Galerie Gabriel Rolt in Amsterdam Exhibits 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere Place'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:38 PM PDT

Amsterdam.- Galerie Gabriel Rolt is delighted to present a new series of works by acclaimed American photographer Ryan McGinley. This will be his second solo exhibition in The Netherlands, following on from the 2007 exhibition at FOAM. 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere Place' will be on show from April 9th to May 14th 2011, with an opening reception on Saturday 9 April from 17.00 – 19.30 hrs. Youth, liberation and the joy of losing yourself in the moment are elements that feature throughout Ryan McGinley’s work, from his early roots in documenting the urban adventures of his downtown Manhattan friends to his subsequent cross-country travels in utopian environments throughout America to his most recent studio portraits. McGinley’s elaborate and rigorous process of photo-making creates moments of breathtaking beauty: naked feral kids poised in ecstatic abandon. The lack of clothing and other contemporary signifiers along with the archetypical landscapes give the photos a sense of timelessness in which the viewer can project his or her own story. 

Henri Cartier-Bresson ~ The Modern Century at The High Museum

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT

Atlanta, GA - Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most accomplished figures in the history of photography. For more than three decades Cartier-Bresson was the keenest observer of global human affairs and one of the great portraitists of the twentieth century. His groundbreaking work of the early 1930s redefined the role of photography in the modern world, straddling the divide between art and photojournalism. From ancient traditions in foreign lands to urban post-war Europe, Cartier-Bresson demonstrated his uncanny ability to create telling images from fleeting moments in everyday life. A masterful storyteller, he created picture stories by combining a series of photos and captions and building narratives from many small, individual observations. On exhibit through 29 May at the High Museum.

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The Currier Museum of Art presents Brett Weston ~ Out of the Shadow Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT MANCHESTER, NH.- Brett Weston (1911-1993) was considered by many to be brilliant, visionary, prodigious, and among the most important photographers of the twentieth century. Yet, his achievements have often been overshadowed by those of his renowned father, Edward Weston. In the first major exhibition in 30 years to be dedicated to Brett’s prolific body of work, "Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow" concentrates on the photographer’s distinct creative spirit. Currently on view at the Currier Museum of Art through January 3, 2010, this exhibition shows how Weston captured the magic of black and white prints through more than 100 exquisitely printed vintage photographs from the 1920s through the 1980s, all handcrafted by the artist.

Christian Voigt 'Voyages' At The Manny Silverman Gallery in West Hollywood

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:59 PM PDT

Beverley Hills, CA.- Karl Hutter Fine Art is pleased to present, in association with Manny Silverman Gallery, the latest works of German photographer Christian Voigt, which will be on exhibit from April 3rd to May 1st, 2011 at the Manny Silverman Gallery in West Hollywood. Christian Voigt is rapidly gaining attention from galleries and art lovers around the world, and his photographs will be exhibited in cities including St.Tropez, New York, Stockholm and Hamburg throughout 2011. The exhibition, entitled "Voyages", will show large scale photographs taken during Voigt´s extensive journeys through Cambodia, China, Egypt, Bhutan, Dubai and Bali. Christian Voigt´s fine art photos comprise landscape, architecture, cityscapes and portraits. Unique in his approach of producing large-scale (60" x 120") works, Christian Voigt´s photos truly achieve museum quality. His extraordinary photographs are strictly limited to editions of five. Characterized by depth, intensity and richness of detail, they showcase outstanding interior and exterior locations. 

For this German photographer taking pictures is his purpose in life and the ideal artistic medium of expressing himself. His fine art photos are characterized by depth, intensity and richness of detail. His photos resemble pieces of art, even paintings. They are composed with precision and style, in the eyes of the viewer, colour, light and subject melt into one fantastic composition. Life originally had something else in store for Christian Voigt. Although the son of a dynasty of publishers, he was only given his first “proper“ camera at the age of 17. However, photography had always played a role in his life before then. “Animated by my father, I started taking pictures at a very young age“, he says. “There were always cameras around at home. Photos were being taken all the time. For my father, the publisher, photography was more than a hobby, more like a passion. I virtually breathed in photography through my father.“ In his twenties, he wanted to let his creativity run free. University in Berlin, film studies in Vancouver, Canada. “After completing my film studies, I made, wrote and directed films. All of that was suddenly over when my father passed away.“ That was in 1988. That same year also saw the death of Voigt’s beloved grandmother Isolde. She, too, had been an enthusiastic photographer who always had her Leica and Roleiflex with her and was always taking pictures. It was these two strokes of fate within one year that changed the life of the prospective artist. A crucial experience for Voigt. “Following the early death of my father, I joined the publishing company – at 28 years of age. That changed my life and therefore also the creativity.“ And his longing to become a photographer’s assistant and later a photographer himself receded into the distance.

