Exhibitions
The artist reception at Aperture Foundation tonight, March 11, is for Australian photographer Michael Corridore whose show "Angry Black Snake" is opening. Corridore photographs public events in such a manner as to make the viewer question what they are seeing - drag race or apocalypse?
More on Michael Corridore from aCurator soon; in the meantime see his work online at Aperture or visit the show and then buy a limited edition print.
Untitled, 2006 from Angry Black Snake © Michael Corridore, courtesy Aperture Foundation
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In 1995 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck the city of Kobe and its vicinity. Ryuji Miyamoto's photographs show Kobe as it was just after the earthquake - buildings suspended in time before being demolished are visibly straining, buckled and warped. On view from March 9th, 2010 at Amador Gallery in New York's midtown.
Ryuji Miyamoto - Mitsui Trust and Banking Building, San-no-miya, Chou-ku 1995. Gelatin Silver Print, courtesy of Amador Gallery
Opening March 18th is a new exhibition by Eric Ogden. Eric has put together "a collection of new and selected work from my career (personal & assignment work) that is unified by one vision." He goes on to say "I have been for years recreating... a mythical version of my youth. As years pass, fact increasingly blends with fiction, memories and personal myths turn in on themselves, and you ask yourself: is the truth what events you can recall, or the feelings you have about something, even if it never happened?"
Eric's nostalgic photographs will be at Hous Projects through May 8th.
Coming next to ClampArt (opening February 25th) is a group show. The clue is in the title - "the exhibition addresses artists' fascination with natural history museums as seen by their depictions of museum displays, including dioramas and taxidermy, in addition to artists' interest in viewing animals through a pseudo-scientific lens" says Brian Clamp. The show includes Clamp staples Jill Greenberg, Blake Fitch and Amy Stein alongside Richard Barnes, Marisol Villaneuva and more.
This image by Ms Villaneuva is from "Uncaged: The Unnatural History of Caged Birds" a project wherein the artist "hope(s) to create a connection between the original wildness of birds, and the sense of freedom they evoke within those who view them."
© Marisol Villanueva, "Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata), Summit Rock, West Side between 81st and 85th Streets, New York," 2007, C-print (Edition of 7), 28 x 42 inches, Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City
The ICP Triennial is ending this week. I found the opening night really annoying, getting shoved and elbowed more times than I care to mention, and having inhaled enough hair spray and perfume to kill a small animal. So, I'm personally not rushing to the 'Closing Party' and now I've seen the invitation I'm not likely to change my mind - but is Justin Timberlake going?
I am bringing up the rear here as Stephen Mallon's Flight 1549 series has been blogged and blogged again, but it's almost a year since the event unfolded and there's an exhibition at Calumet in New York for the anniversary (reception January 15th). Steve was commissioned by the crane company to photograph the plane being salvaged, and posted a selection on his website. Fun and games ensued with Steve being hassled by the plane's insurance company and all the photo community yelling "free speech!". Ultimately, he was able to keep and publish much of this incredible and exclusive record. It's a chilling memory; Steve's work makes it haunting and beautiful.
Flight 1549 © Stephen Mallon
Now showing at ClampArt are Jill Greenberg's "New Bears". Jill constructed outdoor studios in Vancouver and Calgary to photograph these creatures and it's interesting to see the prints in a smaller size than the big bears and the monkeys. This particular baby however was photographed in Jill's home - I wonder how many assistants queued up outside for that job!
Jane Fonda Bear © Jill Greenberg
In order to view the "New Bears" at ClampArt, one has to walk through the main gallery space which is currently showing Luke Smalley's "Sunday Drive", a haunting story of three girls readying to visit their men in prison. Viewing Smalley's work on ClampArt's website I was more drawn to the "Exercise at Home" series. If only Smalley had used new bears instead of twinks...
Luke Smalley, "Exercise at Home," 2007, Digital C-print, Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City
I missed the opening at Amador Gallery for Olaf Otto Becker because I was a meeting of the American Photo Archives Group, a trade organization with a great set of members; we meet to discuss the challenges of having a physical archive of photographs, negs, transparencies, contact prints and so on. But, from the dusty boxes-under-beds to a different theme entirely - Becker's "Above Zero" project. Risking life, limb and large-format camera, Becker photographs the incredible disappearing landscape of Greenland. I haven't seen the show yet so I can't comment on the prints but if what's on the web is anything to go by it'll be breath-taking.
River 3, Position 5, 2007 © Olaf Otto Becker
Nothing against Jim Marshall but how good it is to learn Andy Earl has a book of his Johnny Cash photos coming out and an exhibition with our mates at Snap Galleries in their new location in Central London, opening November 18th, 2009.
Johnny Cash, Telegraph © Andy Earl
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