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Nowhere Is Now Here

Faile · 2025 · Giclee Print

Year2025

MediumGiclee Print

EditionFirst Edition

Edition size200

Dimensions16 x 12 inches

Retail (MSRP)USD $200.00

PublisherFaile Shop

EraPop & Romance

Collector6/10

Visual7/10

Historical6/10

ScarcityCommon

Work Summary & Collector Notes

Nowhere Is Now Here is a 2025 FAILE giclee in an edition of 200, printed with archival pigment ink on deckle-edge 290gsm cotton rag. At 12 x 16 inches it is an intimate format, signed and embossed. The palindromic title reflects FAILE's love of layered wordplay woven through their appropriated imagery.

Collector notes: The saved release record describes: 12 x 16 inches / Edition of 200. The saved release record describes: signed; embossed / blind-stamped. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.

Why It Matters

The clever 'Nowhere / Now Here' title captures FAILE's text-driven aesthetic, where language and image collide. As a smaller, accessibly sized giclee in an edition of 200, it is an approachable entry point into the duo's catalog, retaining archival cotton-rag materials and a deckle edge despite its compact scale.

Collector Perspective

The 12 x 16 inch size suits collectors with limited wall space or those building a grouping of smaller FAILE works. The deckle edge and cotton-rag substrate signal quality, and signed and embossed authentication anchors provenance across the 200-piece edition, one of FAILE's more available 2025 releases.

Historical Context

Wordplay has been central to FAILE since their early street work, where text fragments layered over pulp imagery created ambiguous, poetic messages. Nowhere Is Now Here extends that tradition into a 2025 studio giclee, distilling the duo's signature collision of language and image into a compact, hand-signed edition.

Documented Release Details

Object type: Editioned print
Release date: 2025
Release-date note: Catalog-listed release year from the saved secondary record; primary release-page confirmation remains pending.
Medium and materials: Giclee Print; catalog dimensions 16 x 12 inches; Archival Pigment Ink on Estrada 290gsm Cotton Rag; Deckle Edge, Signed & Embossed FAILE 2025.
Edition details: The saved release record describes: 12 x 16 inches / Edition of 200.
Signature and marks: The saved release record describes: signed; embossed / blind-stamped. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.

Documented History and Meaning

History note: This page treats Faile's broader career as background context, not proof that this specific edition belongs to any single exhibition or event. Release-level facts here come from a saved secondary catalog record.

Meaning / interpretation: No per-work artist statement is recorded for this edition. Any thematic reading should be treated as interpretation of the imagery, not a documented statement of the artist's intent. This interpretive note follows the cited artist or publisher context.

Release context: The saved catalog lists 2025 and attributes the edition to Faile Shop.

Authentication, Presentation and Provenance

Original presentation: Original packaging or presentation was not documented in the release sources reviewed.
Authentication note: Compare the support, dimensions, edition number, and signature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet Gallery does not authenticate works purchased from third parties.
Provenance note: Edition origin is attributed in the saved record to Faile Shop. That does not establish the ownership history of an individual copy: retain the original invoice, reseller or gallery paperwork, labels, correspondence, and condition photographs.

Sources and Verification

Verification status: Secondary catalog snapshot; artist-level context added

Saved release record — Art Collectorz · secondary catalog snapshot · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Starting record for title, year, edition, dimensions, medium, and release description. Primary confirmation against the original release page remains pending.
FAILE — official site — FAILE studio · primary artist source · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Official studio site; career context, not an individual-edition record.
FAILE (artist collaboration) — Wikipedia · reference encyclopedia · Accessed 2026-07-13 · General artist-level biographical and career reference.