Adlocutio (Sean Ford) - The making of book

The making of
Adlocutio (Sean Ford)
2022
44 pages, colour, offset print, perfect bound
Edition of 250
Signed and numbered
Standard edition $25
Special edition $250 (edition of 50 with signed and numbered print)
PRE-ORDER HERE
(PLEASE NOTE: special edition version will with print only be available until the publication date of May 9th)

Limited edition artists book detailing the making of the life size bronze Adlocutio (Sean Ford) sculpture from conception to finished work, a three year process. Available as a standard edition and a limited edition (of 50) with 12 x 9 in / 30.4 x 22.8 cm signed and numbered archival pigment print (printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper).

Antinous - self tape audition number 4 with Jordan Green

The fourth submission of a self-tape audition for a planned feature film about the life and death of Antinous.

"AllTogether" - A Group Exhibition - Venice & Paris

On the occasion of Tom of Finland’s birthday (8th May), Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community have curated a group exhibition, supported by Diesel, presenting Tom of Finland Foundation’s permanent collection.

AllTogether explores the erotic art collection consisting of thousands of artworks, spanning multiple decades and encompassing all media and techniques. This exhibition is possible because of the Foundation’s efforts in preserving the work of Queer artists, many of whom have faced discrimination and misrepresentation due to the nature of what they create.

For thirty-seven years, Tom of Finland Foundation has been building the world’s most extensive collection of LGBTQ+ art. The diverse curation of this show highlights the stories of over seventy featured artists and comprises more than two hundred works of art from the 1940s to the present day.

The opening in Venice coincides with the first weekend of the Venice Biennale and the opening in Paris celebrates Tom’s birth date. A fully illustrated catalogue has been published.

Artists

J. EPSTEIN, AL URBAN, ANDRE, ANNIE SPRINKLE, ATTILA RICHARD LUKACS, AURÉLIEN NOBÉCOURT-ARRAS, BASTILLE, BENÔIT PRÉVOT, BOB MIZER, BRUCE RAPP, CARRINGTON GALEN, CHRIS JOHNSON, DAVE PIBEL, DOMINO, DON BACHARDY, E.M.A. STUDIO, EMMA KOHLMANN, ETIENNE, FLORIAN HETZ, GEORGE QUAINTANCE, GIO BLACK PETER, GOH MISHIMA, GREGORY MASKWA, HEATHER BENJAMIN, HECTOR SILVA, HIROSHI SHIMOYAMA, JAY JORGENSEN, JEAN FERRARO, JESS SCOTT, JIM FRENCH, JIM SHAW, JOHN WATERS, JOHNNY SMITH, KENNY KNUTSON, KENNETH ANGER, LINK, MARCEL ALCALÁ, MARCELLO LUPETTI, MATT LAMBERT, MICHAEL KIRWAN, MICHAEL REYNOLDS & MARTYN THOMPSON, MICHEL LAGUERRE, MIGUEL ANGEL REYES, MIKE KUCHAR, MINORU, MR GRUTS, NIGEL KENT, OLAF, ORSEN, PALANCA, PATRICK LEE, PETER BERLIN, PHILIP CORE, PHUC LE, R. DANIEL FOSTER, REX, RICK CASTRO, RINALDO HOPF, ROB CLARKE, SAL SALANDRA, SETH BOGART, SHEREE ROSE, SILVIA PRADA, SIMON HAAS, SLAVA MOGUTIN, STANLEY STELLAR, STEVEN REIGNS, STUART SANDFORD, SULTAN, SUSANNA LUOTO, SUZANNE SHIFFLETT, TANK, TEDDY OF PARIS, THE HUN, TOM OF FINLAND, VALENTINE, VICTOR ARIMONDI, VIKTORIA RAYKOVA, and XAVIER GICQUEL.

AllTogether sets out to convey the individual stories of the artists. At the same time, the exhibition locates parallels, interactions, and influences between Tom of Finland Foundation, Tom’s aesthetic impact, and the community of artists that have formed throughout the years around them. The selection of works considers and shows the treatment of sexuality throughout decades: from the years of censorship, the sexual revolution, the subsequent HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the explosion of information – the expressions have varied between hypermasculine TOM’s Men and dandyish self assertiveness and the motifs featured orgiastic celebration and diabolical queerness. The exhibition also highlights the historical context and the queer experience from midcentury to today, where erotic arts, the intimate encounter of art and pornography, is still navigating between the art world and gay subcultures. In AllTogether, the love of freedom transcends gender and sexuality and allows the elevation of the erotic to high art. – Sini Rinne-Kanto, Curator of The Community

More info via The Community website.

