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I Feel Lucky- Frank Yamrus @ Clampart Gallery- Review
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© Frank Yamrus, "untitled (Cake)," 2008, Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City |
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© Frank Yamrus, "untitled (Sunflower)," 2008, Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City |
After seeing Frank Yamrus -''I Feel Lucky '' solo show current exhibition at Clampart Gallery major things clicked in my mind.
1. In life, it is a ''lucky'' thing to mature .
2. Is a great thing to celebrate life and accept yourself for who you really are.
3. People will see you of how you see yourself.
4. You had already out lived friends that, by life consequences are not longer around and should truly ''feel lucky'' and celebrate life.
I always had great admiration of artists who their work is based on mostly turning the camera at right at themselves. It takes a very special sensibility and Frank Yamrus possesses such. With Frank, you get a different visual identity range of himself based on the different variety of every day life situations and scenarios that most of us face or do.
The show is cleverly displayed in a combination of 20 x 28 inches framed images horizontals and verticals. All the images have great composition, theme ( daily live activities and events that most of us do or still dream about doing) and of a great color saturation.
Since all of us are not going to be young forever and the thought of it might cause most to have fears, insecurities and all the sort of not so'' lucky'' feelings while growing old, go and see this wonderful self portrayal of life celebration. It might change your life's perspective . By seeing Frank self portraits, he indirectly turns the camera right at you and will make you feel as'' lucky'' as he is and will convince you of how'' lucky'' you are or will be to age gracefully and happy. It is a life fact...sooner or later, we will all get old someday soon...
Go and see it !
On display till March 24, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Jaime Permuth-Yonkeros Exhibition 2/28-4/5/12
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| © Jaime Permuth, Untitled, Yonkeros series. |
Jaime Permuth:
Yonkeros
Dates:
February 28–April 5, 2012
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, March 7 from 5:00 to 6:45pm
Artist Talk:
Saturday, March 24 from 2:00 to 3:00pm
Location:
Pregones Theater
571 - 575 Walton Avenue
(between 149 & 150th Streets, one block west of the Grand Concourse)
Bronx, NY 10451 tel: 718-585-1202
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm with extended hours during show nights.
Check www.pregones.org for those extended hours.
Statement:
""Yonkeros" is a popular term for businesses that strip wrecked cars and sell them as scrap metal or for parts. The term is a Spanglish derivative of "junk", conjugated grammatically to refer to people who engage in this line of work.
Yonkeros is a lyrical exploration of first world consumerism, waste, and obsolescence as it intersects with the third world ingenuity and survivalist strategies in the no–man's–land of Willets Point Queens, NY.
This series of photographs is both an appeal and a eulogy; the City of New York is determined to erase the existence of this small enclave, not withstanding that it continues to provide an essential service to the community and that it constitutes a source of income and employment to a segment of the city's immigrant working class.
Above all, Willets Point is a vast inventory of parts, and like all catalogues it is also a poem."
More information can be found here:http://www.enfoco.org/
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