If Bruce Silverstein’s group show avoids exercising the gallerist’s personality in favor of a team of international curators, Michael Mazzeo hides his curatorial influence behind the personalities and preferences of the photographers themselves. Every photographer in “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” is represented by 1-3 images (or, in one case, a sculpture) and […]
Image © Cornell Capa/ICP.
The Independent and ArtInfo are both guilty of either too much sensationalism or too little research when it comes to the upcoming Barbican exhibition of Robert Capa’s war photography. For those who haven’t been following along, some writers have argued that Capa’s “Falling Soldier”–maybe the most famous war photograph of all […]
I like group photography shows for two reasons. As quick visual surveys, they provide leads to a wide variety of artists who may or may not be worth contemplating. They also give you a good sense of a gallery’s direction as a whole: what kinds of photographers, subjects, and stylistic considerations a gallery […]
Conscientious has an excellent summary-plus-opinion post on the unfolding scandal of Jill Greenberg’s flagrant violation of the standards of ethical journalism. I’ve refrained from reviewing Greenberg’s work before, primarily because I’ve felt that anyone with any taste or sophistication can only come away from her shows with one impression: that Greenberg’s work is tacky […]
Nothing New is a monthly featured devoted to photography and other visual artifacts that I feel have not been given the recognition they deserve. That may include underappreciated portions of the body of work of a major photographer, the entire body of work of a relatively unknown photographer, or particular kinds of visual media […]
Summer has been slow, and it’s about to get slower…I’ll be out of contact for about a week and a half beginning today. In the meantime, a couple of interesting photography-related discussions have been surfacing around the web. Ed Burtynsky’s proposal to establish a permanent gallery in the 10,000-Year Clock in Nevada asks […]
In an attempt to expand 291’s scope beyond reviews, interviews, and links dealing with contemporary visual culture, I’m instituting the blog’s first monthly feature: Nothing New. Nothing New will discuss photography and other visual artifacts that I feel have not been given the recognition they deserve. That may include underappreciated portions of the […]
Image via WebUrbanist.
For those who somehow missed it, the Iran missile photo debate. Also, (via Notes…) Errol Morris’s take.
In other foreign visual manipulation news: in Egypt, the news that the news may no longer control the news is top news. That includes visuals and audio.
Art to Go on surveillance. An artist I […]
Since March, 291 has been dedicating posts to each individual stage of the “Click!” exhibition process. Now that the show is actually mounted and hung, I’d love to write an in-depth review of the results. At the moment, however, I’m talking with an editor about covering the show for a print venue, so […]
A man stands in a church, straddling the elaborate miniature landscape of a tiny Nativity scene. He is leaning on a mop with its bottom so lost among figurines that the handle looks like a wooden staff and the man like a tired traveler–the fourth Magus, maybe, or even, when compared to the tiny […]
