Bill Armstrong’s work is illustrated on the cover of Floriane Herrero’s important new book, “Photographie contemporaine.” The publication is a wonderful overview of the contributions of the most influential photographers of the past twenty-five years, including Roger Ballen, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Demand, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, William Klein, Cindy Sherman,
Photographer Amy Touchette will be in conversation with her muse, The World Famous *BOB*, in the Rare Book Room at the Strand Book Store in New York City on February 5, 2014, from 7.00 to 8.00 p.m.: The World Famous *BOB* and photographer Amy Touchette join us in the rare
Artist and professor Henry Horenstein is the Chief Critic for the Rhode Island Sschool of Design European Honors Program (EHP) this winter/spring. This is the program that helped launch the work of photographer Francesca Woodman, illustrator David Macaulay, and many others. . . The European Honors Program, founded in 1960,
ClampArt is pleased to announce that Louie Palu’s photograph, “U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos ‘OJ’ Orjuela, age 31, Garmsir, Helmand, Afghanistan,” from his series of portraits of marines in Afghanistan is now in the permanent collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Palu’s photograph was one of
Commissioned by the Providence Preservation Society, Jesse Burke’s series “Endangered” documents properties in Providence, Rhode Island that are in imminent danger of destruction, threat, or disrepair. The exhibition opens on Thursday, January 23, 2014 from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. at Brown University, and will travel around the city through the
Jen Davis has been invited to speak at the Pratt Photography Lectures on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at 6.30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public: Pratt Institute/Brooklyn Campus Higgins Hall Auditorium 61 St. James Place Brooklyn, New York For more information: http://www.pratt.edu/academics/art_design/art_ug/photography/photography_lectures/ View Jen Davis’ self
Jill Greenberg’s portrait of the esteemed celebrity Morris the Cat will be included in the “Cat Art Show”—a benefit exhibition in Los Angeles of over one hundred artworks to help raise money for the Stray Cat Alliance of LA. Cat Art Show 101/exhibit 6205 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, California
Bill Armstrong’s work is featured in “ICP Faculty Exhibition: Stories in the Social Landscape” at the School of the International Center of Photography in New York City from December 14, 2013 – March 16, 2014. From the ICP website: Within its specific borders, the photograph has the capacity to witness
ClampArt is pleased to announce that “Rowing Team,” a very large 72 x 96-inch painting by Mark Beard [a.k.a. Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)], is now in the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, Connecticut. Mark Beard’s work can also be found in the collections
Lori Nix’s work is featured in the exhibition “Inside the Artists’ Studios: Small-Scale Views” at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut from December 14, 2013 – March 16, 2014. Other artists include Joe Fig, Richard Haas, and Jimmy Sanders. From the museum’s website: Have you ever wished you could spy
Nancy Burson’s work is included in “The Other Portrait” curated by Jean–Luc Nancy at the Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, October 5, 2013 – January 12, 2014: The curator of “The Other Portrait” is the French philosopher, Jean-Luc Nancy, author of numerous texts on the
Image (left): Rachel Papo, “Military kiosk counter,” Shaare Avraham, Israel, 2004, Chromogenic print. Image (right): Louie Palu, “U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos ‘OJ’ Orjuela, age 31,” Garmsir, Helmand, Afghanistan, 2008, Archival pigment print. Louie Palu and Rachel Papo’s work is featured in “War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath”
Jill Greenberg’s retrospective “Work 2001-2011” will be on display at Fotografiska museum in Sweden from December 13, 2013 – February 9, 2014: The American artist and photographer Jill Greenberg developed her artistic practice during the infancy of the digital revolution. In 1990, her life as an artist and photographer was
Jill Greenberg’s portrait of Daft Punk is on the cover of American Photo this month for their issue on “Images of the Year.” Amazingly, this is the second year in a row! Greenberg’s iconic horse photograph was on the cover of last year’s issue. Browse all of Jill Greenberg’s work
James Bidgood’s groundbreaking film, “Pink Narcissus,” is included in “Masculine / Masculine. The Nude Man in Art from 1800 to the Present Day” at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, September 24, 2013 – January 2, 2014: While it has been quite natural for the female nude to be regularly exhibited,
The Screening Room is mounting an exhibition by the New York based duo Aziz + Cucher, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman on view during Art Basel-Miami Beach 2013 (November 21, 2013 – January 24, 2014). The project is based on their digital animation-installation “Time of the Empress (Septet),” which was part
The exhibition, “Frank Yamrus: I Feel Lucky,” opens at the Griffin Museum at the Stoneham Theatre on Thursday, November 14, 2013, with a reception open to the public from 6.30 – 8.00 pm. The Stoneham Theatre is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1.00 – 6.00 pm, and one hour before each
ClampArt is very pleased to announce that Lori Nix’s photograph “School Bus” from her early series “Accidentally Kansas” is now in the permanent collection of the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts. Browse all of Lori Nix’s work at ClampArt Blog post by: Brian Paul Clamp, Director
Above are some fun photographs from Lori Nix’s studio to give a sense of the scale of some of the dioramas she and her partner, Kathleen Gerber, build for the final photographs. The details are from the following artworks: “Subway,” “Space Center,” and “Chinese Take-Out.” Lori Nix’s solo exhibition, “More
Image: Nancy Burson, “First & Second Male Movie Star Composites (Left: Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart. Right: Richard Gere, Christopher Reeve, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Robert Redford),” 1984, Two gelatin silver prints from computer generated negatives, 7.25 x 8.25 inches (each). Nancy Burson, whose work