CURATORIAL STATEMENT

Sam Fayed’s work synthesizes disparate methodologies of early cinema production with contemporary pop-culture imagery using mixed-media collages, digital, and optical photo compositing techniques. His work results in ironic twists and sarcastic turns of visual puns. He is a polymath; a caster of visual spells. His recent works spawn fables from found vintage 35mm prints. In the studio, he wet-mounts scans to preserve their pristine, optical resolution and restores old prints, many of which are found vacation or family photos—moments of strangers’ lives. His work speaks to incertitudes, to implicit messaging of advertising imagery, politics, and foreignness. Fayed plies his craft with the tools and messaging formulas of recognizable, mass urban culture, and media industry products. He strips quotidian objects of their meaning, captures them on film and draws vectors between current political polemics and the effect of technology on social constructs. His work speaks to the loss of individuality and cultural reawakening.

Granny With Saber, 2019

Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum composite material (ACM) 3mm
Signed in ink (mount, verso)
Image: 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.88 cm.)
Mount: 55 × 70 in. (139.7 × 177.8 cm.)

Summer!, 2019

Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum composite material (3mm), maple frame
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 40 × 60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm.)
Mount: 40 × 60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm.)

Hike School!, 2019

Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum composite material (ACM)
with custom neon tubes, maple frame. Signed in ink (mount, verso)
Image: 48 × 32 in. (121.92 × 81.28 cm.) Mount: 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm.)

House on Fire, 2019

Silver halide/chromagenic print series mounted on matte finished acrylic
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm.)
Mount: plexi, face-in 1/16" matte

All For One, One for None, 2019

Silver halide/chromogenic print mounted on matte finished plexi
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 40 × 60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm.)
Mount: 42.5 × 63 in. (107.95 × 160.02 cm.)

Dallas Bill, 2019

Silver halide/chromogenic print series mounted on matte finished plexi
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm.)
Mount: plexi, face-in 1/16" matte

Mr. Nonsense, 2019

Silver halide/chromogenic print mounted on matte finished acrylic
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm.)
Mount: Acrylic, face-in 1/16" matte with programmed animated eyes

Get Me Out of Here, 2019

Silver halide/chromogenic print mounted on matte finished acrylic
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 50 x 72 in. (127 x 182.88 cm)
Mount: acrylic, face-in 1/16" matte

Mr. Lipstick, 2019

Silver halide/chromogenic print mounted on matte finished acrylic
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm)
Mount: acrylic, face-in 1/16" matte

Sargeant Colbreath, 2020

Silver halide/chromogenic print mounted on matte finished acrylic
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm.)
Mount: acrylic, face-in 1/16" matte

Splatt, 2020

Silver halide/chromogenic print mounted on matte finished acrylic
Signed in ink (mount, verso) Image: 40 ×60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm)
Mount: acrylic, face-in 1/16" matte

The Camera No One Uses, 2020

8mm camera, printed vinyl
8 × 9.5× 3.75in.

Aha!, 2020

Original screenplay with stereo cable
14 × 14in.