Erin O'Keefe / I saw the man with a telescope. [Print included]

Following the exhibition of the same name at Sargent's Daughters gallery in New York, and released in conjunction with a new exhibition at London's Seventeen gallery, "I saw the man with a telescope." is a vibrant, almost psychedelic collection of Erin O'Keeffe's latest work. It is the long-awaited follow-up to 2020's "Built Work" from Jane & Jeremy, the UK publisher renowned for its art-book approach.
 O'Keeffe creates still life photographs that explore the uncertainty of spatial perception, highlighting the dynamic nature of visual interpretation. She continues the process of cutting and painting pieces of wood and arranging them against colorful backgrounds. The resulting images are often mistaken for abstract paintings, but a closer look reveals traces of her process: O'Keeffe's play with light and space, the overlapping blocks and shadows, and the rich texture of her roughly painted surfaces.
 As the book's title, "I saw the man with a telescope," suggests, it alludes to the ambiguity of the images and the impossibility of a single, definitive interpretation. The three-dimensional scene captured by the camera lens is flattened and distorted, and as a result, the viewer is confronted with a confusing image that defies definitive clues. The works elude definitive meaning, existing in a space full of possibility and room for speculation.
 This is a uniquely O'Keeffe adventure into perception that questions the very act of seeing. A striking book that transforms visual discrepancies into rich experiences.
 *Includes a signed print
 Following on from an exhibition of the same title at Sargent's Daughters gallery in New York and coinciding with a new exhibition at Seventeen gallery, London, Erin O'Keefe's new publication I saw the man with a telescope. is a vibrant, almost psychedelic collection of Erin O'Keefes latest works, a much anticipated follow up to Built Work which was published in 2020 by Jane & Jeremy.
 Erin O'Keefe makes still life photographs that explore the unreliability of spatial perception, highlighting the dynamic nature of visual interpretation. Continuing her process of cutting and painting blocks of wood, O'Keefe explores various arrangements in front of colored backdrops, resulting in images which are often
 mistook for abstract paintings. Closer inspection reveals O'Keefes playful use of light and space and the nature of the process – overlapping of the blocks and shadows as well as the rich texture of the roughly painted surfaces. The title of the book, I saw the man with a telescope. alludes to the ambiguity of the images and the impossibility of a single interpretation. The plane of the camera lens flattens and distorts the three dimensional scene it captures, and the viewer is left with confounding images that withhold any certainty, existing in a space of possibility and speculation.

 Publisher: Jane & Jeremy
 Publication year: 2025
 Number of pages: 62 pages
 Size: 200 x 145 mm
 Format: Foiled hardcover and inside cover
 Language: English
 Accessories:
 Condition: New
 First Edition of 200 copies, Hand numbered