Cast in Bronze: Figurative Sculpture from the 20th and 21st Centuries

I’m participating in an online only exhibition with Childs Gallery in Boston presented via Artsy. Cast in Bronze: Figurative Sculpture from the 20th and 21st Centuries presents a selection of fine figurative bronze sculptures that were created using the ancient process of lost wax casting. Included are maquettes for monumental sculpture as well as intimate and utilitarian objects for the home.

Featuring sculptures by David Aronson, Richmond Barthé, Donald De Lue, Pablo Eduardo, Walker Kirtland Hancock, Anne Lyman Powers, Richard H. Recchia, Stuart Sandford, and Dudley Vaill Talcott, Cast in Bronze is available to view on Artsy, March 22 through April 30, 2022.

Sebastian (relic) no. 1, 2016

Antinous - self-tape audition number 3 with Marval A Rex

The third submission of a self-tape audition for a planned feature film about the life and death of Antinous.

Antinous - self-tape audition number 2 with Rafael Lorran

The second submission of a self-tape audition for a planned feature film about the life and death of Antinous.

Antinous - self-tape audition number 1 with Antonio Russo

The first submission of a self-tape audition for a planned feature film about the life and death of Antinous.

Elysian Fields - installation and opening night photos

A few shots from the opening reception for Elysian Fields as well as a number of installation shots, as well as the QR code for those wanting to experience the augmented reality Adlocutio (Sean Ford) and can’t make it to the gallery. The exhibition runs until March 5th.

Elysian Fields - video introduction

A short video introduction to Elysian Fields, running February 10-March 8 2022 at James Freeman Gallery, London.

Elysian Fields - two person exhibition with Juliette Losq at James Freeman Gallery

Super excited to announce that I’m showing my first life-size sculptural work this February in London! All the details in the press release below.

James Freeman Gallery are pleased to present ‘Elysian Fields’, an exhibition about the ever-changing relationship between the physical and the digital, explored through the work of two contemporary artists: Juliette Losq and Stuart Sandford.

Juliette Losq’s watercolour paintings depict man-made environments in the process of decline, semi-industrial sites where human occupation has all but departed and nature is regaining control. The intense labour involved in the creation of Juliette’s expansive paintings contrasts with the abandoned subject matter, as if the physical work that once belonged within these structures had found a new role in documenting their change. Juliette’s use of watercolour is unusual in this respect, as the scale and complexity of the works contrasts with the traditional domestic role of the medium. The unexpected is also a theme in the imagery: there is an implicit presence lurking behind the abundance of detail, an unknown future hovering invisible beyond the decay. In this sense Juliette’s paintings are also imaginative theatres where contrasting forces compete: creation versus dereliction; the tangible versus the imaginary; the visually precise versus the undefined. They describe the uncertain moment where humankind is reevaluating its relationship with the physical world before the seemingly limitless possibilities of digital creation.

Stuart Sandford’s sculptures explore the rapidly shifting distinction between the virtual and physical realms by revisiting the Classical tradition of the ideal human form. Stuart finds the contemporary version of the exemplary in the carefully crafted online self-images that serve as subjects for the gay male gaze. He renders these through 3D scanning to create a digital template of the new archetype, to be then made solid in bronze, marble, and basalt using state-of-the-art sculpturing technologies. A life-size figure of Adlocutio, created with the porn star Sean Ford, depicts an alluring male in white lacquered bronze gazing into his phone as if addressing his adoring his many followers. Stuart’s reworking of the classical myth of the Ouroboros, the snake that eats its tail, interprets this as a tale of self-love taken to its narcissistic extreme. Stuart’s sculptures present an unashamed examination of how conceptual and sexual attraction overlap and suggest our new idealism is rendered in the digital realm.

‘Elysian Fields’ opens on Thursday 10 February 2022, 6:30 – 8:30pm. To receive the PDF preview catalogue of works please register via the link below.

Register for PDF Preview Catalogue

Collaboration with Pâme - collection one - Polaroid Collages

Very excited to share a collaboration with Paris-based Pâme who work with artists to create limited edition 100% crêpe silk scarves and handkerchiefs.

