Friday, 11 May 2012

Photos by Tseng Kwong Chi with Keith Haring


Posted: 08 May 2012 08:56 PM PDT
artwork: Tseng Kwong Chi - "Bill T. Jones & Keith Haring", 1983 - silver gelatin selenium-toned fiber prints, 20 x 16 inches; ©1983 Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc. NY. Body drawing on Bill T. Jones by Keith Haring. ©1983 Keith Haring Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs taken by the American artist Tseng Kwong Chi in 1983 in collaboration with the choreographer Bill T. Jones and the artist Keith Haring. Shown in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of of Tseng and Haring's deaths, these striking large-format photographs celebrate the spirit of interconnected creativity that pulsed throughout the East Village in the 1980's
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:57 PM PDT
artwork: Patricia McClung - "St. Marks Place NYC", 2008 - Archival pigment print - 32" x 40" - Courtesy Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, Utah On view at AAFNY from April 19th until April 22nd.

New York City.- Affordable Art Fair (AAF) NYC continues to grow, having reached new highs in attendance numbers and sales. At last year's Spring New York fair, they had an attendance of 10,500, including over 3,000 people at the Private Preview alone, resulting in $2.2 million worth of art sales. This year's edition, which runs from April 19th through April 22nd at 7 West 34th Street, will offer over 75 galleries from the U.S. and almost a dozen countries internationally. With high-quality, original contemporary works from over 500 artists, you are sure to discover something you love. The Affordable Art Fair attracts a diverse audience including those who may never have bought original art before, as well as experienced buyers and collectors looking for new galleries and emerging artists. AAF are a young, fresh and accessible fair that opens the doors to buying original art to all audiences. 

Pure Sixties, Pure Bailey, a Selling Exhibition at Bonhams in London


Posted: 10 May 2012 08:04 PM PDT
artwork: To celebrate 50 years since the start of the swinging sixties (and 50 years since David Bailey started work at Vogue. Bonhams has asked Bailey to put together a selection of his finest images from the decade  Left : Jean Shrimpton, photographed by Bailey in British Vogue; Right: Mick Jagger gelatin silver print, edition 110. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A selling exhibition of David Bailey's iconic images of the 1960s - the 50th anniversary of a decade that changed our cultural history - will be hosted by Bonhams in New Bond Street. The 'Pure Sixties. Pure Bailey.' exhibition will be on view at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, from 7th March – 7th April, 2010. David Bailey's name is an integral part of the 1960s, that dynamic period which created a melting pot of talent drawn from music, fashion, literature, design and cinema. He captured images which remain a pictorial reminder of all that was best about it – new, edgy, exciting, & beautiful. 

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Getty Center Showcases A Pivotal Photographic Works Exhibition


Posted: 09 May 2012 10:00 PM PDT
artwork: Camille Silvy (French, 1834-1910) - River Scene, France - Negative 1858, Print 1860s - Albumen silver print Image: 25.7 X 35.6 cm. - The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 
From the dawn of the medium to the 20th century. Drawn exclusively from the Getty Museum’s collection, the exhibition brings together the work of more than 25 innovative photographers, all of whom have left their distinctive mark on the history of the genre, including Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884), Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946), and Robert Adams (American, born 1937).

The Camera Art of Ori Gersht at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden


Posted: 09 May 2012 10:19 PM PDT
artwork: Ori Gersht  - Pomegranate - Still from Ori Gersht's 'Pomegranate,' 2006 - Image courtesy of the artist  
WASHINGTON, DC.- Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 1967, Ori Gersht now lives and works in London. He studied photography at University of Westminster, and the Royal College of Art, London and has since become one of the most significant photographers and film-makers of his generation. Gersht observes the boundaries between man and nature, focusing his lens on the liminal territory where the two meet and often clash.