Riverside

Izah Gallagher
Riverside, 2009
Photography
© Izah K. Gallagher

I chose these three images because they investigate ideas and images of public art and public space, while incorporating non-traditional color and use of blur.

I'm very excited and honored to be participating in "Spirits of Riverside", a show to support The Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery. It features "artwork inspired by the landscape at Riverside" and will be presented on the second floor of Denver’s oldest brewpub, The Wynkoop Brewing Company, from October 10th through November 15th, 2009.

I'd love it if you all could join us for a reception on October 31st (Halloween) from 5-7pm. The reception is free and open to the public.

http://friendsofriversidecemetery.org/2009/09/18/spirits-of-riverside-at-the-wynkoop-brewing-company/

Nan Goldin
Picnic on the Esplanade,1973


FAMILIAR FEELINGS
ON THE BOSTON GROUP
24 September - 13 December

Curator: Manuel Segade

CGAC
Valle Inclán s/n
15704 Santiago de Compostela
Telephone: 981 546619
Fax: 981 546625
Ground and first floors

http://www.cgac.org

Utopia and Monument I

Dolores Zinny/Juan Maidagan
Curtain Call for Graz, 2009

I'm interested in the ideas raised regarding the role of art, especially in the public sphere. I've always been fascinated in the role of the Public Monument and what it represents.

Now, in the light of the recent announcement by The National Endowment for the Arts ("NEA") to recruit "artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers (sic), marketers, taste-makers, leaders or just plain cool people to join together and work together to promote a more civically (sic) engaged America and celebrate how the arts can be used for a positive change!” this discussion seems especially relevant to me.

Note: As you may be aware, the NEA is our nation's largest provider of funds for the arts and is supported wholly by taxpayer dollars.

Interesting times, no?

Utopia and Monument I
On the validity of art between privatisation and the public sphere
Exhibition for the public space
25/09 - 18/10/2009

Opening: 25/09, 6 pm, exhibition pavilion at Platz der Freiwilligen Schützen, Graz
Curated by Sabine Breitwieser



http://www.steirischerherbst.at

BERLINER LISTE 09: Fred Bred Mixed Media

Fred Bred
Speed Racer (2009)
Mixed media on canvas
130x130 cm
© Fred Bred
Courtesy the artist and Zimmermann & Heitmann

Please to enjoy Fred Bred's fresh take on Speed Racer. Who doesn't appreciate a pop of color? A pop of humor? A pop of truth? Bred has re-imagined an icon of animation in a time that exists both in the past (as indicated by the nostalgic look/feel/color/composition/ text) yet completely in the present (as indicated by the sponsorship/use/appropriation of icon for capital gain). Speed Racer may just represent the ultimate productization of a mass media hero, yes?

BERLINER LISTE 09
Fair for contemporary art
and photography
September 24 - 27, 2009

Palais am Tiergarten,
86 Reichpietschufer, Berlin

http://www.berliner-liste.org

Izah Gallagher
Something Whispered, 2009
Digital Photography
© Izah K. Gallagher

I choose to post these three images; they whispered my name.

Cristof Yvoré:New Paintings

Cristof Yvoré
Untitled, 2008
Oil on canvas
42 ¾ X 54 ½ inches, (108.5 X 138 cm)

I was drawn, once again, to the surface texture, the raw physical property of the medium, in this work. I do not consider this unusual as the physical nature of the work will often call my name. Please to visit this exhibit, if you find yourself in the City of Angels, yes?

Cristof Yvoré
New Paintings
September 12 - October 24, 2009

Artist Reception: September 12th, 6-8pm

Michael Kohn Gallery
8071 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048

http://www.kohngallery.com

Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound]

I have just discovered a new body of black and white work that I am really excited about. For those of you who know my work, I am interested in wrapping and bindings and black and white and historical photography. For those of you don't know me but live in NYC, I hope you'll stop by the gallery and partake.


Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound]
September 17 - December 12, 2009

Americas Society
680 Park Avenue, New York, NY

http://www.americas-society.org