Photographs from Mariana's series "Light Abstractions" were on view at Paris Photo with Augusta Edwards Fine Art, November 7-10, 2024.
Daron Acemoğlu
Acemoğlu is awarded the Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Economist Daron Acemoğlu is awarded the Nobel Prize in economic sciences with his colleagues James A. Robinson and Simon Johnson. In Cook's Economists (Yale University Press, 2020) Acemoğlu wrote: Global climate change is one of the most formidabe challenges facing humanity, and a gradual transition to cleaner sources of energy appears as the only viable long-term solution... by directing investment and research towards certain technologies, we can change the balance of future technologies... We can close the gap between the costs of fossil fuel-based energy production and these alternatives, and even ultimately make clean energy cheaper than conventional energy."
Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien, DBE, was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. O'Brien was photographed in New York in 1992, and this portrait was included in the Yale Review, July, 1995. O'Brien died in July, 2024, aged 93.
Kettle's Yard Exhibition Tour
Featuring photographs by Mariana Cook
14 February 2022
This tour by curatorial assistant Eliza Spindel showcases Mariana Cook's work currently on display at Ivorypress at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge through April 3rd.
Video Courtesy Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge.
"The meditative images reveal the artist’s ‘contemplation of matter and essence’ in the domestic space, including abstractions of interior corners, windows, curtains, light and shadow."
20 December 2021
Blog article describing abstraction photographs by Mariana Cook currently on display at Kettle's Yard, the University of Cambridge's modern and contemporary art gallery.
John Williams from The New York Times tweets: "Rare day back in the office meant a rare day in the company of one of the all-time great book covers," with a snapshot of Mariana Cook's Economists (Yale University Press, 2020).
Jorie Graham interviews Mariana Cook in the piece "On Selecting Photographs Among Three Women" for the volume Stories included in Ivorypress's twenty-fifth anniversary series Looking Forward: Ivorypress at Twenty-Five. Edited by Claire Brandon. Madrid: Ivorypress, 2021.
Stories presents the voices of some of the leading figures in the visual arts and, in particular, in the field of artist books. Through dialogue, Stories seeks to unravel the history and current issues surrounding the artist's book, a medium that has historically been embraced by artists and has only recently gained recognition from museums and collectors of contemporary art.
On the morning of the 1st March, during ARCO 2019, the American photographer and artist Mariana Cook presented her new series at a private viewing hosted by Factum Arte: 13 black-and-white images inspired by the fascinating variety of patterns and textures unintentionally thrust upon the tools and objects in use throughout Factum's workshop, ranging from a painter's vest, cast salt, and a butcher's knife.
When Cook visited Factum Arte's workshop in Madrid, she was inspired to photograph the artisans' tools she noticed at the factory. In collaboration with Factum's printing team, a printed portfolio of thirteen images was produced combining aquatint and piezo technology. The physical effect of this invented technique affords a three dimensionality to the images.
Presented alongside the Factum Fetishes series was a collection of large-scale photographs printed on gesso-coated aluminium at Factum Arte.
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