the basis for this book and it's the result of nearly five years of work. The book is self-published and printed in an edition of 500 using offset technology in Lithuania.
ISBN — 978-0-578-66395-1
Pages — 328
Cover — Hardcover
Size — 245mm x 245mm
Price — 60$ / 599 NOK (+shipping)
Payments can be done through VIPPS, Paypal or bank transfer.
To order a copy - contact danskjaeveland(at)gmail.com
For US orders - visit
https://billdane.com/buy/book___
"Bill Dane’s work is not easily reducible. No convenient ism appears to explain his artistic trajectory. Dane’s photographs of found images (ephemera, long-gone advertisements, store window displays) root down into the cultural subtext and narratives others have insidiously hidden in plain sight, those images with designs on us. In this sense, and this sense only, Dane is a street photographer.
But content is deeper than form, and his photographs have the subconscious life that well-made paintings do. Part autobiography, part documentary, this book includes a running voice-over by the artist, delivered in a jazzy parataxis that takes us back to the rollicking candor of the Beat poets. It offers us testimony and creed. This fleshes out the work beautifully.
This book offers great insight into the maturation of America throughout a very difficult time period. Miles Davis, who appears in here, blew his shivers through the universe. Bill Dane does too."
William B. Keckler, writer and visual artist.
Containing 222 photographs mixed with 100 texts, this self-published, no-frills monograph shows us the world as seen and experienced through Bill Dane's being.
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