jane hammond

longtime new york city painter jane hammond work took a really interesting turn into photography and montage about 5 years ago. more here

[ Perpetual Love 2005 : when You Wish 2008 : face facts 2006 : graflex 2007 ]

stan vanderbeek ..... ken knowlton

stan vanderbeek made some very interesting works that integrated photomontage in new ways into film more here. his daughter sara has continued exploring avenues of photomontage in sculpture with her work as well , more here . and his seminal collaboration with ken knowlton poemfield no2 can be found here.

[ from see saw seams : from poemfield no2 : from poemfield no2 ]

ken knowlton + lillian schwartz

more from ken knowlton and lillian schwartz's collaborations can be found here

[ Googolplex, 1972, 16 mm : night scene computer generated etched aluminum plate : Photographic stills from the computer animation 'Pixillation' ]

kenneth knowlton , leon harmon

while robert irwin and the others of the cool school were playing with light and space out in california (see below) kenneth Knowlton at the bell labs in new jersey was creating works that would have just as long lasting consequences . it was a time when many artists and scientists engaged in collaborations to expand their fields of work and break down some of the walls of their thinking. irwin and james turrell working with ed wortz of the garrett aerospace corporation engaged in a collaboration that profoundly changed the direction of the work of all three men.

ken knowlton engaged in collaborations over the years with people such as leon harmon, stan vanderbeek , lillian schwartz that may have been equally interesting. the optical structure of the computer data used in both the printouts and the films he helped create has helped form the basis of much of todays visual imagery and is the basis of the vocabulary of a great deal of new media art.

knowlton and leon harmon produced the image above of a nude ( studies in Perception I ) in 1966 from a photograph taken by max mathews. and I think it may be the most underrated artwork of the last 100 years. like titian's venus of urbino, giorgione's sleeping venus [dresden venus] , and edouard manet's olympia , knowlton and harmon's nude harnessed the most sophisticated technique and vision of their day to create something pretty unique. you can read more it and about ken here and here.

[image from Ken Knowlton’s EXPLOR program 1969 : 'Studies in Perception I 1966 : kenneth knowlton and leon harmon]

frank J. thomas

a great collection of photographs by frank J. thomas of the los angelas art scene of the 60's . more of frank's work can be found here and here.

[ robert irwin : pat hogan : john coplans , melinda turbel , irving blum ( watching roy lichtenstein sign his billboard ) mel bochner ]

christopher wool

christopher wool is an absolute master of many media but his greatest source of inspiration is likely the black and white photograph roughly printed by a xerox machine. his web site breaks down the various uses of black and white across the media spectrum. more here .

[absent without leave 1993:luhring augustine, new york 2004:los angeles 1997: fuckem 1992 enamel on aluminum]

santiago sierra

jose freire and his team gallery continue their showcasing of black and white imagery - this time with the photos and works of the often extreme santiago sierra who employs the always current iconography of the orgy to touch on some delicate and painful political points. sierra's los penetrados (the penetrated) is a 45-minute film in eight acts that is shown at the gallery along with a couple of related series of photographs. go check them out and say hello to jose! and maybe santiago will be around. more here and here

[ act 5 : act 1 : installation view team gallery ]

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 ]

john currin + horst diekgerde

photographs from the painter john currin and the photographer horst diekgerde's collaboration with the designer peter saville in their production to create an image for the singer jarvis cocker's of pulp for the 1998 album "this is hardcore." more here and here

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]

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 ]