Se pâmer is a french verb, meaning to lose consciousness from an excess of pleasure; to swoon. Used to describe the sensation of being impressed by a work of art, the verb “se pâmer” can also be found in libertine literature to describe the climax of sexual excitement.

The first part of the collection is a selection of works from my ongoing Polaroid Collages series (2018-TBA) and is available now via their website. Individual Polaroid Collages handkerchiefs are an edition of 15 and are 25 x 25 cm. Silk scarves are an edition of 50 and are 90 x 90 cm.

www.cometopame.com/stuart-sandford

Plant Magic residency Spain 11 - 27 September

A month ago I had the pleasure of participating in a short queer art residency last month just outside of Alicante, Spain. Organised by artist Rowland Byass, artists working in different disciplines (including performance, photography, object making, moving image) were invited to share their work, time and ideas, culminating in a presentation of the work created there to mark the end of the residency. Here are some 35mm portraits as well as documentation of the residency and a short video work I produced that was projected over the final weekend. Thank you to Rowland Byass, all the other participating artists, Iker Pérez Cuesta and to Jose Tallon for being a willing Antinous.

Plant Magic artists in residence: Manuel Moncayo; Kashif Namid Chaudry; ReveRso; Stephen Cassandra Eyre; José Carlos G. Aguiar; Ollie Grey; Theophile Calot; Zsorzs Ujvári-Pinté. More about Plant Magic via their Instagram profile.

Closet to Quarantine: Queer and Then and Now - group exhibition in Boston on view now

Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now - extended through December 11th

Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now connects past and present artistic expressions of queer experience. The exhibition spans the arc of queer history, from taboo, to revolutionary, to accepted and celebrated, featuring works by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists alongside their historical antecedents.

The gallery has long offered works by LGBTQ+ artists, including Richmond Barthé, Paul Cadmus, and Ben Norris, to name just a few. Alongside its other offerings, Childs Gallery has actively cultivated a focus on queer-interest art within its collection. Childs Gallery, established in 1937, and the longest continually operating fine art gallery on Newbury Street, has been wholly or partially gay-owned since 1969.

Installation view

Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now is inspired by the quarantine-era Instagram account of the gallery’s current owner, Richard Baiano (@artdealerboston). During the Covid-19 quarantine, Baiano posted historical and contemporary art by LGBTQ+ artists under the hashtag #queerartthenandnow as a way to develop a digital community, while also highlighting queer artists throughout history. Discovering artists digitally, through social media, has been an exciting deviation from the gallery’s usual approach. With its low barriers to entry, social media allows artists and audiences to connect more easily, giving access to those who may not otherwise have it, particularly historically marginalized groups like the LGBTQ+ community.

The exhibition runs from September 8th though November 6th. A reception for Closet to Quarantine: Queer Art Then and Now will take place on Saturday, September 18th, 4pm - 7pm.

Artists in the exhibition include:

Hannah Barrett Richmond Barthé Robert Bliss Paul Cadmus Rick Castro Felipe Chavez Opal DeRuvo Rubén Esparza Jared French Andrew Sedgwick Guth Don Joint Mike Kuchar Emily Lombardo Eric Lotzer George Platt Lynes John MacConnell Anthony Moore Ben Norris Stuart Sandford Margaret Rose Vendryes Andy Warhol Sara Zielinski

For more information please visit the gallery website
www.childsgallery.com

Feature in the new issue of GLAMCULT magazine - out now

There’s a beautiful feature on my work alongside an interview in the new COMING HOME issue of GLAMCULT which is out now. You can grab a copy online here or your nearest good magazine retailer. Thanks so much Grace Powell and GLAMCULT!

Queer + Sexy @ MAISON 10, New York

QUEER + SEXY - CELEBRATING THE WORK OF LGBTQIA+ ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND THEIR ALLIES

MAISON 10, the New York art gallery/concept store that specializes in work by iconic artists and contemporary designers, is marking its fifth anniversary with an all-new show ! Queer + Sexy.

Launched by husband-and-husband owners Tom Blackie and Henri Myers on July 10, 2016, MAISON 10 has become a key player in the NY arts and events scene. 10% of sales goes to nonprofits including SAGE NY, City Harvest, and Housing Works to name a few.

