Yearly Archives: 2012

Will McBride (1931-2015)

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Will McBride was born in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He was trained as a painter and went on to study drawing and painting at Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1953. Then, from 1953 to 1955, he served in the U.S. Army at Würzburg, Germany, where he remained until his death.

Yakov Khalip (1908-1980)

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Yakov Khalip began his career in Moscow in 1921, where he studied at the State Institute of Cinematography. After graduation, he began working as a news photographer. In 1938, on board the ice-breaker “Taymir,” Khalip photographed four shipwrecked Soviet polar explorers on the Papanin ice field. The very next day, his reportage appeared in the newspapers. During the Second World War from 1941 to 1944, Khalip served at the front as correspondent for “Krasnaya Zvezhda.”

Brian Finke writes from China!

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Brian Finke writes from China!

2.5 years of shooting. 2 days on press in Shenzhen. Lunch at Ikea. . .

1500 copies later, and the new book is complete.

Brian Finke’s new series, “Construction,” will be exhibited this fall at ClampArt (September 6 – October 13, 2012). The show will coincide with the release of his third monograph of the same title from Decode Books.

See Finke’s blog for more images from his adventures on press in China:

http://brianfinke.com/blog/?p=3339


Blog post by:
Brian Finke, Artist

James Bidgood’s photographs are included in “Summer Camp” at Schroeder Romero & Shredder

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A photograph by James Bidgood of a man sitting on a heart shaped white wicker swing with roses and blue light

James Bidgood is included in “Summer Camp” at Schroeder Romero & Shredder (531 West 26th Street, NYC). The opening reception is tonight from 6.00 – 8.00 pm. Other artists are Tom of Finland, Robert Mapplethorpe, and John Waters, among many more:

http://srandsgallery.com/index.php?/exhibitions/summer_camp_2012


Blog post by:
Brian Paul Clamp, Director

Early Work (1976-1996)

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Since the inception of her career as an artist, Nancy Burson has been interested in the interaction of art and science. Starting in the early 1980s, in collaboration with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Burson began to produce computer-generated composite portraits. The work was informed by centuries of social, scientific, and pseudo-scientific study of the human face (physiognomy, phrenology, etc.). However, Burson’s attitude toward science was always laced with a touch of irony, and her early composites exhibit a keen awareness of the absurdities embedded in many of the historic theories with which we are now familiar. From the start, Burson’s work was conceptually challenging, as she addressed issues not only concerning science, but also race, biology, politics, ethics, and much more.

Robin Schwartz’s work to be featured at the LOOK3 Festival

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Robin Schwartz’s work to be featured at the LOOK3 Festival
Robin Schwartz will be featured at the LOOK3 Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend. Selections from her series “Amelia’s World” will be on display at the Warm Springs Gallery (105 Third Street NE) from June 1 – 29, 2012. There is a Master’s Talk at the Paramount Theater this Saturday at 11.00 am, and a Meet and Greet at Warm Springs Gallery on Saturday at 2.00 pm:

http://www.warmspringsgallery.com/schedule/charlottesville-schedule/


Blog post by:
Brian Paul Clamp, Director

Guys Who Look Like Jesus

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In her celebrated series “Guys Who Look Like Jesus,” which was first exhibited in 2002, Nancy Burson presents a grouping of ethnically diverse models who bear a resemblance to the icon. She discovered the subjects of these portraits through listing an advertisement in the “Village Voice,” calling for “Jesus look-alikes” of all races and ethnicities.

In this series, as well as in the companion piece, “Women Who Look Like Mary,” the artist bookends the photographs with both a composite portrait of these likenesses plus another amalgam of art historical representations of the religious figure. Burson takes viewers’ expectation of the appearance of the religious icon and juxtaposes it with the images of her photographic subjects.

First and Second Beauty Composites (Left: Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe. Right: Jane Fonda, Jacqueline Bisset, Diane Keaton, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep.)

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1982

Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto

Two gelatin silver prints from computer generated negatives (Edition of 15)

7¼ x 8¼ inches, each (image)
11 x 14 inches, each (sheet)

Contact gallery for price.

Mankind (The images used are from a 19th-century book of racial stereotypes and were weighted to reflect current world population statistics)

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[Original title: Mankind (An Oriental, a Caucasian, and a Black weighted according to current population statistics)]
1983-1985

Signed, titled, dated, and numbered, recto

Gelatin silver print from computer-generated negative (Edition of 15)

14 x 11 inches, sheet

Contact gallery for price.