{"product_id":"some-men","title":"Some Men","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeticulously orchestrated, Caragh Thuring’s artist’s books counterbalance the more chaotic and visceral construction of her paintings. As with her earlier book \u003cem\u003eWatch\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eSome Men\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds according to a carefully structured, documentative logic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAfter discovering a box of postcards at a flea market, Thuring decided to distill the story of a secret long-distance relationship between two men in 1980s America into a new narrative. For the book, the artist selected only the typed messages, leaving the handwritten letters behind. Their impersonal, mediated form enabled her to approach the subjects indirectly, in keeping with her oblique conception of portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead in sequence, these fragments gradually suggest a relationship without ever fully revealing it. The story resides as much in what is shown as in what is said: the imagery of the postcards – including a reproduction of a portrait of Oscar Wilde with Lord Alfred Douglas – becomes part of the narrative. From these traces, \u003cem\u003eSome Men\u003c\/em\u003e quietly reconstructs a love affair that feels at once deeply familiar and, within the social landscape of 1980s America, transgressive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54911133811027,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DSC4581.png?v=1789049166","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/some-men","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}