ANDREW HOLLIGAN – DALSTON IN THE 80S

Posted on 2017-03-20

For photographer Andrew Holligan, Dalston in the 80s was a world apart from the New York fashion scene, which until 1984, was where he worked. But when he made the unexpected move there, he found a humanity on the streets of East London that changed him and his art forever.

Shot with a 1950s Rolleiflex, the black and white images accompanied by hand-written notes tell Holligan’s personal story, and also give a glimpse into the lives of numerous other characters he happened to meet during his 2 years spent living in Dalston.

Book 13 from the series ‘East London Photo Stories’

96pp hardcover, quarter-bound, gold foiled, 145 x 205mm

hoxtonminipress.com

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JIM DOW – EAT & DRINK

Posted on 2017-03-20

Using an 8×10” view camera, Dow painstakingly photographs the light, the atmosphere, the colors, of international dining options. The alluring glow of neon beckons. His signature style elevates and ennobles these quirky locales. He has also eaten in most of them, being a connoisseur and fan of barbecue, tacos, ice cream, and all other foods encountered in his travels.

Long exposures allow Dow to illuminate the scene in a way that articulates every detail. This is definitely not the same as an iPhone snap. Dow’s images capture a sense of place, a sense of longing, and a sense of excitement.

Exhibition runs through to April 22nd, 2017

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

janetbordeninc.com

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ERIC CAHAN – RABBITS, RATS & CATS

Posted on 2017-03-20

Cahan visited Havana, Cuba and its nearby villages three times in 2016, spending significant time in El Barrio del Fanguito, where he was witness to Cuba’s social immobility and poverty, as well as to a lifestyle more in harmony with nature and the basic needs of its citizens than that of much of the West.

While in Cuba, Cahan took part in two Ayahuasca ceremonies, which opened his heart and mind to new ways of seeing, and gave him a sense of connection to the people around him, and to their own connection to their land. Rabbits, Rats, and Cats was born out of these experiences. It integrates Cahan’s artistic practices, presenting photography, painting, and a film documenting his alternative vision of Cuban life, where inhabitants are portrayed as hybrid animal-human forms and anthropomorphic extensions of their surroundings.

Using his photographs as a blueprint, Cahan enhanced each image through an alchemic treatment that tessellates the photographic surface, some of which is layered in oil paint, while other sections are reduced to phthalo shimmers, before the picture is finished with a crackle varnish that resembles the scaling in the initial strata. Cahan’s manipulations unmasks the supposed objectivity of the photographic process as the subjective perspective it is, while the arbitrary and often surreal details of the painted imagery acquire a documentary inevitability in conjunction with its photographic base.

Opposite – Fibonacci, 2016

Exhibition runs through to April 15th, 2017

Benrubi Gallery
521 West 26th Street
2nd Floor
New York
NY 10001

www.benrubigallery.com

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ELLEN CAREY – DINGS & SHADOWS

Posted on 2017-03-13

Carey’s new work investigates the very fundamentals of capturing color on paper through light. Creases and folds create a relief map of geometric shapes and ridges and work in combination with photographic color theory to create boldly hued abstract compositions.

Opposite – Caesura, 2016

Exhibition runs from March 18th through to April 22nd, 2017

M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles
California
90069

www.mbart.com

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DUANE HANSON POLAROIDS 1979 – 1994

Posted on 2017-03-13

Duane Hanson, known for his hyperrealist sculptures of everyday people and the down-and-out, used photography as a primary means of developing his vision. With a meticulous eye, Hanson shot a series of Polaroids to sketch out his sculptures, photographing his subjects in subtle gestures looking for the pose that felt most real. He looked for the perfect tweak of the hand or shift of the gaze that would bring him closer to conceiving the end result, a sculpture that was both an unbelievably lifelike person and simultaneously a broader character type. The Polaroids on view here were often pinned to the wall, or spattered with paint, so they are not pristine but scarred by the artist’s hand. These Polaroids, of which there are nearly one thousand in the archive, are treasured historical documents of the artist’s process, showing not only the sitters but also the sculptures in various stages of development. Individually, they are witty, nostalgic time capsules that are both strange and playful, fascinating photographs in their own right.

Opposite – Fancy Dude Cowboy, 1984–88

Exhibition runs through to March 23rd, 2017

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street
New York
NY 10001

aperture.org

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WILLIAM EGGLESTON – LOS ALAMOS

Posted on 2017-03-13

Vivid colour photos of cars, traffic signs and interiors of restaurants: through the eye of William Eggleston’s camera the everyday America is turned into a photogenic subject. The colourful works from the series Los Alamos by the American pioneer grace the rooms of Foam from 17 March. Until the 1970s only black and white photography met the standards of the art world. That was, until Eggleston’s works offered a powerful argument to use colour photography in art, paving the way for future generations to follow. William Eggleston experimented with the practice of dye-transfer processing, a technique that accentuated his characteristic use of colour accents.

Opposite – En Route to New Orleans, 1971–1974

Exhibition runs from March 17th through to June 7th, 2017

Foam
Keizersgracht 609, 1017 DS
Amsterdam

www.foam.org

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