Compasses

Sand drawings, circled by grass and the wind, ongoing collection, Curonian Spit, Lithuania, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, fall 2011

Chris Gentile

work by Chris Gentile. see more here and

here.

(top) On / Shit out of Luck. Let It Down. 2010; (bottom) Human Nature. Reincarnation Blues. 2009.

Lenard Smith

work by Lenard Smith. see more here.

all images from Air. 2010.

wednesday

valie export

in 1968 the austrian artist Waltraud Hollinger changed her name to valie export. export was the name of a popular cigarette brand. and in naming herself after a cigarette she seemed to want to light herself on fire with her work to keep up with other rather extreme viennese actionist artist of the time (people like günter brus, otto mühl, herman nitsch, and rudolf schwarzkogler ) who were cutting off limbs and whatnot to escape the bourgeoise or enter the annals of history. with her new name , valie export sought a new identity that was, she says, not bound “by her father’s name (lehner), or her former husband’s name (hollinger).” more here

theo altenberg

a few photographs from the multi-talented theo altenberg from his days in otto mühl's action analysis commune. more here and here

[ 1978-Aktionsanlyse : 1974-Kommune-Friedr : 1975-Kommune-Selbstdarstellung : 1976-Kommune-Friedrichshof ]

paul koiker

paul koiker is a current dutch master of the printed image. his pictures of the last decade seem to come from somewhere far away and distant - places we never got a chance to go. they seem to exist as both very specific bits of someone's history as well as perfect models of classical beauty. more here and here.

[ from hunting and fishing : from room service : from crush : from hunting and fishing]

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 ]

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]