Exhibiting artists for the birthday show include:

TOM OF FINLAND · CARL HOPGOOD · EVA MEULLER · STUART SANDFORD · DANYELLE WEATHERS · CHRIS REDMOND FORD · PANSY ASS CERAMICS · CHRIS MARMIER · MISS MORGAN LANG · VICTOR-RAUL GARCIA · JULIA RIVERA · PAMELA CANZANO

Exhibition runs through September 17th.

Maison10.com

Interview with Container Love

I had a little chat about art and love with the good folk at Container Love which you can read in full online here.

Del barrio, lógicas maricas - group exhibition on view now in Mexico City

Group exhibition on view now at Galería Union in Mexico City - Del barrio, lógicas maricas. Exhibition runs through August 29th.

SP:

En #galeriaunion_ estamos muy contentxs de presentar “Del barrio, lógicas maricas” una curaduría de @perrasdemuseo que recolecta trabajos que hablan a partir de los márgenes de los estándares de belleza, así como desde las vivencias cotidianas. Esto, desde un espacio con una perspectiva queer al interior de uno de los barrios más representativos de México, donde la violencia, el machismo y el abandono de la ciudad, se conducen bajo sus propias reglas y directrices.

Así que se propone explorar los amores prohibidos, perseguidos, satanizados y violentados por sus deseos, orientación sexual, o expresión de género, pero que a su vez, luchan por sobrevivir desde los lugares donde se viven. De manera que se presentan aquí como formas distintas de ver y asumir la sexualidad desde las vivencias del barrio. Lo que también abre la posibilidad de entender prácticas de reconocimientos desde otros contextos sociales y culturales.

EN::

In #galeriaunion_ we are very happy to present “Del barrio, logicas maricas”, a curator of @perrasdemuseo that collects works that speak from the margins of beauty standards, as well as from everyday experiences. This, from a space with a queer perspective within one of the most representative neighborhoods in Mexico, where violence, machismo and abandonment of the city are conducted under their own rules and guidelines.

So he proposes to explore the forbidden, persecuted, demonized and violated loves for their desires, sexual orientation, or gender expression, but which in turn, struggle to survive from the places where they live. So they are presented here as different ways of seeing and assuming sexuality from the experiences of the neighborhood. Which also opens the possibility of understanding recognition practices from other social and cultural contexts.

Allende 96 int.10 col. Centro (Lagunilla), CDMX, México - www.galeriaunion.art

PRIDE - an online show with Trigonal Gallery and Artsy

I’m taking part in PRIDE - an online show with Trigonal Gallery and Artsy which is running though July 4th with two of my photographic works, including a rare print from my Cumfaces series. More from the press release below. The exhibition is viewable in full here via Artsy.

Statement

Many in the LGBTQ+ community will tell you Pride is about transformation, embodying the fantasies that spring from one’s authentic self to take center stage. This unique exhibit sheds light on the most distinctive, multidisciplinary LGBTQ+ and allied artists making that possible.

