Throughout his career, Austin-based artist Barry Stone has approached photography with a philosopher’s eye. The camera lens is just one of many transformative photographic tools that Stone employs in his practice. In his ongoing series of “data-bent” pictures, Stone manipulates the digital code of his images to change their appearance through purposeful tampering. Colors and composition shift, with schisms and interruptions becoming central to the reading of the work. His pictures often touch on personal narrative and a focus on his own place within a larger terrestrial landscape, yet reflect outward as well, forestalling an easy read.
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Review
Barry Stone's "Lost Pines" Reviewed in Glasstire
Lost Pines, Barry Stone's recent solo show at Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin, TX., was reviewed in Glasstire, a Texas-based arts publication. Barbara Purcell explores the dual nature of this body of work; along with images of the burnt wreckage of the Lost Pines Forest, Stone includes images from a fire that took the life of his grandfather in 2002, thus weaving together the narratives of personal and communal wounds.
book
Barry Stone
Daily, In a Nimble Sea, 2017
9 x 11.5 inches, 96 pages, 37 color plates printed on matte paper. Cloth-wrapped hardcover with photographic tip-in. Published by Twin Palms Press, Silas Finch imprint.
Outside Exhibition
Barry Stone in Topic Magazine and at Photoville
Barry Stone's work is included in Federal Project 2, a series in Topic Magazine. Barry's photos are featured in Hot, Wet, and Out of Control: The history of Texas’s power struggle with water. The project has a concurrent exhibition at Photoville in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Outside Exhibition
Barry Stone at Lora Reynolds Gallery
Barry Stone has new photographs on view in Lost Pines, a solo show at Lora Reynolds Gallery. This exhibition marks Stone's first time presenting work at the gallery. The show is on view from September 17 through December 3, 2022.
Outside Exhibition
Barry Stone at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Barry Stone's work is included in "Desire Lines" opening January 26, running through May 26 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Stone will be giving an artist talk about his work on January 25th.
Review
Barry Stone : Drift
Barry Schwabsky reviewed Drift, Barry Stone's solo show at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in the April 2021 issue of Artforum.
