{"product_id":"john-edmonds-collide-from-the-project-fathers-jewels","title":"John Edmonds: Collide, from the project Father’s Jewels, 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eAperture is proud to present a new limited-edition print by the acclaimed artist\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eJohn Edmonds,\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eoriginally commissioned for the landmark “70th Anniversary Issue” of \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis evocative work emerges from Edmonds’s project \u003ci\u003eFather’s Jewels\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound meditation on Black masculinity, grief, and the sacred. Drawing inspiration from \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e’s seminal 1990 issue “The Body in Question”—which navigated the height of the culture wars and the AIDS crisis—Edmonds revisits these urgent themes through a contemporary lens, exploring the intersection of the physical and the spiritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this striking composition, Edmonds depicts two men suspended in a space that feels outside of time. The men gather around a totemic and ambiguous barrier, their gestures echoing the solemnity of an improvised religious ritual. “I thought a lot about ‘The Body in Question,’” Edmonds reflects, “and had the idea of a group of individuals performing grief.” By utilizing the framework of religion, Edmonds navigates the complex politics of the body and the universal search for solace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProceeds from the sale of this print directly support the artist and Aperture’s publishing, educational and public programs. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43541006024838,"sku":"LM068","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/5399\/1302\/files\/edmonds.jpg?v=1773851181","url":"https:\/\/store.aperture.org\/products\/john-edmonds-collide-from-the-project-fathers-jewels","provider":"Aperture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}