"Sinking of the Jetstar #4: In the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy"
Pigment Ink Print, Signed
2012
Edition 2 of 10
28" x 35" (unframed)
39" x 32" (framed)

About the Piece

The surreal quiet in the wake of a terrible storm, a sublime beauty masking the terrible violence that was ripping the shores apart a short time ago. The sinking reality of what just came to pass, beginning to root itself deep within, ripping open a new chasm once occupied by stability and stasis. A new reality emerging from the debris, irreconcilable with all that was once familiar. Places once known, full of routine and seemingly immutable, are destabilized and forever altered. We look for the familiar in the new void, where we lived, loved, or imagined. Now filled with archaeological equations and the wreckage of pieces and memories to be reassembled into something new and forever different.

About the Artist

Alex's photographs are collected widely and reside in numerous museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Contemporary Museum of Photography, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Portland Art Museum, and he regularly exhibits in galleries worldwide. Alex has had two monographs of his work published and is currently working on two other book projects. In 2018 he was invited to participate in the Venice Biennale with a solo exhibition of his photographs. Alex is currently teaching photography at the International Center for Photography in New York City and collaborates directly with many of world's most renowned architects and designers, photographing their projects around the world.

https://www.alexfradkin.com/