Edwynn Houk Gallery exhibits recent works by Sissi Farassat (Iranian, b. 1969). This is her first solo exhibition in New York. Encountering Farassat¹s works, one quickly sees that hundreds of hours have been spent hand retouching each photograph making it a unique object. Farassat drastical...

15.01.2013[ read full story ]

Nature humaine collects the fragments of memories that remain with Samuel Guigues from the cities he has explored. For Guigues, the city extends out as an observatory of human nature, and its residents are most visible at night. In Nature humaine, Guigues reveals mankind through the al...

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“Snow is a form of precipitation from the Earth’s atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure,...

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At the beginning, the project represented Greenberg’s return to her original muse. As a young girl she was obsessed with drawing, painting, and photographing horses. As Greenberg’s young daughter also picked up an interest in them and began riding, she started thinking about the bit, halter, a...

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Conceived by Matthieu Charon and Rémi Faucheux, RVB BOOKS is an independent publishing house which has devoted itself for the past two years to the production of artists’ books. Attracted to the creative possibilities of the format, RVB BOOKS considers each of its publications ...

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Following the series Sleeping Elevation (2010), Maia Flore now offers viewers another photographic tale, Situations, in which, “a young girl in red travels across seemingly unexplored landscapes. She sets off in search of fleeting encounters with nature and an indescribable feeling of liberty....

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‘Your Last Shot’ is your very last portrait. A serene and fearless portrait that will be taken of you now and that one day will be used to remember you by on your grave. Why would you have someone else choose a picture for you that you would have detached yourself from? Your ‘last por...

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« A YouTube video of a chainsmoking Indonesian toddler inspired me to create this series, "Smoking Kids". The video highlighted the cultural differences between east and west, and questioned notions of smoking being a mainly adult activity. Adult smokers are the societal norm, so I wan...

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As Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the east coast after devastating portions of the Caribbean, a massive water surge made its way toward New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut. As a result of the unprecedented flooding, major parts of these states were left without power.



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“Through staged photographs, Laura Henno composes images that make palpable the extreme tension between her characters and external reality. They are most often set in landscapes made unreal by a masterful control of light, which adds to their fictional dimension. The ...

04.12.2012[ read full story ]