© Estate of James Bidgood; “Willow Tree (Bruce Kirkman),” mid-1960s/printed later; Digital C-print. It is with immense sadness that ClampArt announces the recent death of artist James Bidgood at the age of 88. He passed away due to complications from Covid-19 on Monday, January 31, 2022. A revolutionary figure in
Image: Mikael Owunna below his mural “Playing the Cosmic Strings.” A 60-foot-wide photographic mural by Mikael Owunna was unveiled in Downtown Pittsburgh to mark the 50th anniversary of Heinz Hall. Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and installed in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the mural features Marques Redd,
On Thursday, June 3, 2021 the Center for Photography at Woodstock presented Meryl Meisler with the 2021 Affinity Award alongside artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya. The Affinity Award was created in 2016 to acknowledge organizations and individuals, who have made significant contributions to the Center for Photography at Woodstock. Watch a
On Tuesday, April 6, at 6:00 pm EST, Frances F. Denny will discuss her project “Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America” as well as her career as an artist and editorial photographer. The event is hosted by The Southeast Museum of Photography, and will be followed by a Q&A
ClampArt hosted a discussion and virtual exhibition tour of Mariette Pathy Allen’s exhibition titled “Transformations.” Thursday, March 25, 2021 7:00 p.m. EST The discussion between Mariette Pathy Allen (Arist) and Elaine Huang (Scientist and Inventor) was moderated by Allen Frame (Artist and Writer). Watch the presentation in full below:
Artist Daniel Handal and Lane Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Karen Haas, took part in a discussion regarding Handal’s series “Pajaritos” for FotoFest.
Daniel Handal was the subject of Efren Olivares’ most recent installment of the virtual interview and discussion series “Getting to Know Contemporary Photographers.”
Left: Frances F. Denny, “Yin (Brooklyn, NY)” 2017, Archival pigment print. / Right: Frances F. Denny, “Alex (Brooklyn, NY)” 2016, Archival pigment print. Frances F. Denny took part in a virtual panel discussion of modern witchcraft in America in support of her book Major Arcana. The virtual roundtable was led
Image: Mariette Pathy Allen, “Guest at Drag Ball in Harlem, New York,” 1984, Archival pigment print. Queer|Art, a New York nonprofit dedicated to promoting the work of LGBTQ+ artists, has launched a new $10,000 grant for Black trans women artists. The award, called the Illuminations Grant, was developed in collaboration
Clamp is exhibiting in photo l.a.’s first-ever virtual photo fair, Virtual Collect + Connect, showing artworks by Michal Chelbin, Joseph Desler Costa, and Daniel Handal.
ClampArt has prints of four Lane Coder photographs at 11 x 14 inches (Edition of 25) available for $250 each. All photos are signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. 11 x 14 inches (Edition of 25) $250 A portion of the proceeds will benefit COVID-19 Relief Efforts. Click
Watch an online artist talk by Manjari Sharma with Payal Bhattacharya for the Michael C. Carlos Museum in association with her exhibition “Transcendent Deities of India: The Everyday Occurrence of the Divine” through October 18, 2020. Artist Manjari Sharma’s “Darshan” series is the result of a multi-year project to photographically
Image: Meryl Meisler, “Silver Boots, Stretched on Floor,” 1977, Gelatin silver print. Photographs by Meryl Meisler and Mariette Pathy Allen are on view in the exhibition “Studio 54: Night Magic” at the Brooklyn Museum from March 13 – July 5, 2020: Studio 54: Night Magic traces the radiant history, social
Image: Joseph Desler Costa, “Hand Variant,” 2018. Artworks by Joseph Desler Costa will be on view in the exhibition “The Drowned” at Alabama Contemporary Art Center from March 13 – June 13, 2020: In 1840, French photographer Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1887) created the first staged photograph in a piece titled “Self-Portrait
A selection of artworks from Daniel Handal’s Pajaritos series will be on view at the Fotofest Biennial in the exhibition “Ten by Ten: Ten Reviewers Select Ten Portfolios from The Meeting Place 2018.” Handal’s work was selected by reviewer Karen Haas, Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Image: Adam Ekberg, “Arrangement #1,” 2009, Archival pigment print. Photographs by Adam Ekberg will be on view in the exhibition “The Other Side of Boredom” at the Aurora Photo Center in Indianapolis, IN, from March 6 – 27, 2020: For artist Adam Ekberg, moving past boredom means finding a space
Image: James Bidgood, “Mythical Woodland, Snake Silhouetted by Moon (Blue Moon),” late 1960s, Digital C-print. The photograph “Mythical Woodland, Snake Silhouetted by Moon (Blue Moon)” by James Bidgood will be on view in the exhibition “C.H.A.D.” at Ashes/Ashes in New York City from February 28 – April 5, 2020: ASHES/ASHES
Image: Lissa Rivera, “Reclining in Chiffon (All Cried Out),” 2017, Archival pigment print. Images from Lissa Rivera‘s series “Beautiful Boy” will be on display in the upcoming exhibition “Ablutions of the Tongue” at Rundetaarn in Copenhagen. The exhibition was initiated by Kristina Steinbock and co-curated by Louise Lassen Iversen, and
Artworks by Amy Elkins are included in the upcoming exhibition “Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana” at the Ford Foundation Gallery
Image: Mariette Pathy Allen, “A Spirit Medium During a Festival at the Foot of Mt. Popa,” Burma, 2017, Archival pigment print. Mariette Pathy Allen received an Honorable Mention in the Portrait Series category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for three photographs from her series “Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Burma