Two laborers take a break on top of a pumpkin, Dengen, 1957

Author: Bruce Eesly

Publisher: Bruce Eesly

3-Color Risography Print

Limited Edition of 25

Munken Pure Rough 170gsm

210 x 297mm / 8.3 x 11.7 in

Signed and numbered verso

Unframed

From the New Farmer series:

Bruce Eesly's series New Farmer takes as its starting point the Green Revolution which, from the 1940s to 1980s saw a dramatic shift in the legal, political and mechanical production of food across the globe. Touted as a magic bullet solution to hunger and food scarcity, and portrayed by the corporations involved as a resounding success, the sunny fields and abundant crops in advertising brochures ignore a darker reality: monoculture farming has led to increased exposure to ecosystem collapse.

Using generative imaging tools, Eesly points to the absurdity of these claims of endless and effortless abundance made by corporations and governments alike, in a series of images depicting genetically modified crops in which the produce seems to grow exponentially. At first teetering on the edge of believability, the series quickly veers into absurdity, with broccoli towering above farm buildings, clouds of fertiliser engulfing fields and seed banks being detonated to make way for pesticide factories. 

In this series, Eesly probes the unforeseen dangers in the pursuit of growth and capital, of risk and instability. The absurdity at the heart of Eesly's work holds up a mirror to our increasingly uncertain times, where new technologies are being sold with the same promises of effortless abundance.

Text by Isabel Walter, Foam Magazine #68: Talent

Year

2026

Price

30.00 EUR — In stock