The exhibit itself ran during spring of this year, and was comprised of an eclectic array of media, including paintings, drawings, photography, and, of course, experimental film, all installed in an environment created by the artist.
David Lynch is most known for his groundbreaking, idiosyncratic filmmaking, as seen in Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, and the cult TV hit Twin Peaks. His characters, plots, sets, and even sound design are thoroughly devised according to the visions Lynch often claims to have “fished” out of his thoughts, a practice he attributes to Transcendental Meditation. Contrary to what one would expect of the fruits of meditation, these visions have led to a body of work that consistently walks the fine line between intrigue and oddity.
Lynch‘s forthcoming publication, entitled David Lynch: Snowmen, is concerned with only one facet of his recent exhibit. The book is composed of twenty black and white photographs of (you guessed it) snowmen. All the photos were taken in his suburban hometown of Boise, Idaho and, as quaint as that sounds, Lynch is sure to have picked up on the finer, stranger notes present within this suburban tradition.
David Lynch: Snowmen will be published by the Fondation Cartier, and is available for purchase July 3, 2007.