It’s that time again…
Monthly Archives: July 2009
From Blue to Blue
July 21, 2009 – 8:00 am
The photography of Martien Mulder, hitherto featured in a slew of international galleries and magazines, is now on view at Capricious Space. Mulder’s preoccupations appear to be with plantlife and portraiture, pretty much in that order. The former she treats with an almost spiritual reverence—venerating verdant palm trees in Brazilian Mist (2001) and Plant in [...]
Sam Bassett’s Seven Nights at the Chelsea Hotel
July 20, 2009 – 2:23 pm
Starting tonight and continuing for the next seven days, Sam Bassett will be presenting his series of seven films on the rooftop of the Hotel Chelsea. The films – who’s trailers can be seen on Bassett’s website – can tentatively be classified as documentary biopics and each takes as its subject an individual who Bassett has found [...]
Hollywood Depicted in Needlepoint and Lace
July 20, 2009 – 1:57 pm
Seattle People (or if you are going to be in Seattle), Thursday our friend Amelia has a new a new show opening. I expect nothing less than awesomeness. STILL Hollywood Depicted in Needlepoint and Lace A New Project by Amelia Bauer July 23 – September 1 Opening reception Thursday July 23rd at 7pm Cairo Collection 507 E [...]
Edward Burtynsky: Australian Minescapes
July 20, 2009 – 3:05 am
Edward Burtynsky: Australian Minescapes comprises huge colour photographs taken on a large-format camera from a helicopter (Burtynsky’s ‘tripod’). The images provide a devastatingly detailed bird’s-eye-view of the vast coal, mineral and gold mines in Western Australia. The exhibition opened at the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) in Sydney on Thursday night and apparently around five [...]
DOSSIER at Means of Production July 19th-21st
July 18, 2009 – 11:22 pm
Come visit us on Ludlow Street this week until Tuesday!
Sexy and the City
July 17, 2009 – 6:00 am
When viewing “Sexy and the City,” a new group photography show at the Yossi Milo Gallery, one may be tempted to trace the historical arc of sexiness. To accomplish this, one need only view the photographs chronologically, paying particular attention to shifts in the popular conception of ‘sexy’ as they occur. Since the photos in [...]
