Yearly Archives: 2012

Lori Nix | “Arresting creations of biodiversity,” New Scientist

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From New Scientist—Culture Lab:

Whimsical and surreal works of art aim to explore interdependence in nature in the exhibition Nature’s Toolbox, in Chicago. . .

From real to imagined disaster; Lori Nix evokes a grim future in her gorgeous photographs depicting miniature dioramas that create scenes from post-apocalyptic cities. In one, shown above, a natural history museum’s own showcases remain intact while the surrounding walls crumble. The exhibit is surreal, yet urgently relatable in its overall message.

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Stuart Carson Edie (1908-1974)

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Stuart Carson Edie (1908–1974) was an American painter and art educator born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute under Thomas Hart Benton and also attended the Art Students League in New York. Edie was an instructor at the American Artists School from 1940 to 1951 and at the University of Iowa from 1944 to 1970. His work, which is considered modernist, included landscapes, still lifes, and figure paintings. Edie participated in the WPA Federal Art Project, for which he created a mural study. His work was exhibited at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and is held in the collections of institutions including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Monika Merva | “Monika Merva discusses her publication, ‘The City of Children,'” Daylight Magazine

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From Daylight Magazine:

Kate Levy and Monika Merva met to discuss Merva’s Publication, “City of Children.”

Kate Levy: Can you tell me more about your specific experience in this one institution where the photographs take place? How did you get the opportunity to take photographs there?

Monika Merva: It was kind of wonderful. I had always done black and white street photography. But while I was living in Hungary [Merva’s Hungarian], I wanted to work with a community of people, and photograph something I could come back to over the years. I was talking with one of my cousins. She told me about this place called the City of Children, that I might love it. But then she told me I’d never get in there, and to scratch the idea.

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Tree

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2004

Signed, numbered, and dated, verso

Gelatin silver print

20 x 16 inches, sheet
(Edition of 5)
$1800.00

14 x 11 inches, sheet
(Edition of 10)
$1200.00

Robin Schwartz | “Coming Of Age In Amelia’s World: It’s A Total Zoo,” NPR.org

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From NPR.org:

Thistle and Brownie were recently the special guests at a small exhibit in Charlottesville, VA. Neither cared much for the art. It’s rumored, in fact, that they didn’t even deign to look. No matter to the gallerist, who seemed unfazed that these two guests might even defecate right on her floors. And the artist, Robin Schwartz, wasn’t the slightest bit offended by their nonchalance.

Only at a Robin Schwartz exhibit would guests like Thistle the rabbit and Brownie the Pomeranian be the center of attention.

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