alleverythingthatisyou
‘Alleverythingthatisyou’ by Mike and Doug Starn was created with the use of the microscope. As with ‘Structure of Thought’ and ‘Black Pulse’, an earlier series created by the artists, the subject of the work is rooted in the world of nature.
alleverythingthatisyou, berfegyin, 2005-2009 by Doug and Mike Starn
15 Epson K3 Ultrachrome inkjet prints on Epson Premium semi-matte photo paper, diasec mounted to acrylic
36.8 x 36.8 cm [each panel]
alleverythingthatisyou, bomtolseg, 2005-13 by Doug and Mike Starn
Epson K3 Ultrachrome inkjet print on Epsom Premium semimatte photo paper, diasec mounted to acrylic
36.8 x 36.8 cm [each panel]
Snow Study 5, 2005 by Doug and Mike Starn
Laminated Lambda C-print, mounted to aluminum
122 x 122 cm
Snow Blanket #8_247.1, 2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
Lysonic inkjet print on gampi papers with paint and varnish
81.3 x 62.2 cm
Sno 8_250 (snow blanket), 2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
Unique lysonic inkjet print on gampi papers with paint and varnish
32 x 24.5 inches


Installation at HackelBury Fine Art
Attracted to Light
‘Attracted to light’ explores the theme of light - its role in the process of seeing and photographing but also more metaphorically as a symbol of power and knowledge.
Attracted to Light #19, 2000-2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
Toned gelatin silver print on Thai mulberry paper
50.8 x 50.8 cm
Attracted to Light B, 2000-2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
Toned gelatin silver print on Thai mulberry paper
50.8 x 50.8 cm
ATL Film Still 2, 1996-2008 by Doug and Mike Starn
Laminated Lambda C-print mounted to aluminium 152.5 x 203.5 cm


installation image from HackelBury Fine Art, 2018
Big Bambú
Big Bambú structures, built from “random chaos” with thousands of bamboo poles lashed together with miles of rope, reveal the invisible architecture of life weaving into a habitable sculpture. Installations of Big Bambú include the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the 54th Venice Biennial; the Teshima Triennial; and the MACRO Museum, Rome.
Bbú Juju Painting MV3 (From Big Bambú Metropolitan roof and Venice Biennale installations), 2010-2011 by Doug and Mike Starn
Unique sculpture, bamboo and rope
266.7 x 520.5 x 88.9 cm
Bbú Juju painting V1 (From Big Bambú Venice Biennale installation), 2011 by Doug and Mike Starn
Unique sculpture, bamboo and rope
267 x 488 x 42.2 cm
Bbú Juju Painting MV1 (From Big Bambú Metropolitan roof and Venice Biennale installations), 2010-11 by Doug and Mike Starn
Unique sculpture, bamboo and rope
175.3 x 510.5 x 17.8 cm
BBV_05.30.11_0794_1, 2011-13 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet print on gelatin-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tape
114.3 x 114.3 cm
BB 10/19/09-90642, 2009-10 by Doug and Mike Starn
Epson K3 Ultrachrome inkjet print on gelatin-coated Zerkall paper
59.7 x 59.7 cm
BB 7/15/09-60756, 2009-10 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet print on gelatin-coated Zerkall paper
60 x 60 cm
BBMet_04/16/10_k1879, 2010-13 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet print on gelatin-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tape
49 x 89.5 cm
BBMet-06.03.2010-S2257f-42x42_nails by Doug and Mike Starn
BBMet_09.28.2010_s5137, 2010-13 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet print on gelatin-coated Zerkall paper, Scotch tape
60 x 103 cm
BBV-05.20.11-3594 by Doug and Mike Starn
BBMET04.24.10-K1848 by Doug and Mike Starn


Black Pulse
“Black Carbon, pulsing and steaming through the veins, is the absorption of light and is the light that controls me. Our veins are filled with the light, the light is us.”
- Mike & Doug Starn. ‘Gravity of Light Light’. Skira Rizzoli. New York. 2012.
Black Pulse #4 by Doug and Mike Starn
Lambda print
Image size: 30 x 44 inches / Framed size: 44 x 54 inches
Blot Out the Sun
‘Light is power, knowledge, it is what we want, it is what we need… black is not only the lack of light, black is also the complete absorption of light… Black is the void and reservoir of what we want and need, what controls us’
- Mike & Doug Starn. ‘Attracted to Light’. Powerhouse books. New York. 2003.
Blot Out the Sun 1, 1998 - 2009 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on Thai mulberry and tissue papers with encaustic and wax
172.7 x 274.3 cm
Blot Out the Sun 3, 1998-99 by Doug and Mike Starn
Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry and tissue papers with encaustic and wax, wood frame 121.9 x 198.1 cm
Blot out the Sun 6, 1998-2007 by Doug and Mike Starn
Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry and tissue papers with encaustic and wax, wood frame 167.6 x 274.3 cm
Carbon Prints
Carbon prints are known for their saturation and incomparable depth, qualities that are further enhanced by the process of layering of the carbon pigments that creates the suggestion of three-dimensionality. The sculpture-like quality of the prints as well as the apparent process of the peeling off of the particular layers, direct the viewers to the theme that is often present in Starn works: the impermanent quality of the world around us. In this context, the print is not only a mere illustration of the concept, but it becomes its embodiment as well. The brothers explain: “We always felt that since, in photography, physical reality was directly and perfectly captured, the real world should be apparent in its realization.”⠀
Shi-Tenno (72), 2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
Unique four-colour carbon print (watercolor pigments and gelatin on Zerkall paper, Scotch tape and magnets)
182.9 x 548.6 cm
The No-mind not-thinks no-things
"In the thinking about the act of Not Thinking, and considering the phrase ‘the no mind not thinks no things’ and the puzzle presented: the no mind not thinks no things things from the perspective of artworks as objects – can be seen simply as things, but if you consider the conundrum of the rest of the phrase in the positive it can imply that the noun No Mind in the act of Not Thinking of No Things brings into being these Things that must not be thought about because they are no thing things.” – Doug & Mike Starn
The No Mind Not Thinks No Things morfor, 2012 -2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
K3 Ultrachrome inks on Kozo paper with varnish
61 x 114.3 cm
wolsilmil, 2001-2003 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
Art size: 20.75 x 48 inches
Frame size: 25.75 x 53 inches
The No Mind Not Thinks No Things Poegif by Doug and Mike Starn
K3 Ultrachrome inks on Kozo paper with varnish
44.5 x 59.5 inches / 113 x 151.1 cm
The No Mind Not Thinks No Things mikdok, 2012 -2014 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on Kozo paper with varnish
99.1 x 134.6 cm
give you what you give to me, 2016 by Doug and Mike Starn
K3 Ultrachrome inks on Kozo paper with varnish
212 x 93 cm
she's in love with the world, 2016 by Doug and Mike Starn
K3 Ultrachrome inks on Kozo paper with varnish
212 x 93 cm


