Interested in hairs as very functional as well as strange material, Erik Steinbrecher presents with (Frisuerchen) 12 plates with photographic compositions of hairstyles – as worn by mannequins in cheap shop windows, sculptures made by the ar...

14.05.2012[ read full story ]

To have a muse is to appreciate the ebb and flow of energy that exists between the artist and the world. The muse is the one that inspires the creation of something new through the challenging of ideas, feelings, and vibes. The artist is the one that connects to this energy in search of so...

11.05.2012[ read full story ]

Darkroom charts the physical and psychic terrain of photographic printing rooms while conveying their transition from the realm of pure functionality into historical artifact. Indirect portraits of both producer and product, Bartos’ work explores the physical space linking artist to artwork and ...

09.05.2012[ read full story ]

In my work, I am constructing psychological space. My intent is to explore the human psyche and relish the idea that we are all beautifully flawed. These large-scale images (48" x 60") come from the exploration of human behaviors and compulsions. I look for an everyday level to ...

07.05.2012[ read full story ]

Gleaned from thousands of images, this companion set of books offers the best of American print advertising in the age of the “Big Idea.” At the height of American consumerism magazines were flooded with clever campaigns selling everything from girdles to guns. These optimistic...

30.04.2012[ read full story ]

Perhaps nothing is so romantic as what remains after that which was great has long faded away. The Romantic era of the nineteenth century was founded upon this, the idea that emotion is an authentic source of aesthetic experience. And the emotions Romanticism values most are those the remind ...

27.04.2012[ read full story ]

In this series Attrition, I am attracted to learning more about mankind which is always somewhere between grace and harshness and between sacred and the profane. My models no longer really exist. I broke each of them down and recomposed them using body parts from several other models. I used...

30.04.2012[ read full story ]

The last, and nearly all of the books published by Marc Riboud concentrate on the specific themes of his in-depth photography reportages. Beginning with "Les trois bannières de la Chine", published by Laffont Books in 1966, or "Vrouwen van Japan" (1951), "Les Tibétains" with a text by André...

23.04.2012[ read full story ]

Creation is one thing. Communication is another. The two are often conflated, mistaken as one in the same, when discussing art. It seems as though as the audience, we have forgotten our role. We are not the reason for the art, though we would like to think it so.

20.04.2012[ read full story ]

In this time of elections, what do we really know about the diversity of the French? Photography has, on numerous occasions, provided us with the opportunity to see (exhibitions or books) giant and costly frescos of the French countryside, but very little about its inhabitants, their life...

18.04.2012[ read full story ]