Thursday, September 30, 2010

peter hujar













peter hujar looms larger every year that passes more here

[ ‘charles ludlum as camille’ 1974 : will (char pei) 1985 : greer lankton’s legs 1983 : snake on a chair ]

belgium is happening














no country has shaped my perception of the visual world more than belgium . the artists and artworld from that region have provided a steady stream of beauty , design and pure moody inventiveness that has sunk in deep. when it comes to making things interesting i think the begians are unmatched. these images are from an album called belgium is happening documenting various performance art related pieces.

[ james Lee Byars, a pink silk airplane for 100 (1969) : hugo roelandt, fotowerken 3 (1974) : carlos ginzburg, latin American prostitute (holding a statement by baudelaire) (1974) :
théâtre laboratoire vicinal, tramp 6 (1972) ]

ewans gibbs











ewans gibbs delicate and small drawings from photographs of pitchers leg kicks are masterpieces of understatement and mystery more here and here

[milwaukee 2007 pencil on paper : chicago, 2007 pencil on paper : philedelphia 2007 pencil on paper ]

dan cook











"it's worth mentioning that none of the excitement you see in the photos has anything to do with the game--it's all about being on the fan cam." enter dan cooks fan cam here

todd fisher














I dont know how he does it , but like weegee the famous , todd fisher has the uncanny ability to be anywhere and everywhere. his work echoes with strains of the great street photographers of the winogrand generation - and on that level he is likely the best of his own generation. but his ability to go anywhere leads him elsewhere. more here



a constructed world















...... a constructed world was founded in melbourne, australia in in 1993. more here

[ le feu scrupuleux (365 stills) 2008, ink jet prints on archival paper, various dimensions in the exhibition le feu scrupuleux, cneai, chatou 2008 ]



lina bertucci











lina bertucci is an artist who has made some pretty great portraits of other artists. more here

[ janine antoni :haim steinbeck : jeff koons]

kelley walker











kelley walker is an artist from columbus , ga. more here

[four-colour process silkscreen on canvas : disaster 2 : Whitney Houston, 1984-85 (2008) aluminum stands, mylar, mirror, Epson prints , disco ball with chain, sound and video projection]

kelley walker-chance










kelley walker-chance is a photographer from kansas city , mo . more here

[ seth+steph : michelle . ken & harley : mallory ]

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

hank schmidt in der beek



















hank schmidt in der beek is an artist from berlin , germany . more here

william lamson









william lamson the hardest working man in show business is back for a 4 week engagement at Pierogi's new space - the boiler - in "a line describing the sun". and this time he's back wearing lead goggles to keep himself from being blinded by the light ! see him turn the earth into a fiery gem-like rock using only a bicycle and a mirror in a massive 2 channel video screen thats wider than the Zigfeld !
and after you can go bowling at the lanes across the street. and more of the adventures of william here.

[banana face , william tell , hunt and gather ,

a line describing the sun]

michael bell-smith














most of michael bell smith's pictures move. And his presentations of stuff get to the heart of the matter : digital matter in action.you can watch them move here and here and here ..... the shape of things that are here

[ electricity in the air (american beauty) , blank box with squiggle , return to forever , smke screen ]

roy lichtenstein











roy lichtenstein's road not taken - its electric , it moves ..... presented by greg.org

[ black and white sunrise, 1964, oil on magna on canvas , electric seascape #1, 1966, rowlux, paper, light, electric motor , littoral, 1965, metalized polyester foil, aluminum and magna , eascape I, 1964, screenprint on rowlux ]

torbjørn rødland















the andy cap variations ....... more from torbjørn here