Plastic lungs

One Hundred and Eight – Animated Patterns from Nils Völker on Vimeo.

© Nils Völker

Maps

With my recent bout of travelbug/wanderlust I came across these and like them quite a lot. Much more on her site, so have a peek.


©Shannon Rankin


©Shannon Rankin

Character, dear..

Rainy Friday.. calls for

WIP features Iranian photographer Shadi Ghadirian

I stumbled across the wonderful works of Shadi Ghadirian in the midst of much protest and struggle in the Middle East and felt it was important to see/show/share. Her show launched this week on wipnyc.org. Take a look.


© Shadi Ghadirian


© Shadi Ghadirian



© Shadi Ghadirian

Cosmetic Girls

I stumbled across this body of work by Hein-Kuhn Oh yesterday and I love it. Clearly I have a love and appreciation for portraiture.. but also for when it is so well done.


© Hein-Kuhn Oh



© Hein-Kuhn Oh



© Hein-Kuhn Oh

"The main content of this series is not about teenagers shown wearing make-up but delves deeper. What hein-kuhn oh attempts to illustrate here is the stereotyped culture of teenagers portrayed through the contemporary makeup code. In fact, to hein-kuhn oh, photography functions as a means to realize a social phenomenon."

ICP - Lecture Series

Tonight, February 23, at ICP as part of their Photographers Lecture Series- Victoria Sambunaris. Lecture tonight, opening tomorrow. Don't be fooled by the image below.
(Her show opens tomorrow at Yancey Richardson Gallery 6-8p)



The Photographers Lecture Series
School at ICP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas
February 2–April 6
Lectures begin at 7:00 pm.

The weekly series brings together ten distinguished photographers and artists from all aspects of the field to present their work and share their ideas and concerns with the public.

Pay $15 at the door for each lecture.

Watch the lectures live online on each date at 7:00 pm EST at lectures.icp.edu.

Moderator: Phillip S. Block

Upcoming:
March 2: J. John Priola
March 9: Martín Weber
March 16: Tim Barber
March 23: Andrew Phelps
March 30: Richard Learoyd
April 6: Platon

White Columns - Conversation #1

CONVERSATION #1

Mutinous Intent
A public discussion about Mutiny and Art
Daniel Bozhkov & Marie Lorenz, with Rick Karr

FEBRUARY 23, 2011
7 pm
White Columns
320 West 13th Street

Skowhegan and White Columns are pleased to announce a new discussion series celebrating the significance of the dialogue that takes place outside of the studio, the classroom, and the gallery. Many generative moments at Skowhegan happen between formal discussions, critiques, and lectures, when participants and faculty have the opportunity to delve deeply into the topics that inform their work and practices. These moments happen while lounging after dinner, on the lawn in the afternoon sun, and in a myriad of other landscapes and times when boundaries are dissolved, and real discourse can take place.

CONVERSATIONS is designed to offer the same casual discussion on the topics and research processes that inform a studio practice, but might not be directly accessible when viewing work in more formal environments. Skowhegan and White Columns share a commitment to offering artists sites dedicated to experimentation and the discourse that surrounds the creative process.

Punk lovers Wednesday

98 paintings, 1 room

Gerhard Richter: Sinbad

FLAG Art Foundation
545 West 25th Street, 9th floor
Opening: Wednesday, February 23, 6 - 8 PM

The Photographic Universe

The Moon, Lunar Orbiter 1, NASA, 1966

Aperture Foundation, Parsons the New School for Design, The Shpilman Institute For Photography and The Vera List Center For Art And Politics are coming together for what looks to be a great event! If you are in NYC, go! Unfortunately I will be out of town. But it seems like such a great opportunity to hear from so many great speakers.

The Photographic Universe: A Conference in New York
March 2-3, 2011

Wednesday, March 2 – Art & Philosophy

Coffee and Bagels 9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Charlotte Cotton with David Reinfurt 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Andrea Geyer with Susie Linfield 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Walter Benn Michaels with James Welling 1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Penelope Umbrico with Anne Collins Goodyear 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Susan Meiselas with Chris Boot 3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Thursday, March 3 – Science & Technology

Coffee and Bagels 9:00 AM -10:00 AM
Richard Benson with Frank Cost 10:00 AM-10:15 AM
Simone Douglas with Michael T. Jones 11:15 AM-12:15 PM
Anthony Aziz with Douglas Lanman 1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Wafaa Bilal with Virginia Rutledge 2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Trevor Paglen with Julia Bryan Wilson 3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Folds

Tauba Auerbach, Untitled Fold Painting


Tauba Auerbach, Untitled Fold Painting

In Hiding

Alec Soth, from the project Broken Manual

Weekend

Ed Ruscha, Black and Pink Ball, 1972

Egypt

I don't get political too often.. but Egypt has grabbed the worlds attention along with mine these past few weeks.

After 18 days of standing up and fighting for what they believe in.. the streets of Egypt are celebrating and cheering in the streets as Mubarak officially resigns.

In light of the last post..
digging this song.

Coffee Drinker's Lullaby
Donal Hinely

Coffee and xylophone kind of morning

The (inter)webs we weave

Catfish

A movie for our times. Disturbing, awkward, suspenseful and incredibly sad. The type of movie that makes me want to break away from the way the world is veering.. with online lives taking place of what is real. In this movie especially, the blur between reality and fiction, obsession and innocence makes you just feel downright uncomfortable. Log out and rent it.

Blind

John Stezaker – Blind, 2006, Collage

Art Imitating life

Ahmed Alsoudani, Untitled 2008


Kelley Walker, Black Star Press. 2006


Dan Witz, Grand Central Station 2007


Laleh Khorramian, Some Comments on Empty and Full. 2008

Wildfire

Protests spreading like wildfires these days.. brings to mind my old roots in punk rock.

un-ease

Maurizio Anzeri



Daniel Gordon, Man and Bicycle, 2007



Doris Salcedo, installation for the 8th Istanbul Biennale, 2003



Lorna Simpson, Parts, 1998, Serigraph on 12 felt panels with 1 text panel


Anonymous Defaced Snapshot

Silent Tuesday