The spring open house at the huge Mana Contemporary in Jersey City NJ was fascinating as always. I have gone to Mana open houses before and I always enjoy it. But it is overwhelming. Six floors plus a basement of artists studios and gallery spaces. There are art storage spaces for organizations such as ICP …
Blog posts tagged with ''seen''
Tag: seen
stuff that got my attention
Innocent Bystander
That would be me… the innocent bystander. Or I might be a teaching assistant, or the photographer/videographer or even occasionally a LSH (long suffering husband.) We were at Peters Valley Craft Center in northern NJ where My wife Lisa G Westheimer was teaching a Raku firing ceramics workshop. She has been a full time potter …
Parade of Champions
The first annual Edison Concours d’Elegance was held October 18, 2015 in my neighborhood Llewellyn Park New Jersey. The cars drove down the road past my house at first light on the way to the car show at Glenmont, the home of Thomas Alva Edison. These were among the finest collector cars ever assembled in …
A field guide to wild hood ornaments
From the first annual Edison Concours d’Elegance at Llewellyn Park October 18, 2015 There are 37 of them for your viewing pleasure… Auburn, Bentley, Bugatti, Cadilllac, Duesenberg, Ford, Franklin, Hispano-Suiza, Horch, Huffmobile, Isotta-Frachini, Mercedes, Packard, Pierce Arrow, Rolls-Royce, Steyer, Stutz, and some yet to be identified.
Adam Fuss latest photograms
Last week I dropped in on Cheim & Read Gallery to see the show by Adam Fuss. Of course Fuss’s work interests me because I have been making photograms for the last 30 years or so. He always seems to be exploring new subject matter using interesting techniques and it always good stuff. Arriving at …
Front and Center – Markus Brunetti’s Facades
I enjoyed seeing Markus Brunetti’s show of large scale prints of photographs of the facades of European churches at Yossi Milo Gallery. Very formal and static, they nevertheless drew me in to stare and enjoy the detail as well as the magnificence of the structures. The show is on view through October 17, 2015 at …
Jefferson Davis – Rebel and Cross Dresser
The International Center of Photography is showing Charles Schwartz‘ collection of images of Confederate President Jefferson Davis as a cross-dresser. President in Petticoats! Civil War Propaganda in Photographs As the American Civil War ground to a dispiriting and unheroic end after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s rebel forces and the shocking assassination …
Herbert Katzman’s Glorious Skies
You missed it! But I caught the show at the last minute: Herbert Katzman’s dramatic paintings of the landscape of New York City at the Museum of the City of New York. from the mcny.org website: Herbert Katzman (1923 – 2004) produced some of the most lyrical, contemporary representations of New York City, his …
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein at the American Folk Art Museum
WHO ?? Be prepared to be astounded and amazed by this quirky work created by a strange man. The show of work by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein was a total surprise and joy for me when I visited the American Folk Art Museum. The show continues through October 9th, 2011 on 53rd Street next to …
Stieglitz Steichen and Strand
At the Metropolitan Museum the exhibit of early 20th Century photography by Stieglitz Steichen and Strand will remind us how we got to where we are today in art photography. These three guys, more than any other photographers, have influenced how we photograph and what we photograph. Always experimenting with their style, their equipment and …