If you've never seen Christopher Makos' portraits of Andy Warhol entitled Altered Images, a selection from this 1981 artistic collaboration is now on view at Yancey Richardson Gallery Using highly theatrical makeup and a variety of wigs, Warhol transformed himself into a number of female personas, several of which embody attributes of his own celebrity subjects. Wearing a man's shirt and plaid necktie … Read the full Story >>
Tuesday, March 26 In Los Angeles Opening day: Japan’s Modern Divide | The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA. Wednesday, March 27 The Photographers Lecture Series presents, 7 pm: Mark Steinmetz, moderated by Phillip S. Block. The School at ICP, 1114, Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY. Tickets $15. Watch live online. Thursday, March 28 … Read the full Story >>
Los Angeles based photographer Simone Lueck is a transplant from the Twin Cities who knows how to locate and celebrate the vibrant and the off-beat. Her latest book. Cuba TV, is a prime example, as she tells here: It happened by chance. In 2000, I tagged along with a good friend on a two-week trip to Cuba. I took my 35mm camera and a … Read the full Story >>
Downtime is the perfect title for an exhibition of photographs by Julie Blackmon currently on view at Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles. It implies carefree, lazy summer afternoons with plenty of lemonade and ice cream and nothing but happy days. On the seamless surface of these large-scale images, composed in sunny colors, maybe, but carefree and lazy are the opposite in fact. Blackmon creates … Read the full Story >>
DART presents an occasional lineup of events related to new work by illustrators. Following is the mid-January installment. Please check contact information for details. NEW YORK, NY David Choe: Gardeners of Eden Jonathan LeVine Gallery January 6, 2007 - February 3, 2007 Animated Filmmakers, Screening and Discussion Eastman Kodak Company 360 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001 (between 8th and 9th Ave.) Tuesday, … Read the full Story >>
Chocolates, champagne, flowers and a valentine card - sounds pretty ho hum unless the card is a limited edition print. It becomes anything but ho hum when the card is a silkscreen by David Sandlin, a New York artist known for his fascination with the baser side of thrilling impulses. David, a rogue artist who creates raunchy commentary out of his satiric blend … Read the full Story >>
Ken Light | American Stories:1969-1995 showcases three decades of work by the acclaimed photographer, highlighting significant moments in American history from 1969 to 1995. Light’s images focus on social issues, human rights, and the lives of overlooked communities, providing a powerful look at the stories of this period. The opening reception is Thursday, October 10, 6:00 pm. The photographer will attend and sign copies … Read the full Story >>
If your weekend takes you on the Armory Arts Week circuit, this is the only guide you need on your smartPhone. All you need is good shoes! Photo courtesy The Armory Show. The Armory Show, through March 6, 7 pm.Pier 94 and Pier 92, 711 12th Avenue between West 55th-52nd Streets. $45 general admission, or $60 when paired with VOLTA admission. InfoVolta NY, through March … Read the full Story >>
“What’s that got to do with the price of eggs?” In vernacular English, this is—or was—a snide way of saying, “Just stick to the point, ok?” Today, however, the continuing rise in the price of eggs could change that. For example, the egg section at my local has removed prices from the roughly 15 types of eggs on offer. If you need to know, … Read the full Story >>
Wacko is La Luz de Jesus's home in LA's Los Feliz hood, right near Hollywood. The alternative gallery space in the back of the store is known for showing mostly illustrators' art on its walls, having launched successful careers over the years. Some interesting examples of this include past solo shows of Rob Clayton (1995 and ‘97), Eric White (1996), Joe Coleman (1991 and … Read the full Story >>
The Winter Antiques Show is one of the most delicious visual overindulgences on the calendar of art fairs and shows. In these belt-tightening times, the only difference this year seems to be the lack of over-the-top floral arrangements that typically characterize the annual event. Instead there were arrangements of orchids, appropriately meager by comparison, ready and able to take on future assignments once the … Read the full Story >>
Talks / Screenings / Community Art / and Beyond Continuing Prospect Park | The Connective Project, submit your art for Rose Garden installation. Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY Info Sketch Four Freedoms Park Contest, submit your art, sketch with landscape architect on July 7 and July 15. Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, NY Info Summer of Shorts: Ten New Films in Ten Weeks | Jeff … Read the full Story >>
Left: Midsommer, Rattvik, 1988. Right: Ransater, 1991. Copyright Lars Tunbjork, courtesy Amador Gallery. Tuesday, September 13 Opening reception, 7 pm: Sacred Spaces in Profane Buildilngs | Matilde Cassani. Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Lars Tunbjork Amador Gallery, 41 East 57th Street, NY, NY. Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Niki de Sainte Phalle | … Read the full Story >>
Do you sometimes feel that your life is unraveling? Does everyday stress seem overly stressful? Is the light of your life blind to your passion? Are you ready to sell your soul to the devil for the deal of a lifetime? Hang on, don't do anything rash until you take a look at Prayer Requested, by Christian Northeast, You will quickly realize … Read the full Story >>
Living in Chatham Square, on the Bowery…where we all hung out, was the beginning of my having a sense that community was an important part of the work. Before, my model for being an artist was this sort of lone-person up in a garret, where you work all alone all day and then you go out to a bar and just get drunk and … Read the full Story >>
Three by Gregory Halpern, from “A,” currently on view at ClampArt Gallery. Wednesday, January 11 Panel discussion, 6 pm: Typography Sketchbooks | Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, with Travid Cain, Viktor Koen, Matt Luckhurst, and Esther K. Smith + Dikko Faust. New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue at 41st Street, NY, NY. Doors open at 5:30 pm. (Map and … Read the full Story >>
If you’re packing some books for a weekend escape or a summer vacation, consider some page-turners based on the art world, both real and imagined. Famous forgeries and thefts, a long-awaited biography of Diane Arbus, a new look at Modern and contemporary art, and two novels are all available in analog and digital form: Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s … Read the full Story >>
Contemporary artist books are on view in an exhibition of 70 books made during the past 15 years by artists working in France, at the Grolier Club, on New York's Upper East Side, organized by the Koopman Collection at the National Library of the Netherlands. The exhibition presents the art of the book as a seemingly endless variety of mediums and methods, printing and binding crafts, … Read the full Story >>
Martin Klimas is the colorful and creative scion of photographers Edweard Muybridge and Dr. Harold Edgerton—and now, of Jackson Pollack. Through his experimentation with motion and the cause and effect in gravity, Klimas’ photographs explore relationships with time, beauty and destruction.If you want to find out, “How’d he do it?” go here. If you want some great eye-candy, go to the show, closing Sunday, at Foley Gallery … Read the full Story >>
December 1, 12-7 pm: World AIDS Day | Open Community Circle at The Drawing CenterA quiet time for remembrance and contemplation is offerend in the galleries—followed at 6pm by a public film screening, held in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition Ecce Homo: The Drawings of General Idea. Founded in Toronto in 1969 by AA Bronson, Felix Partz, and Jorge Zontal, General Idea is recognized … Read the full Story >>
