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2015 - 2021 The Art World Series

The hallowed walls of the white cube art world are elevated and exclusive. They are protected by a barrier of theory and jargon the vast majority of human beings can't and won't understand. The Art World is a project documenting Aaron Wilder's journey into this world in 2015 when he moved to San Francisco in 2015 to pursue an MFA degree at the San Francisco Art Institute. Wilder sought to encounter and photograph human beings encountering art in the hallowed institutions of the art world and to investigate a variety of encounters between individuals and art, whether it be performance, painting, or other types of artistic expression. Most recently, Wilder has experimented with rendering the 35mm black and white film photographs from this project into monochromatic vinyl at either end of the grayscale spectrum and adhering these vinyls to the surfaces of ornate, antique mirrors.

  • The Broad 1 (reflecting on Glenn Ligon's 'Double America 2')
    25.25 inches by 35.25 inches
    Black Vinyl on Antique Mirror
    2021
  • SFMOMA 2 (reflecting on Frank Stella's 'Double Concentric: Scramble')
    35 inches by 40 inches
    White Vinyl on Antique Mirror
    2021
  • The Broad 1
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • The Broad 2
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • The Broad 3
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • The Broad 4
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • LACMA
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • SFMOMA 1
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • SFMOMA 2
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • SFMOMA 3
    15 inches by 10 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • SFMOMA 4
    10 inches by 15 inches
    Digital Scan of 35mm Film
    2018
  • Gallery Wendi Norris
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Ratio 3
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Diego Rivera Gallery
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
    NOT FOR SALE 
  • Rudolf Frieling, Critical Histories of Museums and Exhibitions
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Jake Choi, Graduate Critique, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Diana Li, Graduate Critique 1, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Diana Li, Graduate Critique 2, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Mads Lynnerup, Graduate Tutorial, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Tower by Day, San Francisco Art Institute
    10 inches by 8 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Tower by Night, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
    NOT FOR SALE 
  • Graduate Center 1, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2015
  • Graduate Center 2, San Francisco Art Institute
    8 inches by 10 inches
    Resin Coated Silver Print
    2016
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