The photographs, artist-books and installations of Dennis Marsico are rooted in a social observer style of photography; yet typically vie with imagined realities.Tumblr (3.0; @marsico)http://marsico.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2a597067590195b4dffd72736de680a/tumblr_mjnx0guHih1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dying Woman in Calabria, 1984</p> <p>How I saw old people when I was young. </p> <p>Dennis Marsico</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/45354696058http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/45354696058Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:07:28 -0400photographyagingwww.dennismarsico.comItalian photographycontemporary art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d72d540fdbc6392811e73f8e0f906f9/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/54baebe6a79905e69f8721a846781dfc/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/676401a6520f22a797fbcc0eba763782/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8b82e7b6d1c7183e64bce6aa5955f41/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/41f8427419c5cfec20ca7c7c4e58aae9/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09b285e8ccbe83f799237bd3f2b20ab1/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/856782b2dd42a8694fc8382df182ad6b/tumblr_mjm4ogvF5s1r0p358o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>VIP Lounge, Armory Show 2013, NYC</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/45281278806http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/45281278806Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:57:00 -0400Armory Showcontemporary photographyBaby Boomersphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4d182f56a96b673879990206ac5330a5/tumblr_mje895gIbO1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Duped</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/44933723166http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/44933723166Sat, 09 Mar 2013 07:34:17 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/08dc6b22eab73a19f49c4157b7918c37/tumblr_mj8xo3rWi01r6ssrvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://momalibrary.tumblr.com/post/44709898420/its-turned-into-ed-ruscha-book-week-here-in-nyc" class="tumblr_blog">momalibrary</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>It’s turned into Ed Ruscha book week here in NYC. An opening of his books  opened last night at <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/ed-ruscha--march-05-2013">Gagososian.</a> There was a feature in the<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/arts/design/ed-ruschas-books-and-landscapes-at-gagosian.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0"> NYT</a> on his book work. He will give a talk tonight at the NYPL. To join in the Ruscha revelry, here are some selections from our Ed Ruscha artist’s file. -ds</p></blockquote>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/44712392676http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/44712392676Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:47:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1599745531e39150a6c0dbc2a935501f/tumblr_mioc7rrSXc1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On the road to the Armory Show.</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/43799277850http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/43799277850Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:02:15 -0500armory showartphotographysenior sex<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/92c1d97d9f831efd29cd195ff1c447c1/tumblr_mikzksvQUu1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On the road to the Armory Show</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/43653395754http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/43653395754Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:36:28 -0500artArmory ShowphotographyFocus: USA<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb0cddKyVR1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fresh Fruit</p> <p>subtitle: Dreaming of one, maybe two, with fresh fruit platter</p> <p>from the artist book Age-Specific</p> <p><em>Age-Specific</em><span> assembles photographs from the minutia of aging baby-boomers’ daily lives. </span></p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/32390213822http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/32390213822Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:08:01 -0400seniorsartists' booksfantasydreamsbaby boomersletterpresslimited edition photography booksphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz4x7TtcL1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Age-Specific assembles photographs from the minutia of aging baby-boomers’ daily lives.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz4x7TtcL1r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Fresh Fruit<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz4x7TtcL1r0p358o3_500.jpg"/><br/> subtitle: Dreaming of one, maybe two, with fresh fruit platter.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz4x7TtcL1r0p358o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz4x7TtcL1r0p358o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Nestled between old and middle aged is a provocative generation who came of age during the second half of the 1960s. For most of their adult lives they wore a badge of honor for just being who they were, when they were. Never content to be images of the generation ahead of them, they predominated over a culture of youth. </span></p> <p><span><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>But now the ranks of the “never trust anyone over 30” are looking over their 60 year-old shoulders into an ever accelerating hallucination. Many see themselves as youthful, while others feel the ravages of a weakened body and spirit. Communally they clutch their iPhones with the same zeal as their VW steering-wheels 40 years past, and gaze down a new uncertain highway</span></p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/32346285211http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/32346285211Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:24:00 -0400dreamsfantasyletterpressménage à troisorganic fruitsphotographysex over 60<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ye7wv3MW1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20462657297http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20462657297Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:50:00 -0400photographybook artsArchitectureart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1wnhgQME11r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1wnhgQME11r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>From my archives, Alhamba, 1992</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20406340295http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20406340295Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:15:16 -0400alhambaarchitectureartists' booksphotographylimited edition photography books<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1uuu2guqU1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From my archives, The Berlin Wall, 1990.</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20348321739http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20348321739Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:58:00 -0400Berlinphotographybook arts<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1sv3uEw3w1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Altered Annunciation<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1sv3uEw3w1r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> handcrafted slipcase, quarter bound case<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1sv3uEw3w1r0p358o3_500.jpg"/><br/> letterpress on Twinrocker paper<br/><br/> <p>Altered Fra Angelico Annunciation from the artist book <em>Policing Pleasure</em></p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20281966146http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20281966146Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:09:00 -0400artist booksbook artsflorenceletterpresslimited edition photography booksphotographyphotography booksreligionfra angelicoann<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Installation of encrypted currency<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Commonwealth<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Encrypted Commonwealth<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Mao Zedong<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o3_500.jpg"/><br/> encrypted cultural poem<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Step on the Persian Rug<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rs98D0K31r0p358o7_500.jpg"/><br/> To the Victor Belong the spoils.<br/><br/> <p>Face Value-Polyptych panels of currency photographs encrypted by letterpress UV inks with triggered illumination and audio. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, 2009</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20249096335http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20249096335Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:10:00 -0400installation artlarge format photographyletterpressbroadsidesarduinocurrencypolitical artinteractive installationencryption<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1o9huVaOz1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1o9huVaOz1r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1o9huVaOz1r0p358o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Blind Desire</em>, bilingual artist book printed in English and Braille. Letterpress, archival pigmented prints.</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20144215847http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20144215847Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:32:18 -0400bilingualbrailleartist bookletterpressbook artspoetrydionyusus press<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1o3vfps351r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1o3vfps351r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Final proof of the artist-book <em>age-specific</em>, editon of 10</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20136761144http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20136761144Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:30:00 -0400artist-booklimited edition photography booksbaby boomers<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36256339?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Entrance to proposed riverfront park.</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20133554923http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20133554923Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:34:56 -0400train<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1n5wtgyvT1r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> from Altoona, Pennsylvania<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1n5wtgyvT1r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> from Akron and Dearborn<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1n5wtgyvT1r0p358o3_500.jpg"/><br/> from someplace in Kansas<br/><br/> <p>The new inhabitants of Fallingwater rarely spend the night and usually leave with just a handful of images.</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20111272810http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20111272810Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:17:00 -0400fallingwaterarchitecturephotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m7zm45521r0p358o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m7zm45521r0p358o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Canto V of Dante’s Inferno as reenacted in the turbulent hellish waters of a hot tub in Pittsburgh.</p>http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20081259975http://marsico.tumblr.com/post/20081259975Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:04:34 -0400Dante's Infernoartist booksphotography