Installation image - The No Mind Not Thinks No Things mikdok
The no mind not thinks no things thing
Commissioned for the 15th anniversary of the gallery, Doug & Mike Starn's ‘The no mind not thinks no things thing’ are made of many layered images, set within sliding panels. The use of translucent materials (Kozo - a Japanese tissue) together with the moving panels, allow and encourage interaction. Repositioning, reordering and rotating the screens to arrive at one of the 15 ‘solutions' - moments where elements of the image are silhouetted through the multiple layers.
The no mind not thinks no things thing - #6, 2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
kozo, varnish, plexi, steel
Art size: 35 x 20 inches each panel, extending to 60 inches
The no mind not thinks no things thing - #7, 2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
kozo, varnish, plexi, steel
35 x 20 inches each panel, extending to 60 inches
The no mind not thinks no things thing - # 11, 2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
kozo, varnish, plexi, steel
35 x 20 inches each panel, extending to 60 inches


installation image from HackelBury Fine Art, 2013
Seascape
Seascape 3L, 2010 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall watercolor paper
213.4 x 128.3 cm
Seascape 6, 2010 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on gelatin hand-coated Zerkall watercolor paper
135 x 39 x 7.5 cm
Seascape 4LA, 2010 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet print on gelatin coated Zerkall paper
21 x 37.75 inches / 53.3 x 95.9 cm
Seaweed
Seaweed 1, 2009 -2011 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on hand-coated gelatin Zerkall watercolor paper, Scotch tape and nails
42 x 111 cm
Seaweed 2, 2011 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on hand-coated gelatin Zerkall watercolor paper, Scotch tape and nails
178 x 219 cm
Seaweed 3b, 2009-2011 by Doug and Mike Starn
Archival inkjet prints on hand-coated gelatin Zerkall watercolor paper, Scotch tape and nails
109 x 134.5 cm


installation image from HackelBury Fine Art at Paris Photo, 2015
Structure of Thought
“The mind is an interpreter of constantly fed information. Your mind decodes and understands information based on a lifetime of constructions, memories, desires, and learning. Vision doesn’t work like a camera; vision is a construction. The structure of thought is a living dendritic mess, a mass of intersections and layers.” – Doug & Mike Starn
Structure of Thought 10, 2001-2015 by Doug and Mike Starn
Epson K3 Ultrachrome inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, Gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
85.1 x 74.9 cm / 33.5 x 29.5 inches
Structure of Thought 17, 2001-2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
48 x 41.25 inches / 121.9 x 104.8 cm
Structure of Thought 18 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
48 x 41.25 inches / 121.9 x 104.8 cm
Structure of Thought 26, 2001-2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
36 x 50 inches / 91.4 x 127 cm
Structure of Thought 30, 2001-2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
36 x 50 inches / 91.4 127 cm
Structure of Thought 25, 2001-2006 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
148.6 x 204.5 cm / 58.5 x 80.5 inches
Structure of Thought 24, 2001-2013 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
41.5 x 47.5 inches / 105 x 120 cm
Structure of Thought 21, 2001-2008 by Doug and Mike Starn
MIS and Lysonic inkjet prints on Thai mulberry, gampi and tissue papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
41.25 x 48 inches / 104.8 x 121.9 cm
Structure of Thought 22, 2003-13 by Doug and Mike Starn
K3 Ultrachrome inks on Kozo, and Thai mulberry papers with wax, encaustic and varnish
47.64 x 47.64 inches / 121 x 121 cm


Installation image - Structure of Thought 24
Toshodaiji
‘Toshodaiji’ is a project by Mike and Doug Starn, where artworks include images of the two Buddhist monks – Gyoki and Ganjin. Following our previous post, artworks from this series also focus on the dualities between light & darkness and life & death.⠀
Ganjin, 2000 by Doug and Mike Starn
Sulfur toned gelatin silver print on Thai mulberry paper, framed
61 x 61 cm
Ganjin (positive), 2000-2009 by Doug and Mike Starn
Lambda C -print mounted to aluminium
121.9 x 121.9 cm (Edition of 5) / 182.9 x 182.9 cm (Edition of 3)
Ganjin (negative), 2000-2009 by Doug and Mike Starn
Lambda C -print mounted to aluminium
121.9 x 121.9 cm (Edition of 5) / 182.9 x 182.9 cm (Edition of 3)

