Advice for Young Artists Joan Fontcuberta a portrait of Max Ernst

a portrait of Max Ernst fused to the side of a weathered building

They’re a garden of forking paths

of boundaries and of defined identities

its many verses have been improvised according to the needs of the moment

the book spotlights the complexities of contemporary Bolivian identity and reflects on the country’s diverse and multifaceted culture

Advice for Young Artists Joan Fontcuberta a portrait of Max ErnstFirst edition Advice for Young Artists by Alec Soth (2024) First impression Large format hardback in new condition Signed by Alec Soth to title page About Between 2022 and 2024, Alec Soth visited twenty five undergraduate art programmes across the United States. Advice for Young Artists comprises work he made there. Its title perhaps like the visits themselves is misleading: rather than wisdom or guidance, Soth offers an angular and unresolved