For twenty years, Christian Voigt, representing the fourth generation, managed his parents’ publishing company, until it was sold in January of 2007. However, photography never ceased to be an important element of the artist’s life. It had become a passion a long time ago, just like it had for his father and grandmother. Christian Voigt continued the family tradition of taking a camera on his travels. He gradually became more familiar with the world of photography, tried different techniques, refined and developed his skills. Until the desire to turn the passion into a profession became overwhelming and creativity once again took centre stage in Christian Voigt’s life. “At some stage, I simply allowed myself to live my dream“, says Christian Voigt. “I was the fourth generation of a family of publishers, I was not required to set up my own business, but simply had to take over. I was lucky and it was luxury, but it was not what I had in mind. My motivation was to do my own thing, to develop something, to use my hands to establish something. Visit Christian Voigt's website at ... http://www.christianvoigt.com 

Manny Silverman, a native of Los Angeles, has been an active participant in the Los Angeles art scene for over forty years, beginning his career as an assistant at the Ernest Raboff Gallery in the early 1960s. During the 1970s, Silverman established a successful art framing business but his heart remained in dealing. With the encouragement of his good friend Sam Francis, Silverman opened his gallery in 1987 on historic La Cienega Boulevard and relocated to its present West Hollywood location in 1993. The gallery became a member of the prestigious Art Dealer Association of America in 1994. Visit the gallery's website at ... www.mannysilvermangallery.com

Hutter Fine Art specializes in the exhibition and sale of paintings, works on paper and sculpture by American and international artists of the Modern, Post-War and Contemporary periods. The gallery has presented historically focused exhibitions featuring works by Francis Alys, Andy Warhol, Bruce Conner, Adolf Fleischmann and Claude Monet. Other artists who have exhibited with Karl Hutter Fine Art include Dennis Koch, Brian Wills, Jedd Novatt, Florian Sussmayr, Christopher Makos, Chris Thorson and Miwa Ogasawara. Karl Hutter, a native of Australia, has been working in the art world for nearly two decades. He began his career with Gagosian Gallery in New York City and in 2004 partnered with Los Angeles gallerist Michael Kohn to open Kohn Hutter Fine Art, the predecessor to Karl Hutter Fine Art. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.khfineart.com 

Chris Beetles Gallery Announces a Cecil Beaton Collaboration with Sotheby's Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:30 PM PDT   LONDON - Chris Beetles Gallery announced an exhibition of Sir Cecil Beaton prints in collaboration with Sotheby’s. From 22 April – 16 May 2009 photographs taken by this renowned photographer of many twentieth century icons will be on display including, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Gilbert and George, and members of the Royal family. The exhibition is the first time for many years that these prints will be on view and available to buy. By drawing extensively on Sotheby’s archive of Beaton material, the exhibition of around 70 prints will form the most comprehensive Beaton exhibition for many years.

Guy Hepner Contemporary Presents ~ Photos by Mark Seliger Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:53 PM PDT WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA.- Photographer Mark Seliger's 2002 "Heidi Does Hollywood" series for GQ is now for sale at Guy Hepner Contemporary. As one most celebrated editorial photographers of today, Mark Seliger has had the rare opportunity to photograph the world's most famous faces.Mark Seliger is currently under contract with Conde Nast Publications where he has shot countless covers for Vanity Fair and GQ. In 2002, Mark Seliger created a stunning collection of photographs for GQ of Heidi Klum.

Marlborough Presents an Exhibition of New Works by Paul Hodgson Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:51 PM PDT LONDON.- “Taken all together, Paul Hodgson’s six new pictures make a powerful address to perennial questions about the self and its ability to articulate an identity, and about faith and its reasonable limits” – Andrew Motion. Hodgson’s new works are concerned with exploring different kinds of uncertainty as a key to pictorial narrative; ‘keys to narrative rather than narrative itself’ he says.

The Royal Ontario Museum to Host "Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008" Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:50 PM PDT TORONTO.- The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 from September 26, 2009 to January 3, 2010. The exhibition, which garnered record-breaking attendance in its recent European engagements, showcases 150 portraits, including classic images from Vanity Fair’s early period and photographs featured in the magazine since its 1983 relaunch. A collaboration between Vanity Fair and the National Portrait Gallery, London, the exhibition is curated by Terence Pepper, Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, and David Friend, Vanity Fair’s Editor of Creative Development. Vanity Fair Portraits is presented by the Bay and will be displayed in the Roloff Beny Gallery on Level 4 of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. The ROM will be the only Canadian venue to display Vanity Fair Portraits, and this will be its first showing in eastern North America.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson Special LA Photo Exhibit

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:31 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, taking place January 19-23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center will debut a special exhibit of never before seen works by master photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Titled “Rarely / Unseen” the exhibit is curated by Peter Fetterman, owner of Peter Fetterman Gallery and will feature more than 35 photographs that have never been printed before. Fetterman, a former colleague of Cartier-Bresson, encouraged the artist to print a selection of unreleased images including photographs of Queen Charlotte’s Ball and the Bolshoi Ballet. This private collection of less familiar gems, amassed over a twenty-year period, will be on display for the first time throughout the duration of the Los Angeles Art Show. A 2006 documentary based on Cartier-Bresson titled “The Impassioned Eye” will run in conjunction with the exhibit.