Stephen Irwin

by Gerard Goodrow and Pilar Ribal

Artist Stephen Irwin (1959-2010) worked in sculpture, drawing and installation, but he is best known for his work altering vintage pornography: using steel wool to rub off a magazine page's shiny coating and taking most of the picture with it, Irwin lovingly isolated fragments of the image. Censoring much of what might have been shocking about the original photographs, Irwin's images suggest instead a more expansive erotic landscape of tenderness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 300047997X
• ISBN13: 9783000479977
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: R/E Projects
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.5"