MARTIN PARR – WORLD TOUR

Posted on 2021-01-11

Parr has compiled images from various locales throughout the world, from Paris to Moscow, from Marrakesh to Dubai. Gatherings at horse races, art fairs (they’re remarkably similar,) concerts and ski slopes, provide Parr with extraordinary opportunities for his observations. Parr is a formally sophisticated, humorous, and astute documentary photographer.

Parr’s essential tropes, including a cacophony of colors and a keen appreciation of the absurd, are on view in these photographs. The daylight flash, the dressing up and partying, the coincidental matching of patterns and colors in unlikely places, all commingle in this body of colorful and witty work. In a world limited by pandemic and economic concerns, these photographs are all the more revealing and poignant.

Exhibition runs through to January 30th, 2021

JANET BORDEN INC.
91 Water Street
New York
NY 11201

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SZE TSUNG NICOLÁS LEONG

Posted on 2021-01-11

Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong’s artistic practice focuses, he has previously written, “on how we see, understand, and belong to the world.” His Horizons, begun in 2001, are a series of photographs taken throughout the globe of the line of sight separating ground from sky, and at the same time, on a more cognitive level, they are “an exploration of the horizon as the limit of what we can see and know, that questions the boundaries separating the present from the past, near from far, familiar from foreign.”

Opposite – Indian Ocean, 2007

Exhibition runs through to January 6th, 2021

Shoshana Wayne Gallery
4835 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles
CA 90016

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OMER KAPLAN – POTENTIAL SPACE

Posted on 2021-01-11

Potential Space is a collaborative project to create an intimate and safe space for self-validation and discomfort. I met the women in my photographs in online forums and invited them to my home. I always started with me photographing them. Then, I would ask them to take a self-portrait without me in the room. I would tell them that they were free to change their clothing and pose however they would like. Afterwards, I would ask them to write about their experiences. This way, I let each subject’s voice be heard through collaborative texts and imagery. Inspired by the women and the atmosphere left in the room, I started to photograph myself after they would leave.

Exhibition runs through to February 6th, 2021

Soho Photo Gallery
New York
NY 10013

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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

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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

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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

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