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Inspirations – Nathan Flood
Nathan Flood at Heavy Backpack – A Creative Catalogue: “Nathan Flood
Name: Nathan Flood
What: digital artist / art director
Company: nginco
Where: New York, NY
Age: 22
Looking at: nothing in particular
Listening to: fantomas, philip glass, kronos quartet, portishead, pink floyd, mogwai, nirvana, the doors, tricky, iron butterfly, lou reed, neil young, bob dylan
Links: nginco.com
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Eddie O’Bryan Photo
Alleyway In Blizzard, Downtown NYC
Taken with a (frozen) Hasselblad 501CM and Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO film, rated at 200.
Uploaded by Eddie O’Bryan on 28 Jul ’06, 10.33pm BST.
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Istanbul Modern
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My supreme illusion
by kierannegoda A picture of a lampshade.
Uploaded by Hello Doodle! on 18 Mar ’06, 8.34pm GMT.
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Liquid Smoke
Liquid Smoke
My second experiment with inks dissolved in a glass of water.
Uploaded by Hello Doodle! on 28 Jan ’06, 5.10pm PST.
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Distorted Perception
Distorted Perception
When walking in the halls of Milwaukee Art Museum you feel like exploring a 3D reality. It seems like the design of this building has never left computer, and every pixel and byte of an electronic record were somehow projected into the real world.
No Photoshop filters were applied. Contrast and brightness were adjusted in order to achieve a higher image quality.
May 2005
See my other photos of MAM here and here
also:
MAM homepage
Santiago Calatrava, the architector
Uploaded by Hello Doodle! on 13 Jan ’06, 7.52pm PST.
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Gallery: Imogen Cunningham Prints
Vernissage: October 5, 6-8 pm Exhibition: October 6 – November 4, 2006 Place: ArteF Fine Art Photography Gallery, Spluegenstrasse 11, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland Opening Times: Tuesday – Friday 13-18, Saturday 11-16
(PRWEB) October 2, 2006 — For the first time in Switzerland, ArteF Fine Art Photography Gallery presents selected works from the American “Grand Old Lady” of photography, Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976).
The exhibition premieres pictures from a private collection, which were only recently discovered. They stem in part from her early, pictorialist phase and have never before been publicly exhibited. With a total of 40 photographs, the exhibition depicts a cross-section of the artist’s multi-layered portfolio. Imogen Cunningham achieved fame with her poetic plant photographs and her sensitive portraits of prominent contemporaries, such as Gertrude Stein, Frieda Kahlo, Lionel Feininger or Hollywood stars like Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy. These works, as well as her then unconventional depictions of industry and architecture, made her name known far beyond American shores.
Inspired by Gertrude Käsebier, Imogen Cunningham began to take photographs in 1901. In connection with her chemistry studies, during which she was also intensively occupied with botany, she worked in the studio of Edward S. Curtis and learned to produce platinum prints. In 1909 she completed her training in photography at the Technische Hochschule (Technical College) in Dresden. Once back from Europe, she met Gertrude Käsebier and Alfred Stieglitz. In 1910 she opened her first studio in Seattle – an immediate success.
Cunningham’s creative phase, from 1901 to 1976, covers almost half of the time that has passed since the invention of photography. Thus her work is also interesting from a cultural perspective and in the context of art-history. Her pictures were important stimuli for many photographers (Magarethe Maler, Edward Weston and Anselm Adams amongst others). Her optical clarity quickly became recognized as an important development in photography; she was often described as sensitive and perspicacious at the same time.
Her sharply accentuated close-ups of plants and unconventional views of industrial sites and modern architecture are mainly created in the 1920s. Concentrating on light, form and abstract patterns, these photographs established her reputation as a pioneer of photographic modernism. She is a founder member of the f/64 group and continues to develop her style and techniques over the course of 70 years. Thus in the 30s and 40s she transfers the style of her plant photography to portrait photography and creates impressive portraits, full of precision. Her pictures of the dancer Martha Graham for Vanity Fair in 1932 establish her reputation as the foremost portraitist of her time. Between 1932 and 1934 she works for the magazine regularly in New York and Hollywood.
In the 50s Cunningham stretches her work in an almost post-modern way. She photographs people and plants, and places the negatives on top of one another in order to abstract her portraits. With the aid of double flash she produces a collection of psychologically impressive still-lifes. Many of her street photographs from the 60s demonstrate a connection with Dadaism and further developments in performance art. She spends the last years of her life in a photography studio on age. The profound yet lively portraits of old people are collected in the book “After Ninety”, published posthumously.
Cunningham was interested in the possibilities of storytelling and representation through the medium of photography. Most important for her was the possibility, through this medium, of bringing the photograph, object and viewer closer to one another. This task she allocated to the purely visual elements of photography: form, tonality and shading. Her mastery of nearly every photographic genre results from her knowledge of the formal elements of photography. Her observation of form leads to pictures which immerse themselves in each subject and, like lyric poetry, arouse emotions.
Imogen Cunningham knew that it is the details and the particular arrangement of formal elements which the biggest personalities, the most beautiful flowers and the most dramatic events display best of all. Time and again, persistently, she explored this relationship between the flexible world of experience and the formal world of photography, with intensity and with poetry.
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Modern Art News
BAS JAN ADER
The work of Bas Jan Ader will be the subject of a show at The Camden Arts Centre from the 28th April to 2nd of July, entitled All is Falling. Bas Jan Ader’s works are also currently included in MASQUERADE: Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney from the 23rd of March to the 21st of May.
DAVID ALTMEJD
We are happy to announce that David Altmejd will represent Canada in next year’s Venice Biennale. The curator of the pavillion is Louise Déry, director of the Galerie de l’UQAM.
