Aziz + Cucher

ARTIST

Anthony Aziz (b. 1961, Massachusetts) and Sammy Cucher (b. 1958, Lima, Peru) have been living and working together since 1991. They are pioneers in the field of digital imaging and post-photography with projects exhibited at numerous venues, including the 1995 Venice Biennale, the Photographer’s Gallery in London, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and International Center of Photography. Their prints and other works have been collected extensively by numerous institutions, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Denver Museum of Art, the Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, in Madrid. They are both members of the Fine Arts faculty at Parsons School of Design, New York. They are based in Brooklyn.

Series

Color photograph of layered flower petals in shades of red, pink, and purple against a textured white background.

Fleurice

“Fleurice” by Aziz + Cucher photographs of frozen flowers, symbolizing the moment of pause imposed upon us all by the pandemic.

A textured, grungy color photograph of a peacock standing in front of a red structure with a construction site in the background and a group of people standing off to the right. Numerous construction cranes rise up against the blue sky.

Tapestry Cycle

Aziz + Cucher’s tapestries with layered figures depicting chaos, conflict, and human struggle in a contemporary context.

Color photograph of a group of textured figures ranging in color from orange to yellow to white, standing in front of a textured yellow and tan background.

Frieze

A series of mixed media ink jet and silk screened unique works on paper by Aziz + Cucher

Textured color photograph of a group of people holding an orange and yellow flag and carrying a person. The figures in the foreground are kneeling down on the ground.

Silkscreens

Aziz + Cucher’s silkscreens depict dynamic figures in intense action, exploring themes of conflict and identity.

Abstract color photograph with overlapping silver patterns with splotches of red and orange against a blue green background.

Scintilla

A series of Endura metallic prints made on the Durst digital c-printer.

Abstract color photograph of a field of white flowers and a blue sky.

Scenapse (Trees Fields Waves)

Aziz + Cucher’s work in “Scenapse” digitally deconstruct photos, highlighting the tension between photography and digital art. By emphasizing the pixel, they connect the digital world to the physical, implying a shared particle structure of humans and nature.

Abstract color photograph of a textured landscape with trees, a curved arch, and various colors including yellows, blues, greens, and reds.

Nocturnes

“SYNAPTIC BLISS” a series of prints that explores a digital consciousness with multiple perspectives, blurring distinctions between body, environment, inside, outside, organic and artificial.

Abstract, textured color photograph of a beige hallway that turns left. The walls resemble skin with hair and moles.

Interiors

Aziz + Cucher’s Interiors prints explore the blurred lines between humanity and technology, presenting a provocative blend of attraction and repulsion as boundaries dissolve.

Color photograph of an unrecognizable white device with a rectangular main section and a cord connected at the top. The device sits on a white, lightly textured background.

Plasmorphia

Plasmorphia is a series of photographs where Aziz + Cucher created objects covered in a thin plastic skin, concealing their identity, mirroring the dehumanized figures in their other works.

Color photograph of a bald white man with no eyes, nostrils, mouth, ear canals, or eyebrows.

Dystopia

Aziz and Cucher’s Dystopia series critiques Western society’s conformity and loss of individuality through digitally manipulated photographs devoid of facial features.

Faith, Honor and Beauty

Aziz + Cucher’s 1992 series “Faith, Honor & Beauty” presents idealized, gendered nude figures with erased genitalia and other features, using archetypal symbols and exaggerated portrayals to critique societal values.

Exhibitions

Color photograph of an art exhibition featuring large photos installed in a long white gallery room.

Distant Mirrors

ClampArt presents “Distant Mirrors” – an exhibition by Aziz + Cucher, featuring tapestries, monoprints, and screen prints, the show coincides with their inclusion in MASS MoCA’s “Suffering from Realness.”