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Mark Beard | “Mark Beard’s Alter Egos,” Arte Fuse

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From Daniel Gauss’ review for Arte Fuse:

Several months ago I wandered into ClampArt on a Saturday afternoon and saw that the gallery was primarily filled with large homo-erotic oil paintings attributed to Bruce Sargeant (1898–1938). There was also a nicely sized collection of his apparent mentor, Hippolyte Alexander Michallon (1849–1930). Sargeant’s work seemed more interesting to me, however, as it was a strange cross between hyper-realism and expressionism. The young male bodies were lustily detailed (as only a true lover of male flesh could accomplish), but the skin tone was often a rough blending of flesh tone and grayish green.

There was such an over-the-top, seething love for the male body, merged at the same time with an apparent pessimism toward the flesh and overall sense of dread, that I was amazed I hadn’t seen this person’s work in various museums. How could the work of this obscure genius have been overlooked?

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Manjari Sharma | “Mortals Made Immortal,” Hinduism Today

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From Lavina Melwani’s article for Hinduism Today:

Sharma recalls her childhood days in Mumbai, where pilgrimage to various temples was always an important part of her growing up days: “My mother was a spiritually curious soul and still is. There was always spiritual material floating around the house,” she recalls. “My dad always said Hinduism is a philosophy of life. And my mom always said it was about learning to let go and trust the universe. I always had positive associations of Hinduism as a practice because it was never a compulsion. Even at a temple, you could walk around at your pace and go explore different parts of it. My parents encouraged questions, lots of them, and still do.”

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Brian Finke | “On the Road in the ‘Wild West’ World of U.S. Marshals,” Blouin Artinfo

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From Scott Indrisek’s interview with Brian Finke for Blouin Artinfo:

“What’s amazing about what I do and one of the reasons I feel very fortunate is that photographing allows me to enter all these amazing worlds. One day I’m photographing a BBQ story in Texas, then flight attendants in Detroit, then the next day hip-hop music video models — it’s always something new, and an extremely intoxicating and addictive way of life. My entry into photographing the marshals felt very natural. The very first day out we were driving 120 mph down the freeway to capture an escaped convict. It was such a thrill being there that all my photographs felt super heroic — actually too much so that they were almost like propaganda posters — but that was just because the images reflected how excited I was being there, and my reaction to the experience. It’s pretty bad-ass watching the marshals do their jobs.”
—Brian Finke

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Nick Turner | “Horse Latitudes,” Man of the World

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From Max Blagg’s article for Man of the World:

Turner grew up around stables, living an itinerant life with his family in northern New England, where his bohemian parents homeschooled him, and where he came to know something of the solitary life. He now divides his time between New York City and his studio deep in the Maine woods, where he paints alone in an uninsulated barn through the winter, an act that would seem to verge on masochism. Smoke from a thousand wood stoves perfumes the air; someone is buying a quart of oil and a pint of vodka in the One-Stop at 8 a.m.; snow is falling; cows’ ears are snapping off in frozen meadows. Through the long winter nights that begin around 3 p.m., the only sounds you hear are tire chains churning the tarmac. This icy solitude suits a guy who sees man as animal, and defines nature as a state of war.

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Mark Beard | “Alter Egos,” Randhy Rodriguez Photography

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From Randhy Rodriguez’s review of Mark Beard’s exhibition at ClampArt:

Mark Beard is an artist whose smart and playful creativity literally manifests in the form of different characters. His solo exhibition titled “Alter Egos” is a cohesive show containing many different scales, techniques, eras and styles of painting as Bruce Sargeant, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon, Edith Thayer Cromwell, Brechtholt Streeruwitz, Beard Beard, and Buggereau.

[T]he opening reception was well received by a large group of people (celebrities, friends, fellow artists and show goers) in attendance. From beginning to end of the night, the gallery was completely filled with people enjoying themselves, snacks, libations, and of course, great conversations.

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Holtville, California

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United States,
2006

Signed and numbered on label, verso

Chromogenic print on Kodak Endura paper

24 x 20 inches (60 x 50 centimeters)
(Edition of 4 + 2 APs)
$3000.00

61 x 50 inches (155 x 125 centimeters)
(Edition of 6 + 2 APs)
$8750.00