A new Bob Dylan video features photographs from Bruce Davidson’s 1959 “Brooklyn Gang” series to illustrate the song. In the spring of 1959, Davidson met a group of Brooklyn teens called “The Jokers”. That summer, he photographed the entire gang in their natural habitat, from hanging out late at night on the street corner to taking [...]
Artist Statement
My own work is largely concerned with the meaning and existence of the self in today’s unstable, fragmented world, specifically how the individual is able to reconcile the external and internal forces that cause us to function in different, often contradictory, roles. Performative in essence, frequently employing role play [...]
Untitled
Iris
Lexi No. 2
Artist Statement
I am a self-taught photographer who grew up in Dallas, TX and now live in New York City. When creating my work I look for interesting colors, patterns, and textures that will create a dynamic palette in the final photo. I am intrigued by the [...]
Artist Statement
I consider myself a street photographer; my camera is always on hand and I shoot at anything that strikes my interest in public places. I constantly pay attention to people, composition and lighting.
My love for New York City has always motivated me. The city offers a [...]
Brenda of Prospect: A Year in the Park has published a calendar for 2009 highlighting her favorite spots in Prospect Park, more information & ordering details available here. Her blog is based on daily trips to Prospect Park and reveals fascinating details from the darkest depths of Brooklyn’s past as well as observations [...]
Untitled, 2008 Ink on paper, 15 x 15 ins. The work of Dmitry Borshch will be shown in the following exhibits: “Common Threads: Artists in Spite of Retail” at the Brecht Forum
November 7-31, 2008 “Allied Artists 95th Annual Exhibition” at the National Arts Club
November 14-December 2, 2008 [...]
From the New York series
From the Avenue Nights series
From the Reflections series
Artist Statement (excerpt)
My artistic practice is engaged with exploiting the ambiguity of visual experience–the disparity between what we see and what we think we see creates a surprise of metaphors. I want to engage the viewer in [...]
Warm Liquid Reliquary
Drown
Additive Inverse
Artist Statement (excerpt)
Where do the images come from? I cannot possibly know. I can only know that it is my task to make them.
I use a number of methods in the process of translation. Most of these are based on Surrealist techniques- automatic writing, [...]
REST IN PIECES
Limited Edition Color Photograph of original sculpture by Carol Quint
10″ x 8″ photo
Artist Statement
The foundation of my work is the exploration of archetypal imagery. The images become surrogates for a broad range of emotional experience. They are grounded in symbols that elicit recognition on [...]
Bina Altera, “Dance”
Bina Altera, “Faith”
Bina Altera, “Reflections”
Bina Altera, “Float”
Bina Altera, “Beyond”
Exhibit
Bina Altera will be showing recent collage work in the annual staff show at The School of Visual Arts in the BFA Photography department.
Dates: Sept 4th – 12th
1. Untitled, 2008, photograph (edition of 10), 11 x 22 ins.
2. Untitled, 2008, photograph (edition of 10), 9 x 12 ins.
3. Untitled, 2008, photograph (edition of 10), 7 x 9 ins.
4. Untitled, 2008, photograph (edition of 10), 9 x 22 ins.
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