All Things Art & Photography
In the commercial world of portrait, still life and fashion photography everything starts with Irving Penn. There is not one photographer of note up until the 1990’s you could name whom he has not influenced. Photographers based entire careers making pictures informed by Penn’s incredible photographs (that are just as good today as ever). This survey of his work is installed beautifully and all the hits are here to feast your eyes on.
Via pacemacgill.com
Exhibition New York: Sebastiaan Bremer at Edwynn Houk Gallery
September 12 – November 2, 2013
Opening reception: Thursday, 12 September,
Sebastiaan Bremer is showing a really amazing group of hand painted photographs in his current exhibition at Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York. Unlike most who simple hand color their photos Sebastiaan adds another layer of meaning with his meticulous handling of paint and line to obscured snapshots. This is a really beautiful exhibition and not to be missed.
Thomas Brummett: Video Interview at Schmidt Dean Gallery where he talks about his photographs of the Infinite from his new series The Infinities.
The folks at mutualart.com have put together a good list of 12 Must-See Art Documentaries. I would add Watermark to it as well.
The Andy Warhol Foundation is unloading all of his work at a time when his prices are sky high. There are many issue here regarding the true value of his art work which this article explores.
