Launching today, the prestigious book curated by Neville Wakefield Noses Elbows and Knees by Mario Sorrenti and John Baldessari will be exclusively available for a pre-order in Paris and Los Angeles Saint Laurent stores. Published at the end of 2017, the book includes the works exhibited at Half Gallery, New York (Noses Elbows And Knees exhibition, 14 December 2017 – 20 January 2018). A project under the curatorship of Neville Wakefield in New York.

The artist John Baldessari was famous for his paintings of body parts on photographs, a pinch towards Hollywood culture with his signature being the elements of color. The photographer, Mario Sorrenti, in the 90s, reinterpreted beauty photographs by questioning conventions. Together they wanted to deconstruct familiar representations by stripping off clothes and codes of society, trough fashion, collage and photography. The book includes a certificate of authenticity signed by Mario Sorrenti and John Baldessari.