15/03/2018
A very thoughtful review by Loring Knoblauch (Collector Daily) on "We Apologize for the Temporary Inconvenience" photo book by Huseynov Ilkin
"But this May-December romance of city hybridization, at least in terms of imagery, starts to fall apart upon closer inspection. What we think, at first glance, are photographs are of course physical banners and posters, and they have to withstand the daily intrusions of real life. So Huseynov shows us pictures that have been sun faded, pixelized from being enlarged too much, or densely splattered with mud (perhaps from the work going on nearby). The practicalities of doors and other entranceways must be cut into the stapled images, and pipes sometimes have to extend across the face of the posters, causing wear and rubbing. Tears occur frequently, peeling away the magic of the imagery, revealing the frayed edges of the canvas and the rough plywood underneath, and imperfectly adhered banners ripple and billow with wrinkles, or show seams and gaps where panels meet. And then the public inevitably gets involved, taping and pasting posters, announcements, and other tears off ads right onto the surface of images."
Ilkin Huseynov, We Apologize for the Temporary Inconvenience By Loring Knoblauch / In Photobooks / February 9, 2018 JTF (just the facts): Published in 2017 by Rally In The Streets Books (here). Soft canvas cover, 64 pages, with 30 color reproductions. Includes a short introductory text by Ulviya Has...
