February 24, 2010
“Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980″ is showing now at the Cincinnati Art Museum, featuring artists such as William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Mitch Epstein, and Joel Meyerowitz. Starburst takes viewers on a journey through the explosion and development of color photography in America. Once considered less of an art form than black and white photography, the color photography in Starburst addresses the initial controversy surrounding color film and how pioneering artists turned it into high art. In case one can’t make it to the midwest, the work of Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, and William Egglestone will also be on view at the Edwynn Houk Gallery starting Thursday, February 25th.
Learn more about the shows
February 1, 2010
Erwin Olaf’s “Hotel, Dawn & Dusk” opened last Thursday night at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler in New York to an energetic reception. Patrons eagerly filled the expansive gallery space to view new photographs and videos by the Dutch artist. Olaf’s solo show debut in New York was “Rain and Hope,” followed by a succesful sophomore show “Grief.” “Dawn & Dusk” marks the mature succession of Olaf’s vision.
Olaf describes “Dusk” as “a dark comic strip.” In response to Dusk, Olaf shot “Dawn,” images inspired by by an encounter in Russia with pale-skinned people in characterless rooms. Dawn and Dusk are inverted mirrors of each other, one dark and one light, both enigmatic in their own right.
Also on view is “Hotel,” a body of work dealing with Olaf’s travels and the accompanying feelings of transience and anomie, the unsettled sense of passing through, and the boredom of being on one’s own.
View photos from the show and learn more about Erwin Olaf’s work
January 19, 2010
Mark Todd’s “Juggernaut” is a collection of new comic paintings and collage works on paper on view at Billy Shire Fine Arts. The show’s origin is Mark Todd’s early love of comic books and the fantasy world that accompanied them. More than just nostalgia, the pieces in “Juggernaut” are comic book reinventions full of wily energy. Collages and mixed-media pieces make use of found papers, xeroxes, cel vinyl, acrylic, spray paint, and various residue. The show is on view now until February 6th, 2010 – be sure to check it out!
More images from the Juggernaut
January 15, 2010
Curator Carol McCusker had a vision, put out a call for entry, and one thousand submissions flooded in from 200 artists. McCusker narrowed it down to forty five photographs that now form “New Directions 2010,” showing currently at Wall Space Gallery. Emily Nathan’s “Green Sea” epitomizes the premise of the “down and out” motif of the show.
“Down and out” refers to the point of view of looking down from a high vantage point and out to a vanishing horizon that Albert Boime called a “Magisterial Gaze.” Ms. McCusker hoped that “the photographs would show a variety of ways that ‘down’ and ‘out’ can be imaged; and the emotional liberation such points-of-view can have on our often confined and overly responsible psyches.”
Read what Emily Nathan had to say about Green Sea
December 3, 2009
Steuben Glass has made functional and fine art glass products for over 100 years in New York. Their involvement in the arts has lead them to collaborate with artists such as Isamu Noguchi, Miro, and Georgia O’Keefe. The Madison Avenue flagship store houses an expansive gallery that is now showing the work of Stephen Wilkes.
For five years, Wilkes photographed the hospital complex on Ellis Island where immigrants with questionable health and contagious diseases were kept. Some eventually joined their families across the Hudson River, while others perished before they could reach their new life.
Wilkes’ photographs are of abandoned rooms with peeling paint and empty hallways overtaken by plant growth. Since his time on the island, the hospital buildings have been renovated and the signs of the past have been removed. Visit the exhibit Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom to get an eye-opening look into what was once the gateway to America, captured in time.
Stephen Wilkes, Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom
The Steuben Gallery
667 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Showing now until January 4th, 2009
Robert Nachman, Creative Director of Steuben Glass, talks about the impact of Stephen Wilkes’ work, the importance of history, and more.
Read the interview
November 5, 2009
Hello Kitty celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Parent company Sanrio is not holding back when it comes to honoring the pink-bowed feline. At the center of numerous Hello Kitty events is the Three Apples exhibition at the Royal/T gallery in Los Angeles. Curated by Jamie Rivadeneira, owner of pop-culture shop JAPANLA, the show includes Hello-Kitty inspired work by over 80 artists such as Gary Baseman, FriendsWithYou, Ron English, Buff Monster, Camilla d’Errico, Luke Chueh, Deph, Yosuke Ueno, and more.
