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One of the most prized awards in photography. Usually goes to a young photographer and always a big deal…
Recipients:
Michelle Frankfurter, Takoma Park, MD
Wayne Lawrence, Brooklyn, NY
Joshua Lutz, Katonah, NY
Justin Maxon, Eureka, CA
Jenny Riffle, Seattle, WA
Sasha Rudensky, New Haven, CT
Judges:
Natalie Matutschovsky, Senior Photo Editor, TIME
Andrew Moore, internationally-recognized fine art photographer and instructor
Tim Wride, William & Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art
In the vast Kalahari Dillon Marsh found some epic bird nests in a series he calls: Assimilation
In the vast barren landscapes of the southern Kalahari, Sociable Weaver Birds assume ownership of the telephone poles that cut across their habitat.Their burgeoning nests are at once inertly statuesque and teeming with life. The twigs and grass collected to build these nests combine to give strangely recognizable personalities to the otherwise inanimate poles.
via the web site
In her NY Times review Roberta Smith, missing pretty much everything Turrell’s work is about, stated the exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, “will probably be the bliss-out environmental art hit of the summer.”
What she is also missing in her review is that this is the smallest of 3 Retrospectives and the really great summer exhibitions are in LA and Houston.. See my post
Still there is no doubt this is his largest non permanent work so make sure you reserve a ticket as its gonna be crowded…
Update: I attended the exhibition and was knocked out by the major work that filled the central core of the museum but the rest of exhibition was very small and the final work at the very top of the museum was a complete dud in my opinion. I am not sure it was working correctly that day as it was just a gray rectangle on a wall. No one I was with could get it to pop… All the other works were older and while important to his history are kind of boring in 2013. I really don’t think the Guggenheim did him justice at all by this pick. I don’t think 4 works adds up to any kind of retrospective and certainly not the four they picked. His newer works have all seemed much more interesting, colorful and intense and it is very confusing why this show is so full of ancient work. Something tells me they did not want to spend the money it would take to get newer more complected works installed.
I give it 2 stars for the work upstairs and 5 stars for the atrium piece (which you need to spend at least 15 min with).
via the New York Times
NPR reporter and National Deputy Editor Uri Beriner wades in ankle deep (online) to invest in painting and give us a report about his purchase. The good news is he found something he liked. The bad news is if he was actually going to buy something for an “investment” he should of gone through a local gallery and worked with a pro to find a work of art that might actually be a good investment (or at least by an artist collected by major collectors or museums – preferably both). The perils of online art purchases and not working with a pro…
For more info on how to collect art see my other post
I check in with Price one last time after making my online purchase. Not a bad choice, she says, especially because it’s painted in the style of the impressionists; they’re always popular. But she offers a caveat: “It’s unlikely you’d be able to turn around and sell it tomorrow. This is an emerging artist. This is an artist who is not brand name. That again goes to perhaps there being some difficulty in reselling the work.”
Via NPR
