JEANINE MICHNA-BALES – STANDING TOGETHER

Posted on 2021-08-30

As in her previous project, following the undocumented Underground Railroad, Jeanine has recently followed the journey of one American Suffragist, Inez Milholland, on her October 1916 campaign across America to promote Women’s right to vote.

With the artist’s new series, Standing Together, we find the subject very relevant to this era of controversy about validating the 2020 Presidential election and the passing of restrictive voting laws.

Exhibition runs through to November 13th, 2021

PDNB
154 Glass St. #104
Dallas
TX 75207

www.pdnbgallery.com

  

NEIL WINOKUR – PRODUCE

Posted on 2021-08-30

Winokur, who is known for his deadpan studies of objects, humans, and dogs, has turned his attention to fruits and vegetables. Begun during quarantine, these are luscious portraits of humble forms. Although free of irony, the images evince a playfulness as well. They are seductive without being sentimental, illustrative not metaphorical.

Each print bursts with hyper-saturated color. Fennel fronds are gently articulated against an acid-yellow background; a simple garlic clove discloses a variety of purple shades. While the objects chosen are of an elementary nature, their visual impact is complex. Winokur’s signature style of isolating objects against vibrant colors, elevates these mundane items to celebrity status.

Exhibition runs through to October 20th, 2021

Janet Borden, Inc.
91 Water Street
New York
NY 11201

janetbordeninc.com

  

ANNA BJERGER – DRIFTERS

Posted on 2021-08-30

Anna Bjerger finds her motifs via a vast image archive. While the motifs can appear clear-cut and mundane, Bjerger highlights elements through the painting process that lift the motif out of its prosaic context. In her search for motifs, it is Bjerger’s subjective experience and the act of seeing that comes into play.

Bjerger explains: “I try to bring forth the subjective, and at times confusing, act of seeing by taking a photograph and transmogrifying it through the act of painting. I have to believe in the picture for it to work as a painting and for it to be credible for everyone who looks at it. Of course, this is also subjective, and I don’t think of it in relation to realism, but rather how a gut feeling can be conveyed through the painting.”

Opposite – Kayak, 2021

Exhibition runs through to October 2nd, 2021

Galleri Bo Bjerggaard
Flæsketorvet 85 A
DK-1711 Copenhagen
Denmark

bjerggaard.com

  

MIRCEA SUCIU – BLEEDING HEART

Posted on 2021-08-30

The exhibition takes its title from the derogatory (political) term for a person considered to be excessively soft-hearted or liberal. Before surfacing in conservative rhetoric as a term of disparagement for more liberal politicians, the term was used in religious writings and iconography in reference to the heart of Jesus Christ and was found in literature to describe sincere emotional outpourings. As an artist, Mircea Suciu is deeply fascinated by humankind and its actions. Through his art, he seeks to understand the world around him and to process it until he reaches a conclusive result.
The human condition is the main focus of his work. Suciu is intrigued by the tragedies human beings inflict upon each other but also by humankind’s frailty as well as its ability to constantly adapt and evolve. Through his work he refers to and reflects upon the histories of violence, oppression and abuse of power which he connects with the current state of humankind. His images are meant to push the viewer to meditate upon history in order to arrive at a feeling of compassion with the depicted subject.

Opposite – America (after Velázquez) (4), 2021

Exhibition runs through to October 23rd, 2021

Zeno X Gallery
Godtsstraat 15
2140 Antwerp
Belgium

www.zeno-x.com

  

LEA LUND & ERIK K – NOMADS

Posted on 2021-08-30

Lea Lund & Erik K’s photographic collaboration is a story about love, a photographer finding her muse and a subject claiming his identity. Lea, born and raised in Switzerland, and Erik, born and raised in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), met ten years ago on a street in Lausanne and have been together since. Their photographs explore their relationship, the history of Zaire, and the effects of colonization on Erik and his identity. In 1971, years after Joseph Désiré Mobutu overthrew the government and took control, he banned women from wearing pants and men from wearing suits and ties, forcing all men to wear a Mao collar jacket. Today, Erik makes his own hats, dresses, ties, and other clothing, proudly defying the ban that was forced upon him. Together, Lea and Erik create images that place Erik in settings that challenge the norms in which black men are often seen: Instead of the chauffeur, he owns the car; instead of working the land, he surveys his property; instead of shining shoes, he is the shoe-wearing customer.

Opposite – Erik, Kingston, Brooklyn, NY, October , 2014

Exhibition runs through to December 4th, 2021

Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago
IL 60622

www.edelmangallery.com

  

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING

Posted on 2021-08-30

Seeking shelter from a storm, a family find themselves trapped for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls in this wildly fun house-of-horrors thrill ride.

In theatres and VOD September 3rd, 2021

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