
布兰登·拉尔夫 《11点15分亚利桑那州塞多纳》2024
Brandon Ralph, 11:15 Sedona AZ, 2024

布兰登·拉尔夫 《11点32分纽约州阿玛根赛特》2021
Brandon Ralph, 11:32 Amagansett NY, 2021
在《月球降落》系列中,拉尔夫致力于在地球上创造月球降落的奇幻错觉。为了实现这些空灵作品中令人惊叹的效果,他拍摄了一颗悬挂的、16英尺高的发光气球,上面印有月球的地形图,每张单帧图像都带有超现实的幽默感和光辉。乍一看,这些照片提醒我们不要轻易下结论,提醒我们影像的力量以及我们假设中的幽默。此外,它们还邀请观众停下来思考月球的永恒存在,与我们在地球上有限生命的对比这一更大的问题。
In his Moon Landing series, Ralph sets out to create the whimsical illusion of moon landings on Earth. To achieve the astonishing effects of these ethereal works, he photographs a suspended, sixteen-foot illuminated balloon printed with the moon’s topography, each single-frame image captured with surreal humor and luminosity. At face value, these photographs remind us not to jump to conclusions, of the power of imagery and the humor in our assumptions. Additionally, they invite viewers to pause and contemplate the larger question of the moon’s eternal presence in contrast to the finite nature of our own time here on Earth.








布兰登在纽约长岛长大,由一位单亲母亲抚养成人,生活在中产阶级的社区中,依靠福利维持生计。他的母亲坚持让他把美国视为一个充满机会和可能性的地方。在18岁和19岁时,他先后失去了父母,不得不从纽约大学辍学,随后开始了他的营销职业生涯。不久之后,他于2001年共同创立了Code and Theory,这家公司现已成为最大的创意机构之一。正是这种成长经历——个人失落与职业发展交织在一起——深深影响了他的作品。作为一名当代艺术家,他通过摄影和雕塑来探讨生命、时间的概念、文化共存以及不断变化的城市景观。
Brandon grew up on Long Island, NY where he was raised on welfare in a middle class neighborhood by a single mother. Who insist that he see America as a place of opportunity and possibility. After losing both parents at the age of 18 & 19 he was forced to drop out of NYU and began a career in marketing, shortly thereafter he coFounded Code and Theory in 2001 which has become one of the largest creative agencies. It was this juxtaposition of my upbringing which included personal loss and professional development that deeply informed his work. As a contemporary artist who uses photography and sculpture to examine life, and the notion of time, cultural coexistence and the ever changing urban landscape.
