Sunday, April 29, 2012
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Rebecca Morgan '' Cabin Fever'' @ Asya Geisberg Gallery
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| Rebecca MorganThe Smoker, 2012. Graphite and oil on panel, 26" x 22", $3,000. Courtesy of the artist and Asya Geisberg Gallery |
Go and see it! I think her work is very collectable and the time for it is now!
Congratulations Rebecca!
Rebecca Morgan is originally from Pennsylvania, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn. Morgan received a BA from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, and an MFA from Pratt Institute, NY. Morgan's solo exhibition "Where I Have Lived and What I Lived For" opened in 2010 at Gasser Grunert Gallery, and she has been included in exhibitions at Richard Heller Gallery, Montclair State University, and the Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair. This will be the artist's first exhibition with the gallery.
www.asyageisberggallery.com
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Karyn Mannix Contemporary @ The Affordable Art Fair
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| Grant Heffner |
The paintings of Grant Heffner are one of the many cool highlights of Karyn Mannix Contemporary on display and for sale now till Sunday 22,2012 @ The Affordable Art Fair NY.
Check it out!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Cesar Lechowick @ SVA Gallery Booth during the Affordable Art Fair.
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| ''Cleopatra'' Cesar Lechowick The work of Cesar Lechowick is my most favorite highlight of the Affordable Art Fair which at most cases, lacks good fine art photography. This photograph ''Cleopatra '' is my most favorite of the whole fair . Kudos to Dan Halm, SVA curator for putting together such a great artist ensemble of 10 year anniversary of SVA showing @ The Affordable Art Fair. It showcases the works of Amy Elkins , Amy Stein and Cesar Lechowick as part of the great SVA discoveries. Sorry but the rest of the photography of the AFF ( well, it is mostly commercial and poster style) might be for others with a less discerning and connoisseur eye. |
Monday, April 16, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tim Hetherington @ Yossi Milo Gallery 4/12-5/19/12
http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2012-04-tim-hetherington/
245 Tenth Avenue (between 24th & 25th St.)
Miss you Tim.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Alex Prager – “Compulsion” (LA, NY, London)Coming up soon in New York (April 5), Los Angeles (April 7) , and London (April 12), Alex Prager’s show Compulsion will be opening in all three cities, one after another in rapid succession. Yancey Richardson Gallery (NY), M+B (LA), and Michael Hoppen Contemporary (LDN)
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| Alex Prager |
Coming up soon in New York (April 5), Los Angeles (April 7) , and London (April 12), Alex Prager’sshow Compulsion will be opening in all three cities, one after another in rapid succession. Yancey Richardson Gallery (NY), M+B (LA), and Michael Hoppen Contemporary (LDN), will all be hosting a selection of color photographs inspired by the work of Weegee and Enrique Metinidesand films such as Metropolis and Un Chien Andalou. Also on display will be the LA-based artist’s new short film, La Petite Mort, with accompanying film stills.
Check out a trailer for the short film after the jump…
ALEX PRAGER
COMPULSION
April 7 - May 12, 2012
Artist's Opening Reception
Saturday, April 7 from 6-8 PM
M+B is pleased to present Compulsion, an exhibition of new work by contemporary artist Alex Prager. The exhibition will feature a selection of color photographs from the series, as well as the artist’s new short film, La Petite Mort, with accompanying film stills. The exhibition will be shown simultaneously in Los Angeles, New York and London. Compulsion runs from April 7 through May 12, 2012, with an opening reception for the artist on Saturday, April 7 from 6 to 8 pm.
MoMA curator Roxana Marcoci has described Prager’s work as “intentionally loaded,” saying “it reminds me of silent movies — there is something pregnant, about to happen, a mix of desire and angst.” Prager’s new work furthers her exploration of subversive narratives through the construction of “scenes” inspired by media tragedies and paired with emotive close-ups of eyes. The eyes, whether interpreted as belonging to the viewer or the subject, operate as a mode of investigation — an aid to decoding the scenes and implicating the viewer by provoking an emotional response.
Inspired by the photography of Weegee and Enrique Metinides and films such as Metropolis and Un Chien Andalou, Compulsion confirms Prager’s vivid cinematic aesthetic. Unlike her previous work, however, the protagonists now remain anonymous and distant. Prager’s new series investigates the complexity of observation within a society inundated by compulsive spectators, as well as the recurrent discourse in photography—that “meaning” is often derived from a multiplicity of gazes.
In addition to provocative juxtapositions, Prager manipulates the scenes through her choice of cropping, continually interrogating the truth content within photography — a trope as old as the medium itself. As artist John Baldessari has noted: “For most of us photography stands for the truth, but a good artist can make a harder truth by manipulating forms . . . It fascinates me how [one] can manipulate the truth so easily by the way [you] juxtapose opposites or crop the image or take it out of context.” Prager’s altered and manufactured scenes, in conjunction with the evocative eyes remove the images from their original context and allow them to acquire new associations.
In her new short film, La Petite Mort, starring French actress Judith Godrèche, Prager navigates the mysteries of death through a woman experiencing the boundaries of her body and those of this world. Prager’s La Petite Mort (which literally translates to “the little death,” but is a common French expression for an orgasm) declares that “the act of dying and the act of transcendent love are two experiences cut from the same cloth — the former a grand exit, and the latter a slow escape. Indeed, many of the world’s greatest poets have long considered a passionate interlude as man’s closest moment to seeing god.” The film features music by composer Ali Helnwein and Director of Photography Matthew Libatique (Black Swan, Iron Man, Requiem for a Dream).
Born in 1979, Alex Prager is a self-taught photographer who lives in Los Angeles, California. Featured in MoMA’s New Photography 2010, Prager’s work has been exhibited at institutions worldwide. Additionally, her photographs are in the permanent collection of several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Moderna Museet (Stockholm). Her work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, W Magazine and Art in America.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
29 x 29 - SVA Limited Portfolio & Exhibition- Opening 4/19/12- Bruce Sliverstein Gallery
