Conceptual Photography
The artist’s conceptual journey began with photography more than two decades ago. While the scope of his work has since broadened far beyond the camera, photography remains essential to his practice, as these 25 series demonstrate. More than 400 works sell for less than $100.
CD Series
“Ghost Friends (cover)” by Bryant Rousseau (4.75” x 4.75” inch black-and-white photograph displayed within CD case). The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Fictional albums from imaginary bands, with real, original songs. Each work consists of 2 color photographs displayed, front and back, within standard CD case (each approx. 4.75” x 4.75”); included is a CD with original, AI-generated songs, corresponding to each of the listed tracks. The series includes more than 20 bands — each with their own distinctive sound — and 25 albums.
“Ghost Friends (verso)” by Bryant Rousseau (4.75” x 4.75” inch black-and-white photograph displayed within CD case). The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“City Circles #7 (I Love NY)” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 8” x 8”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed, matted; framed; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
The sine qua non of the New York street: Before the city’s old-school style trash cans were replaced, the artist documented them, and the often odd disposal habits of NYC’s denizens.
“City Circles #4 (Missing Monitor)” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 8” x 8”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; framed; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Wealthy Workers Party #8” by Bryant & Brayant Rousseau (black-and-white photograph (approx. 6” x 9”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted (9” x 12” mat), plus 3 darts; $119.99, The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
The artist’s disturbed twin brother, Brayant, since disappeared, endeavored to build a new political party some years ago. His efforts failed miserably — phew! — but to honor his, er, eccentricity, the artist offers here samples of the political posters his brother printed and pasted around Manhattan to foment his class revolution. Many of his photo shoots were staged in 2000 and 2001 on a Greenwich Village rooftop, with the World Trade Center (and the Empire State Building) as the backdrop.
For those who disagree with and wish to interact with the depraved messages, the artist conveniently includes 3 darts with each purchased print: Prick the prick.
“Wealthy Workers Party #13” by Bryant & Brayant Rousseau (black-and-white photograph (approx. 6” x 9”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted (9” x 12” mat), plus 3 darts; $119.99. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Masterpiece Under the Microscope #16 (Caravaggio Musicians)” by Bryant Rousseau (Digital image (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted (12” x 9” mat); $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Paintings ready for their close-up, cropped with care.
“Masterpiece Under the Microscope #10 (Mondrian Boogie)” by Bryant Rousseau (Digital image (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted (12” x 9” mat); $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Emoticon #13 (Sleepy)” by Bryant Rousseau: Black-and-white photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Rousseau documents his lifelong struggle to properly read and render human emotions, his efforts more fakir than feeler. 40+ works in this series.
“Emoticon #1 (Terrified)” by Bryant Rousseau (Photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Art of Privacy #18” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $88.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
The artist is always watching. 40+ works in this series.
“Art of Privacy #14” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Still, No Life #1” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $88.88.. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
The Instagram antithesis, a diary of degradation. 40+ works.
“Still, No Life #25” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $88.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Chess Mess #11” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 8” x 8”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; framed; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Some say this series reflects the profound influence the game of chess has had on modern art. I say: “Check your dreck, mate.”
“Chess Mess #7” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 8” x 8”) on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; framed. $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Shelf Portrait #3 (Wide Awoke)” by Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Want to really know an individual, or institution? Look, et lire, on the ledge. A dozen+ works in this series.
“Shelf Portrait #5 (Some Genius)” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Caged Content #5” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper)'; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
The greatest art, in Greenwich Village garbage cans.
“Caged Content #28” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77,77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Appropriate Appropriation #8” by Bryant Rousseau: Color print of digital image (approx. 6” x 9”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
In the debates over cultural appropriation, Rousseau-on-Rousseau robbery is surely alright? The artist’s interventions into work by his great-great-great grand uncle, thrice removed, Henri Rousseau.
“Appropriate Appropriation #4” by Bryant Rousseau: Color print of digital image (approx. 6” x 9”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Tree Lines #7 (Sweet Suicide)” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 6” x 9”) printed on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
A branch of poetry, from A to Zen.
“Tree Lines #2 (Inanimate Dance)” by Bryant Rousseau: Black-and-white photograph (approx. 6” x 9”) printed on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“The Art of Porn #12” by Bryant Rousseau: Digital image (approx. 9” x 6”), with extensive artistic intervention; printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
When all you can see is art.
“The Art of Porn #2” by Bryant Rousseau: Digital image (approx. 9” x 6”), with extensive artistic intervention; printed on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Them’s the Breaks #12: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed in highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $88.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Cue the photographer. A dozen+ works in this series.
“Them’s the Breaks #11: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed in highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $88.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Mann Golden #22” by Mann Golden/Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper); $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
So much art photography focuses on the ordinary and everyday: the junkies and sex workers, the beaten down and beaten up, we all commonly encounter. But the unheralded uber-bohemian, Mann Golden, dares to delve into the unfamiliar and forbidden: the demimonde of the suburban middle-class, so unknown (and icky) to most gallery goers. The photographer invites you to reject the humdrum of late-night clubs and crowded bath tubs to explore the exotic and extreme: familial love, beach vacations and bike rides on serene streets. 20+ works in this series.
“Mann Golden #15” by Mann Golden/Bryant Rousseau (Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) printed on highest-quality photo paper); $55.55. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Ice Art #15” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Frozen food coloring, caught mid-melt. 25+ works in this series.
“Ice Art #1” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“G.R.I.N.S. #1” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Artists are tourists, too, as these Globally Random, Inoffensively Nice Snapshots (GRINS) prove. 20+ works in this series.
“G.R.I.N.S. #5” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Cubism #13” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Office culture, and the cubicle, deconstructed and reconsidered.
“Cubism #1” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Gum Shot #14” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
NYC’s sidewalks & subway platforms are constantly evolving canvases of abstract art—thanks to 100 years of ground-in gum.
“Gum Shot #19” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; signed; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Cloud Country: Runx” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Cloud Country: Heuntir” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $99.88. The copyright symbol is a digital watermark only; it does NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“KBB Stones #1” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $88.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Sometimes, you want art that is intellectually profound and aesthetically adventurous. Sometimes, you just want art that looks great in a Kitchen, Bath or Bedroom.
“KBB Stones #19” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper); signed; matted; $88.88. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Characters #1” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; matted (12” x 9” mat); $55.55. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Encounters, captured and captioned.
“Characters #6” by Bryant Rousseau and ARtificial Intelligence: Digital image (approx. 8” x 8”) on highest-quality photo paper; matted; framed (10” x 10” frame); $88.88. The copyright symbol is a digital watermark only; it does NOT appear on the actual artwork.
“Art Attack #3” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.
If you have nothing nice to say, speak up.
“Art Attack #14” by Bryant Rousseau: Color photograph (approx. 9” x 6”) on highest-quality photo paper; matted; $77.77. The copyright symbols are digital watermarks only; they do NOT appear on the actual artwork.