My inbox was hit by a Team Gallery press release earlier this week. It informed me that Muntean/Rosenblum will be having a show of new paintings starting October 8th. Before receiving this email I had never heard of Muntean/Rosenblum, but the picture contained in the email struck me so much that I was compelled to [...]
Author Archives: Eleanor Weber
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 [...]
Since Forever Is Gone (is nearly gone)
May 13, 2009 – 2:36 pm
Some of you may remember back to February 11th, when Ruvan Wijesooriya‘s Since Forever Is Gone opened to rave reviews and much excitement. With people spilling out of the entrance of the Soho Grand Hotel at 310 West Broadway and literally queuing around the block, the place was packed; the show a total success, to [...]
Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent
September 9, 2008 – 1:45 pm
I came across Matthew Houck in Doingbird magazine. They published one of his poems along with some photographs by Rachael Cassells. I was immediately taken by the poem Falling (Christmas in LA). It contains some beautiful passages, “Every day and every night / no breaks love / you just gotta push / straight on through / [...]
Lomography
July 27, 2008 – 8:04 pm
Lomography is the cute cousin of photography who yells “just shoot!” when the photographer is deliberating over the perfect angle. For Lomo, it’s not about aperture or shutter speed or depth of field or composition; it’s not about thinking. It’s about, well, shooting. The official Lomo motto is “don’t think, just shoot.” As you can [...]
Adaptation
July 21, 2008 – 9:24 pm
This movie is great. I remember it coming out and my thinking I should watch it but I just never got around to it. Anyway, yesterday I watched it. Meryl Streep (with whom I am not ashamed to admit I am more-than-slightly obsessed) is fantastic as writer Susan Orlean, Nick Cage carries the role of [...]
Midnight Cowboy
July 8, 2008 – 11:58 pm
I was put onto this clip of director John Schlesinger‘s 1969 film, Midnight Cowboy, by a friend who is an avid fan of all things psychedelic, and particularly light art. The images in Midnight Cowboy‘s infamous ‘party scene,’ are fantastic references for anyone interested in live projection or light shows – particularly those inspired by [...]
Suffragette City
July 6, 2008 – 1:10 pm
Pinpoint by Kate Terry Suffragette City is actually in Bow, East London. On the same street where Sylvia Pankhurst set up her Suffragette Shop in 1912, Bow Road. It is no coincidence that the newest show from artist-led initiative The Spare Room Project is an exhibition of the work of six female artists. Not one [...]