Press Release

TRIGONAL GALLERY CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH WITH TV’S DARRELL THORNE AND OTHER LGBTQ+ ARTISTS IN JUNE 2021 SHOW
“There’s nothing stopping you from being the unicorn of your dreams,” says artist, performer and sculptor Darrell Thorne. Best known for his work on RuPaul’s Drag Race and HBO’s High Maintenance. Thorne understands better than anyone how to embody the fantasies that spring from his authentic self, which many in the LGBTQ+ community will tell you is what Pride is all about. Beginning May 31st, 2021, Thorne will bring his unique sculptures and makeup/body paint creations to life as he headlines the Pride exhibit hosted by the innovative Trigonal Gallery.
Trigonal’s Pride show is loud and proud, featuring Thorne’s acclaimed headpieces, the likes of which have been seen not only on Yvie Oddly’s winning look during Season 11 of Drag Race, but also on Madonna in her “Living for Love” video and most recently on “Queen Diva” Big Freedia for the cover of Bust Magazine. Thorne’s creative approach to transformation encourages audiences to question their ideas of beauty, as well as their perspectives on gender fluidity and what signifies masculinity and femininity.
The Trigonal exhibit aims to shed light on the most distinctive LGBTQ+ and allied artists working in multidisciplinary mediums today. One such ally, The Sucklord, is a pop artist who made his name on reality TV series such as VH1’s Can’t Get a Date and Bravo’s Work of Art. Over the past two decades The Sucklord has come into his own by crafting unlicensed action figures and toys, particularly those based on Star Wars collectibles, through his company Suckadelic. Viewers of Trigonal’s Pride show can expect to see truly original Suckadelic action figures that have never before been released.
Alongside TV icons Thorne and Sucklord is British-born Stuart Sandford, whose pieces have been exhibited around the world for shows including Out-Spoken: 50 Years of Pride at Childs Gallery in Boston; multiple Queer Biennals in Los Angeles; and Boys! Boys! Boys! in London and Amsterdam, as well as collections such as the Sir Elton John Photography Collection.
Award-winning filmmaker Ryan Glista joins the lineup with his photography and collage art, reminiscent of Sally Mann’s Immediate Family series.
Photographer Adam Ciach shares his work from Eastern Europe’s burgeoning LGBTQ+ movement.
Pride will offer a plethora of digital and physical components. The online exhibit opens Monday, May 31st on Artsy.net. Saturday, June 5 and Sunday June 6th will see a physical opening at 37 Troutman Street in Brooklyn, hosted by Brooklyn Collage Collective founder Morgan Jesse Lappin. The opening runs from 11AM to 8PM EST. This live event will be ticketed and timed for attendees. Some artists will be present throughout the weekend. Due to Covid restrictions, tickets offered through Eventbrite will allow visitors to select the time they want to enter the building.
On Monday, June 7th the physical show will move to Strictly CBD at 394 Communipaw Ave in Jersey City New Jersey where it will open to the general public and remain throughout the month. Strictly CBD, founded by Jeffrey Devine, is one of New Jersey’s most pioneering CBD and hemp retail stores.
That evening, Trigonal Gallery will host an online Zoom open house with all of the artists at 8pm EST. Viewers can access this event via the Trigonal YouTube, Facebook and Twitch pages.
The Pride show runs May 31st through June 30th, 2021. Learn more at http://trigonalgallery.com or @TrigonalGallery on social media.

Cumfaces #6, 2007

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! installation shots

A few BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! installation sots, on view now and until June 19th at FAHEY / KLEIN gallery in Los Angeles. More info and book an appointment to visit via their website.

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! group exhibition at Fahey/Klein - Los Angeles

I am beyond thrilled to be showing the work below at Fahey / Klein Gallery in Los Angeles as part of BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! alongside an incredible group of emerging and established artists all focusing on the male form. The exhibition opens this Thursday May 27th in Los Angeles and runs though June 19th (by appointment only).

Jake (IV), 2016, colour photograph, dimensions variable

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!

at Fahey / Klein Gallery
148 N. La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90036, USA

May 27 - June 19, 2021 

featuring the works of BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! artists

AdeY
Matthew Finley
Tim Hailand
Florian Hetz
Serge Le Hidalgo
Paul McDonald
Manuel Moncayo
Lucas Murnaghan
Sebastian Perinotti
Xavier Samré
Stuart Sandford
Niv Shank
Michael Søndergaard
Tyler Udall

alongside FAHEY / KLEIN luminaries

Ruven Afanador
Steven Arnold
Tom Bianchi
Greg Gorman
Paul Jasmin
Herbert List
Herb Ritts

See all artworks here

This group exhibition coincides with PRIDE Los Angeles, and the publication of the second issue of the new bi-annual magazineBOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Originally a time to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots, PRIDE month has since come to commemorate so much more. BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! celebrates and honors the queer community by highlighting the artists whose work has come to define Fine Art Photography.

The exhibition will be in memory of Lucas Murnaghan who tragically passed in March.

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! is a project by The Little Black Gallery, curated by co-founder Ghislain Pascal, to promote queer and gay photography. 

It now represents more than 67 photographers from 27 countries - including China, India, Iran, Poland, Russia and Turkey where gay rights are repressed and queer lives under constant threat.

“We are so proud to be bringing BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! to our friends in Los Angeles to celebrate Pride. It gives our photographers the opportunity to exhibit their work to a new audience alongside such amazing luminaries.” says Ghislain Pascal, co-founder of The Little Black Gallery. “We will continue to push the boundaries and build a great market for queer fine art photography.”
 

Please contact Fahey / Klein Gallery to make an appointment at www.faheykleingallery.com