Learn about how Gary Baseman and FriendsWithYou feel about Hello Kitty.
November 2, 2009
38,000 visitors are expected at Paris Photo, “the world’s leading event for photography.” Photographers from 23 countries will be represented across 89 galleries. Among the 500 artists that are showing at Paris Photo, Julie Blackmon is among the 20 short-listed works exhibited during the fair for the BMW Paris Photo Prize. The theme of the exhibit is “When was the last time you experienced something for the first time?”. Julie Blackmon’s artist statement for her photograph “Baby Toss”:
“This photograph expressed the universal primary experience of becoming aware of your own body in a new way. When being released from trusted hands into the unknown, you are as left weightless, gleeful, fearful, and euphoric.”
Paris Photo runs from Novembr 19-22, 2009 at Carrousel Du Louvre.
September 30, 2009
For more than two decades Stephen Wilkes has been widely recognized for his fine art and commercial photography. With numerous awards and honors, as well as five major exhibitions in the last five years, Wilkes is a leading contemporary photographer. His latest retrospective exhibition featuring documentary projects opens at the Monroe Gallery in Santa Fe this Friday. Pictured above is a photograph from his time spent traveling in China capturing images of the rapidly transforming nation.
Stephen Wilkes Retrospective
October 2 – November 22, 2009
Monroe Gallery
112 Don Gaspar
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: (505) 992-0800
Discussion with Stephen Wilkes on Friday, October 2nd from 5-6pm
Opening Reception Friday October 2nd from 6-7:30pm
September 28, 2009
Pocko, in collaboration with Magma, has initiated an exciting new project involving 20 international, award-winning B&A/Pocko artists.
Artists including McFaul Studio, Nomoco, Jorge Alderete, Fernanda Cohen, Staffan Larsson, and Adam Hayes have each customized a series of wooden Matryoshka dolls, using a variety of techniques, from oil painting, ink and watercolor to collage and soldering. Pocko photographer Judith Erwes and animation studio Captive have both produced bodies of work inspired by Pocko Matryoshkas which will be exhibited alongside the dolls.
POCKOSHKO will have the chance to be appreciated by many, starting with an exhibition in the 3 Magma stores as part of the London Design Festival which began Saturday 19th September, and will continue their journey, passing by NYC, Madrid and Milan, to a special final auction, 2 RUSSIA WITH LOVE, in aid of a Russian children’s charity.
September 24, 2009
Blending traditional illustration with digital techniques, London-based illustrator Von of HelloVon creates alluring and fantastical images in his show Semblance, now showing at Cerasoli Gallery in California. His subjects lure you in with curiosity and a sense of an alternate reality – be sure to see his work before the show ends on October 14, 2009.
HelloVon ‘Semblance’
September 19 – October 14, 2009
Cerasoli Gallery
8530-B Washington Blvd,
Culver City CA 90232
September 17, 2009
Fashion impresario Diane Pernet presents the second annual ASVFF 2009, A Shaded View on Fashion Film. The festival features work by Erwin Olaf, Steven Klein, Chris Cunningham, and more. Making its debut at the festival, Olaf’s film Dusk shows a tableaux vivant of an African American Family set within the background of the city of New York. Originally pursuing a career in journalism, Olaf has always been interested in exploring issues of gender, sensuality, humour, despair and grace.
Screenings will run at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on September 25, 26, and 27, 2009. The final awards ceremony will be held at the Centre Pompidou on October 8, 2009 with special guest fashion designer Rick Owens.
September 16, 2009
We would be delighted if you could join us on:
Thursday 17 September 6.30pm – 8.30pm
RSVP: alyson@alyson-jones.com
The exhibition featuring the work of George Logan and Phil Fisk will run from Tuesday 15 September until Saturday 19 September 2009.
AOP Gallery, 81 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS
Tube Old Street (exit 4)
Gallery open Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm, Saturday 12am – 4pm
George Logan captured gorillas, chimpanzees, and mandrills at the Limbe Wildlife Center in Cameroon. To see more of George Logan’s work, click here.
