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May, 2008 Archive

MUTO by BLU
Davin — May 12th, 2008

A staggering and beautiful work of outdoor art. MUTO by BLU.

blublu.org

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Where We’re From
Davin — May 10th, 2008

Photo copyright Daniel SheaLindley Warren, who curated the successful The Ones we Love project, has released a new thematic project entitled Where We’re From.

“Where We’re From is a project focusing on where it is that the selected photographers have grown up, lived, or are currently living. The project allows viewers an inside look at places that the artists have felt at home; letting people take a closer look at the lives of the photographers through their images and words.” — weprojects.org

Lindley’s We Projects is a space to watch for interesting new work from a variety of photographers.

The photo is from Daniel Shea’s current Baltimore series.

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Flash Forward 2008 Winners Announced
Davin — May 10th, 2008

Image copyright Adam MakarenkoMagenta Publishing for the Arts has released the list of the winners for Flash Forward 2008.

This year’s Bright Spark Award winner is Adam Makarenko whose work is aligned with the creations of Lori Nix and fellow Canadian Sarah Anne Johnson who was one of the winners of this year’s Grange Prize.

As in previous years, the Flash Forward winners from Canada, US, and UK will have work exhibited in Toronto and in other venues around the world and also published in the Flash Forward 2008 book. The books are very nice hardcover volumes and highly recommended.

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ADC Young Guns 6
Davin — May 8th, 2008

ADC - Young Guns 6

The Art Directors Club continues with its mandate of recognizing and fostering new work and emerging talents in multiple creative fields. Since 1996, Young Guns has chosen to honour people doing outstanding multidisciplinary work. This year’s competition is now open until June 2nd.

ADC Young Guns exists to identify the vanguard of creative professionals who let loose their imaginations, shattering conventions and breaking boundaries with a dash of brilliance and personal flair. Those of you who’ve set your minds to making a name for yourself, raising new standards from within cubicles, conference rooms, cramped apartments, and studios across the world—this is your chance to put those battle cries in action. If you’re age thirty or under and have two years of the working life under your belt, we’d like you to show us what it’s all about. — ADC

adcyoungguns.org

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William Greiner - Fallen Paradise
Davin — May 7th, 2008

Fallen ParadiseKlompching Gallery has released a limited edition book of images from William Greiner’s exhibition Fallen Paradise currently running at the gallery until June 27th.

$125.00 — 100 signed and numbered examples, hardbound , 28 pages , 26 color plates, 11 ½ x 15 1/8” , each book includes an original signed c-print 4 x 6”.

klompching.com
111 Front Street, suite 206 Brooklyn NY 11201

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Zoe Strauss I-95.08
Davin — May 2nd, 2008

Zoe Strauss I-95.08On Sunday, May 4 2008 at Front and Mifflin Sts. in Philadelphia, PA Zoe Strauss presents the 2008 incarnation of her serial I-95 show. 231 photographs will be attached under I-95 from 1pm to 4pm and those same photos can be removed by those attending after 4pm.

Strauss wrote recently about how feelings surrounding the show’s transient nature has come under some challenge as the market value of here work increased.

“After the I-95 show two years ago, right after I was in the Whitney biennial, I felt that some people didn’t understand that the show wasn’t a ‘give away,’ but rather it’s just that when the show is done the photos are left to the elements and people can take them if they want. I had some consternation regarding how I saw the taking of the photos after the show was done. I did want people to take them if they wanted them… but I wanted someone to take them on the basis of their engagement with the show, not on the promise of a piece of the show having monetary value.” — Zoe Strauss

The perspective she’s gained leading up to this year’s show is an interesting balance to the photographic print as the authorized tradable product of the art market.

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Moving Still: Derek Shapton’s Here
Davin — May 2nd, 2008

Heather Morton has posted a video she produced with Derek Shapton. It gives a further narrative glimpse into the childhood memories that are crystalized in his series Here.

“For the past year, I have been revisiting and photographing the locations of vivid early memories, ranging from the sidewalk in front of my childhood house to the park I used to play in to the former location of the pool where I first learned to swim. The images in Here are selections from this ongoing exploration.” — Derek Shapton on heathermorton.ca

Shapton’s series shares some of the visual language of location-based studies like Joel Sternfeld’s On This Site but adds a layer of personal remembrance and emotional response. I’m also reminded of projects like Gayla Trail’s Not Now, Not Ever which also takes childhood location as a jumping off point for creating new images with their own set of possible emotional reactions.

“Because I started this particular project while revisiting my childhood geography, time and place is very important to me. I try to create imagery that is difficult to date, capturing something that isn’t ‘right now’ but isn’t any specific time that has ever been or ever will be.” — Gayla Trail

I hope to see more of these videos from Heather Morton. I really like getting insight into an artist’s practice (which should be clear from from MakingRoom’s mandate) and even brief videos can shed a lot of light on how people work.

Derek Shapton has a show at The Gladstone Hotel here in Toronto (1214 Queen West) running until May 31st.

heathermorton.ca
derekshapton.com

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