THOMAS KLOTZ – I’LL NEVER BE YOUNG AGAIN

Posted on 2021-01-04

In this new series, Thomas Klotz addresses the theme of adolescence and the anxieties that come with it, by referencing his twelve-year-old daughter. Devoid of narrative dimension, this implicit portrait takes shape through anonymous images, “punctuation exercises,” where walls, volumes, materials, voids and shadows are all surfaces of projection, silent commentary. Heavily influenced by Lewis Baltz, Thomas Klotz directs his attention to the everyday, the trivial, where the shot resembles a micro-input of something that, in the photographer’s eye, takes on an intriguing and singular thickness. In addition, through his framing, Thomas Klotz turns away from what naturally draws the eye while suggesting presence by way of hints that attest to a life captured candidly toward a tipping point.

Opposite – Sans titre, 2020

Exhibition runs through to February 6th, 2021

Galerie Nathalie Obadia
3 rue du Cloître Saint-Merri
75004 Paris
France

www.nathalieobadia.com

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IT WAS ALL A DREAM

Posted on 2021-01-04

Artists viewing the real world through an abstract lens.
With work by: Berenice Abbott, Nadav Kander, Jungjin Lee, Saul Leiter, Ray K. Metzker, and Bruno V. Roels.

Opposite – Saul Leiter, Snow Scene, 1960

Exhibition runs through to January 21st, 2021

Howard Greenberg gallery
41 East 57th Street
New York
NY 10022

www.howardgreenberg.com

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TONY VACCARO AT 98

Posted on 2021-01-04

At the age of 21, Tony was drafted into WWII and for the next 272 days he photographed his personal witness to the brutality of war. Tony’s transition from war and its aftermath was a deliberate one. As an antidote to man’s inhumanity, Tony focused his lens on those who gave of themselves: artists, writers, movie stars, and the beauty of fashion

By focusing on the splendor of life Tony replaced the images of horror imbedded in his eyes. This exhibition illustrates his will to live and to advance the power of beauty in this life. Tony is one of the few people alive who can claim to have survived the Battle of Normandy and COVID-19. On December 20, Tony Vaccaro celebrates his 98th birthday, an inspiration to us all.

Opposite – Givenchy by the Pool, South of Paris, France, 1961

Exhibition runs through to January 17th, 2021

Monroe gallery
112 Don Gaspar,
Santa Fe
NM 87501

www.nathalieobadia.com

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CAJUN DOCUMENT: ACADIANA, 1973-74

Posted on 2020-12-28

In 1973 and ’74, two Chicago photographers spent more than six months documenting the southern Louisiana region known as Acadiana, as well as its coastal outposts to the east. The exhibition Cajun Document: Acadiana 1973–74, featuring images by Douglas Baz and Charles H. Traub never before gathered as a comprehensive exhibition, visits Louisiana towns from Welsh to Erath, Mamou to Golden Meadow, capturing everyday life in living rooms and dance halls, on fishing boats, and at rural Mardi Gras festivities, as well as a sweeping view of the region’s industries and geography. The scenes Baz and Traub preserved comprise a relic of a time and place integral to the Louisiana story.

Opposite – Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, Breaux Bridge; 1974

Exhibition runs through to January 17th, 2021

Historic New Orleans Collection
410 Chartres St
New Orleans
LA 70130

www.hnoc.org

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GARY BEEBER – SYLVESTER MANOR

Posted on 2020-12-28

When living in Sag Harbor, NY one of my great pleasures was taking the 10 minute ferry trip to Shelter Island (whose sleepy beauty starkly contrasts with the glitz and glamor of the Hamptons) and exploring/documenting Sylvester Manor. The island was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples, but was officially established as a slave holding provisioning plantation in 1652 by Nathaniel Sylvester, a sugar merchant from Barbados, who purchased the entire island for 1600 pounds of sugar.

Sylvester Manor has been in the Sylvester family for 11 generations. Descendants of Nathaniel Sylvester used slaves to work the plantation until early in the 19th century when slavery was abolished in the north. Sylvester Manor is almost 368 years old. What will this historic property be like in 50 or 100 years?

Opposite – Fallen tree

Exhibition runs through to January 12th, 2021

Griffin Museum of Photography
67 Shore Road
Winchester
MA 01890

griffinmuseum.org

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OUR OCEAN’S EDGE

Posted on 2020-12-28

Jasmine Swope’s black-and-white photography deftly captures the beautiful, otherworldly essence of California’s marine parks and our 1,100 mile long coastline.

California made history with the creation of the nation’s first statewide system of ocean parks, a network of 124 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) stretching from Oregon to the Mexico border. Like national parks on land, MPAs are magnificent in beauty and wildness while providing protection for wildlife, solutions to climate change, and recreational resources for all.

Opposite – Jasmine Swope, El Matador State Beach, Point Dume State Marine Conservaation Area, Los Angeles County

Exhibition runs through to January 10th, 2021

Taubman Museum of Art
110 Salem Ave SE
Roanoke, VA

lagunaartmuseum.org

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