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David Schonauer Thursday March 22, 2018
Attention: Photographers of all ages, backgrounds and experience. For over 30 years, the American Photography juried competition has been a prestigious vehicle for pro photographers to show off their
work and celebrate the art they love. This week we announced a new competition called American Photography Open 2018, which, as the name suggests, takes in a wider scope of the dynamic visual culture.
This … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday March 30, 2011
According to the wall text in the exhibition R. Crumb: Lines Drawn on Paper, at Society of Illustrators, Robert Crumb’s mother told him that reading
comic books would addle his brain, or words to that effect. He might have taken this as a metaphor for life; after drawing his way through and out of childhood, through and beyond a job creating cute
cards … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday December 10, 2008
The debut issue of The Guide generated some pretty interesting reader response. Enough, in fact, to prompt a follow-up issue with tips on how to support artists and the arts through the holiday
season. In no particular order, here are my top picks for the week: Limited Editions:Post-punk downtown scene photographer Laura Levine, whose work is
featured in No Wave (Abrams Image … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday August 5, 2009
These are dangerous pictures, and they were meant to change the world, said artist Sam Durant, who organized the exhibition of the graphic art of Emory Douglas now on view
at the New Museum. Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party for 20 years starting in 1967, Douglas created symbolic images designed to mobilize black communities and to
skewer oppressive … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday March 28, 2014
For the March/April issue of Photograph magazine, author and curator Vince Aletti wrote a piece on American Photography 29: I’m a fan of Top 10 lists, anthologies,
and collections of all sorts, so the American Photography annuals always appeal to me. Issue #29 (Amilus/D.A.P.), surveying editorial and personal work from 2012, is typical in its heft, range,
and organization. Because the photographs are arranged … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday March 27, 2012
A scheduling note: I am planning to attend the Palm Springs Photography Festival (April 1-6), where I'll be blogging and producing the American Photography Pro Photo Daily newsletter. This will be the
first time I've been to the festival since 2007, which was in fact the first year of the festival. It's grown into something pretty special. I spoke recently with the event's founder … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday December 12, 2018
Mike Olbinski's latest storm time lapse is epic. Olbinski is known for chasing severe weather across the west and producing videos made of thousand of still images, particularly in his series
"Monsoon." For the most recent addition to the series, "Monsoon V," Olbinski traveled 15,000 miles and used 85,000 images to create a stunning eight-minute video. Today we also feature the music video
for … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday August 12, 2020
Everyone found it completely pointless,
grotesque—practically immoral—to try coupling a cold, inhuman machine with something so profoundly human, which we call ‘art.—Vera Molnar Born in Hungary
in 1924, Vera Molnar is one of the first artists to use computers in her practice. Classically trained, she
studied art history and aesthetics at the Budapest College of Fine Arts and moved to Paris in 1947, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday September 18, 2013
The eighth annual NY Art Book Fair runs from Friday through Sunday at MoMA PS 1. Organized by Printed Matter, the event will bring
together over 230 exhibitors from 29+ countries in high-ceilinged galleries that would otherwise sit empty, awaiting installation of PS 1’s fall exhibitions. Last year 25,000 artists,
book buyers, collectors, dealers, curators, independent publishers, DIY book-makers and other enthusiasts came to the … Read the full Story >>
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Thomas Lawn Monday September 10, 2018
Tadd Myers, a photographer based just outside of Dallas in the city of Grapevine, Texas, has traveled extensively to document handmade goods and their creators for a series he calls "The American
Craftsman Project." Myers recently completed an assignment in New Zealand for the SH8 Merino farms cooperative that yielded an impressive body of work and a new promotional mailer in the form of … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday June 10, 2013
Lauren Simkin Berke is a hands-on artist from the ground up. What I mean by this is: She draws like a demon [on paper!], and digs
through bins of vintage photos and ephemera at flea markets and elsewhere to find reference material for her art. She recently took time away from her work to do the DART Q&A. Here’s what
she wrote: As an artist, what are … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday March 2, 2010
Photograph magazine, the ubiquitous guide to photography galleries and events nationwide, is one of those unsung publications that is universally liked. It's small and portable, easily found in
galleries - in fact, the magazine includes a list of galleries where it's available - and when copies run out, it's easily accessed online. Each issue features an arresting cover and short, snappy
articles about what's … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Friday August 28, 2015
Wilderness, or wildness, is a mystique. A religion, an intense
philosophy, a dream of ideal society—these are also mystiques. As the fisherman depends upon the river, lakes and seas, and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind …
depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence. —Ansel Adams, from a speech to … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday May 4, 2016
For the first DART Book Prize Essay Contest, students in Dr. Anastasia Aukeman’s Integrative Seminar 2: Visual Culture course at Parsons School of Design,
in the School of Art and Design History and Theory, submitted their critiques of the Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial exhibition. Honorable Mention goes to Jaya
Jankowski, in the morning section.—Peggy Roalf Beauty by Jaya Jankowski | In the
exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday February 7, 2012
Jan Staller: Target, Missouri,
included in exhibition Heavy Duty Landscapes, at ISE Cultural Foundation, through March 2nd. 555 Broadway, NY,
NY. Tuesday, February 7 Happy Birthday, Mr. Dickens! Today, the Morgan Library & Museum offers free admission to everyone who mentions the author’s bicentennial
birthday. (On other days, admission is $15.) The exhibition “Charles Dickens at 200”, which features manuscripts, … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday August 17, 2022
Printmaker Karin Bruckner, who currently has a two-person show, Recollection: Fumiko Toda and Karin Bruckner at Susan Eley Fine Art, will be giving a talk on printmaking processes, complete with a small press demonstration next Wednesday in the gallery. As one of her students, I leaped at the chance to ask some questions in advance of the event:
Peggy Roalf: When … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Tuesday April 26, 2011
Three from the Manipulations, 2010 series by
Rafael Ferrer. Courtesy Adam Baumgold Gallery. Wednesday, April 27th, 7pm: Book signing and video screening with Jessica Yatrofsky: I Heart
Boy. Camera Club of New York. 336 West 37th Street (between 8th/ 9th Ave) Second Floor, NY, NY. Wednesday, April
27th, 6-8 pm: Book Signing for Far Too Close (SteidlMack 2011) by Martina Hoogland … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday July 12, 2017
The 2017 Summer Invitational: Pimp Your Sketchbook, in which artists show their personal work and open a window onto their creative process, continues with Eric
Nyquist, who lives and works in L.A. My sketchbooks are so important to my work process. As with every creative practice, sometimes the ideas come easily, and sometimes they just
don’t. Sketching is a building process. One sketch might … Read the full Story >>
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Jeff Wignall Wednesday September 29, 2021
Portrait photographer Michael Gilbert, who now splits his time between his home in Maui and his studio in Paris, France, seems to have photography in his blood. Both his father and grandfather were
successful portrait photographers. Gilbert is known for his innovative and offbeat portrait commissions. He also spends a lot of time exploring the hidden jungles and canyons of Maui. In the latest … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Monday May 15, 2017
David Cowles is a Rochester, New York-based illustrator, master caricaturist, animator, and teacher. His distinctive, colorful, graphic portraits have graced the pages of countless consumer magazines
and newspapers. A former newspaper art director, Cowles brings a consistently smart graphic and editorial focus to his work, whether it's his many caricatures or more conceptual illustrations. In
addition to his print work, Cowles has created a … Read the full Story >>
