Image: Manjari Sharma, “Maa Kali,” 2013 Work from “Darshan,” a series of photographs by Manjari Sharma depicting Hindu gods and goddesses is being displayed as a part of Photoville’s project, The Fence. Now in its third year, The Fence is a 1,000-foot-long outdoor photographic installation that draws 1.5 million visitors
Michael Lundgren’s work is included in “Where There’s Smoke” at Fraenkel Gallery. “Where There’s Smoke” gathers together four artists who subvert the viewer’s sense of how a photograph can and should operate, both conceptually and perceptually. This is no mere photographic deconstruction, however; a metaphorical intent ricochets through the works.
Join ClampArt and over one hundred Chelsea galleries and studios for the 5th Annual Chelsea Art Walk on Thursday, July 24, 5.00-8.00 pm. The neighborhood will welcome visitors on Thursday, July 24th, for the 5th Annual Chelsea Art Walk, when galleries will be open late until 8.00 pm. Free and
Image: Manjari Sharma, “Lord Brahma,” 2013. The Aperture Foundation’s “Summer Open” exhibition features 103 prints from 97 different artists selected by Executive Director, Chris Boot, from over 860 submissions, and is organized by visual category. One of the selections, under the ‘Flowers’ category, is our own Manjari Sharma’s Lord Brahma
Image: Lori Nix, “Anatomy Classroom,” 2012, Archival pigment print Recent Guggenheim grant winner Lori Nix has work included in a group show about interiors at Flowers Gallery, July 17th – August 30th, 2014. Lori Nix creates her subject matter to photograph dangerous and catastrophic scenes. Through models and dioramas, she
Brian Finke is on press in South Korea overseeing the production of his fourth monograph, “US Marshals,” from powerHouse Books (Hardcover, 128 pages, 10.25 x 10.25 inches, ISBN: 978-1-57687-711-1, $35 + shipping). The publication of this book coincides with Finke’s fifth solo exhibition at ClampArt from November 20 – December
Images: Jen Davis, “Fantasy No. One,” 2004, Archival pigment print; Manjari Sharma, “Ben,” 2011, Archival inkjet print; Collin LaFleche, “Matt, Will, Henry and Ray,” 2007, Chromogenic print. Jen Davis’ “Fantasy No. One”; Manjari Sharma’s “Ben”; and Collin LaFleche’s “Matt, Will, Henry and Ray” are currently featured in Sasha Wolf Gallery’s
Image: James Bidgood, “Pan,” late 1960s, Digital C-print. James Bidgood’s image “Pan” is on display as part of a group show at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum at the University of Southern California. The exhibition, titled “The Classical Nude and the Making of Queer History,” investigates the centrality of
Check out “The Brian Clamp Mixtape” on Lenscratch by Aline Smithson. It is a great interview with a good deal of information about the Director of ClampArt. “The Mixtape Series” presents profiles of movers and shakers in the fine art photography world, often reviewers at portfolio events and taste makers
The solo exhibition, “Frank Yamrus: I Feel Lucky,” opens at Valley Variety in Hudson, New York, on Saturday, June 21, 2014, with a reception for the artist open to the public from 6.00 – 9.00 pm. In celebration of Gay Pride Month, Valley Variety is pleased to present “I Feel
As part of the San Francisco Art Institute’s Summer Symposium, “Face It: Photography, Ethics, and Identity in the Age of the Selfie,” Aziz + Cucher will be panelists on Saturday, June 21st, during Session 1. The discussion will be “Building Reality: Technology and the Uncanny.” Summer at SFAI kicks off
Gallery director Brian Paul Clamp and esteemed photographer Mary Ellen Mark juried the “5th Annual Contemporary Photography Competition & Exhibition” for the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, which opens on Thursday, June 12th, from 6.00 to 9.00 pm. Photographs by 44 artists are included in the show. “5th Annual Contemporary Photography
Bill Armstrong’s photograph “Untitled (Film Noir #1401)” is on the cover of Richard Hytner’s new book “Consiglieri.” Hytner’s book on business turns the spotlight on the second-in-commands – the advisers, assistants, and counsellors (or ‘consiglieri’) – who are too often disparaged as the ‘No. 2s’. Far from being also-rans, these
A new exhibition of photographs by Amy Stein is now on display at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, through October 20, 2014
Manjari Sharma wins First Place in the prestigious Curator’s Choice Award at CENTER in Santa Fe. The judge, Malcolm Daniel, the esteemed Curator-in-Charge at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, wrote in his juror statement: Manjari Sharma’s “Darshan” project, which I have awarded top honors, stood out in its appearance,
Jesse Burke’s work is included in a new show at the ISE Cultural Foundation in New York City curated by Lauren Kalman and Millee Tibbs. Titled “I’m Your Man,” the exhibition explores the construction of masculine identity through performance: In art, femininity has been called into question as a performance–in
“Something was happening and everybody knew it. I can tell you one thing: it was a lot of fun.” With these lines Jeannette Montgomery Barron opens “Scene,” the book of intense photographic portraits of artists, gallerists, critics, dealers, and personalities from the New York art world in the 1980s. Arriving
The Photographic Resource Center in Boston is participating in Flash Forward 2014. Set within the Boston cityscape, Flash Forward is a four-day photography festival (May 1-4) that offers networking events and educational programming, such as panels and lectures by respected industry professionals, indoor and outdoor exhibitions, and nightly events. Running
A solo show of John Bailly’s large-scale oil paintings opens on April 30th, 2014 at the Center for Visual Communication in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida. “John Bailly: The City” addresses how urban structure and cultural identities intertwine to form the unique spirit of a city. Bailly considers
If you missed Jen Davis’ fantastic talk for the MPS Digital Photography Department’s i3 Lecture series at the School of Visual Arts, you can now see it online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_Q8IPo_xI#t=435 For the past eleven years, photographer Jen Davis has been working on an extended self portrait series that explores notions of