We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: McLellan is a master disassembler. It only takes one look at his photographs to pick up on this fact. He has a unique finesse for the inner workings of everyday objects that really sets his art apart. The skill with which he arranges his Disassembled items into balanced, evenly spaced, mesmerizingly meticulous compositions is rivaled only by the dynamic, hectic, gravity-defying beauty of his hovering Apart images. For his subjects, he focuses on older objects that have often been replaced by techier updates—rotary phones, wind-up clocks, push lawn mowers. In the case of these two new editions, an old school radio is the star. After scrupulously stripping the gadget to its many parts, he methodically laid out each bit on a bare white background to photograph Disassembled Radio, revealing the elaborate machinery and captivating complexity of its seemingly simple design. Apart Radio is shot against the same background from roughly the same distance, offering an alternative perspective as overwhelmingly intricate as it is seductively lively, like a particularly striking riff in a piece of jazz music … More on the blog!
+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available
Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.
Medium:
Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta
Edition Structure:
10"x8" | edition of 20
14"x11" | edition of 500
20"x16" | edition of 50
30"x24" | edition of 10