The first monograph of the work of David Altmejd published by Galerie de Lquam is now available here at the gallery, please contact us if you would like to obtain a copy.
KENNETH ANGER
Kenneth Anger’s work was included in The Whitney Biennale which finished at 28th of May 2006.
SIMON BILL
Modern Art is please to announce that we now represent the artist Simon Bill, who completed his third solo show in Modern Art in May 2006.
TOM BURR
Extrospective, a major museum survey of the work of Tom Burr opened at Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne on the 7th April and will run through until the 18th June. A major publication to coincide with the exhibition is printed and is available from the gallery. Tom Burr’s solo show at Modern Art opened on June 7th. His work will also be included in the exhibition Why Pictures Now? at Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien which opens on the 8th of June. Two works by Tom Burr were recently acquired by the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien for their permanent collection.
NIGEL COOKE
A Portrait of Everything, a solo show by Nigel Cooke, just finished at the South London Gallery. The first major publication of the artist’s work has just been published by Modern Art in cooperation with Andrea Rosen Gallery and Koenig Books and is available from the gallery. Nigel Cooke’s work is also currently included in the exhibition Imagination Becomes Reality at Sammlung Goetz in Munich until June 3rd. In October Nigel Cooke will have a solo show at The Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Nigel Cooke will have a solo show with Andrea Rosen Gallery in November of 2006.
BARNABY FURNAS
The first publication of Barnaby Furnas’ work, published to coincide with his first UK institutional show in the summer of 2005 at the BALTIC ARTS CENTER in Newcastle is now available from the gallery.
TIM GARDNER
Tim Gardner has just completed a residency at the National Gallery in London, which will result in a solo show at the museum in 2007. He had a solo show of new works at Modern Art in June 2006.
PHILLIP LAI
We are pleased to announce that we now represent the artist Phillip Lai who first showed with the gallery in 2000. Two pieces by Phillip Lai were recently acquired by the Arts Council.
BARRY MCGEE
Barry McGee exhibited an installation as part of Art Unlimited at Art Basel last June. A major installation by Barry McGee was recently acquired by the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León in Spain.
JONATHAN MEESE
Following Jonathan Meese’s recent performance in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern his major retrospective Mama Johnny opened at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg on the 28th of April. On April 27th and 28th the play Kokain with a stage setting by Jonathan Meese was performed at the Deichtorhallen. The play is by Frank Castorf with the ensemble of Volksbühne, Berlin. Jonathan also performed at Deichtorhallen on the 24th of May.
ALAN MICHAEL
Alan Michael’s work was recently included in the Tate Triennal 2006, curated by Beatrix Ruff. His first catalogue has just been produced by Modern Art in cooperation with Hotel and is available from the gallery.
KATY MORAN
We are pleased to announce that we now represent British painter Katy Moran who will have her first solo show in Modern Art in October 2006.
MATTHEW MONAHAN
Matthew Monahan’s work was included in both the Berlin Biennale 2006 as well as the Whitney Biennal 2006. He will have his first solo show with Modern Art in October 2006. Next year Matthew Monahan will also have a solo show at LA MOCA.
CLARE E. ROJAS
Clare E. Rojas recently had a solo show at the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita. At January 2007 Clare E. Rojas will have a solo show in Laboratorio 987 in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León in Spain. At 2007 Clare will have a solo show at Museum Heit Domeijn, Sittard. Three paintings by Clare E. Rojas were recently acquired by the Museum Heit Domeijn, Sittard.
EVA ROTHSCHILD
Eva Rothschild’s work was included in the Tate Triennal 2006, curated by Beatrix Ruff and was on view at Tate Britain until 14th May. Her work will be included in the exhibition Abstract Art-Now Strictly Geometrical at Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen from the 30th of July until the 24th September. Eva Rothschild’s work is also included in The British Art Show 2006 which is currently touring venues in the UK. In October she will have a solo show at Eva Presenhuber Gallery in Zurich. Eva’s work has recently been acquired by the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
STEVEN SHEARER
Steven Shearer’s work was recently included in the Berlin Biennale. His work will be the subject of a major show at the Power Plant in Toronto later this year which will also travel to the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. Shearer’s work was also featured in the exhibition Trial Ballons in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León in Spain from the 6th of May till the 10th of September. He will have his first solo show with Modern Art in early 2007.
COLLIER SCHORR
Collier Schorr’s work was recently included in the exhibition The Youth of Today at The Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, which continues until the 25th of June. Collier will have her second solo show with Modern Art in September 2006. Her solo show with the Badischer Kunstverein in Karlsruhe opens in early 2007. The artist’s latest book Jens F. has just been published by Steidl and is available from the gallery. Collier Schorr’s work has recently been acquired by the Guggenheim Museum.
RICKY SWALLOW
Ricky Swallow will have his first UK solo show with Modern Art in November/December 2006. In early 2007 he will have a solo show with the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin. His work is currently on view in a solo show entitled ‘The Past Sure Is Tense’,in the Art Gallery of Western Australia, in Perth.
TIM NOBLE & SUE WEBSTER
Tim Noble & Sue Webster’s work was included in the exhibition MASQUERADE: Representation and the self in contemporary Art at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney from the 23rd of March to the 21st of May. A major publication with Tim Noble and Sur Webster’s work will be published by Rizzoli in September 2006.
CLARE WOODS
Clare Woods will have a solo show at the Chisenhale Gallery, London, opening in September 5th and running through October. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with a text by Barry Schwabsky.
ART FAIRS
Modern Art will participate in Frieze Art Fair 2006 and Art Basel/Miami Beach 2006.
Stuart Shave/Modern Art
10 Vyner Street
London
E2 9DG
info@stuartshavemodernart.comstuartshavemodernart.com
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