AMSTERDAM

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To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of Manhattan, Joshua Lutz and three other New York photographers (Gus Powell, Richard Rothman and Carl Wooley) were commissioned to shoot images of Amsterdam. Lutz decided to focus his work on the outskirts of the city, responding to the idea of borders.

ClampArt, New York. 11.04.2013 > 18.05.2013.


BLACK CAKE

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Black Cake is an inter-generational exhibition that examines artists’ use of sweetness across mediums and treatments. In common speech sweetness conveys authenticity, warmth, conviviality or affirmation; or just as likely, a certain dumbness, vacuousness and opacity. Selection of Websites: Steffani JemisonRyan McGinley, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff and Sterling Ruby.
(curated by Alex Gartenfeld)

team (gallery, inc.), New York. 10.01.2013 > 16.02.2013.


THE MAP OF EXACTITUDE

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The Map of Exactitude 2011-ongoin, is an attempt at mapping the Elizabeth McAlpine studio.
A series of cameras, both pinhole and slit cameras have been constructed, the scale and form of the cameras is dictated by the architecture of the space on a 1:1 scale. The apertures of the camera dictated by the markings and traces left on/in the space by its history. A series of abstract black and white photographic prints have been made in the cameras, the light exposed directly on to the paper, which is often folded, and cut in order to fit the form of the camera.

Laurel Gilten, New York. 29.04.2012 > 10.06.2012.


TREES’ OWN & THE FLAXEN DIARY

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Since the late 1960s Christian Vogt has produced a photographic œuvre impressive for its creative inventiveness and its unexpected twists. He is a master of the art of photographic haikus, and a virtuoso of associative story telling with pictures.

Rick Wester Fine Art, New York. 22.03.2012 > 05.05.2012.


GODDESS, FUZZ, FANTASY

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Le travail de Julien Langendorff s’articule principalement autour de dessins, collages et installations mystérieuses à la fois décalées, onirique et mystique.

agnès b, New York. 11.02.201201.04.2012.


OPTIMISM AS A CULTURAL REBELLION

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Since 2004 Matthew Stone has developed a personal philosophy of Optimism, defining it as “the vital force that entangles itself with and then shapes the future”. The exhibition focuses on the intersections between the ideas, photography and sculptures that define Matthew’s work.

The Hole, New York. 01.11.2011 > 10.12.2011.


WITHOUT TRUE BAZAARS

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Elaine Cameron-Weir uses the wall-piece consistently in her practice, often working with a large drum-like shape, half-mound, or box shape, each hung several inches apart like paintings.
She shares visual inspiration and work images via tumblr and bjkx242 with Ben Schumacher.

Ramiken Crucible, New York. 08.05.2011 > 18.06.2011.


ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE

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In Caitlin Teal Price‘s Annabelle, Annabelle, women stand transfixed in everyday landscapes, connected to the world by the objects surrounding them. Exhibition presented by Capricious.

Wild Project, New York. 15.03.2011 > 05.05.2011.


BREAKING AND ENTERING

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Nick van Woert believes in the semantics of material. Common materials are imbued with meaning through our daily relationship to them outside of the context of Art.

Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York. 26.02.2011 > 06.04.2011.


THE COURSE OF HISTORY (PART III)

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In this third and final installment of The Course of History, Bart Michiels explores the Eastern European battlefields of Russia and Germany. The term “Götterdämmerung” is adapted from Richard Wagner’s final opera of The Ring Cycle and is intended to refer here to the notion of a “violent end” or “destruction” as was the case for the Third Reich.

Foley Gallery, New York. 28.10.2010 > 08.01.2011.