©Karen Knorr The Grand Monkey Room (2) Lamda Fuji Archival Print Large122 x 152cm, Small 70 x 90cm Edition of 5, 2 AP (of each set)

*photographs by Jehad Nga, from the series Darfur/Chad
*photographs by Jehad Nga, from the series My Shadow My Opponent

Harold Arts Residency Auction

The Harold Arts Auction Is Officially Open! The auction will run from April 24 to May 1.

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Proceeds go to Harold Arts in order to support our annual summer residency program.
The auction will culminate with an event at Heaven Gallery on May 2 at 6pm. The auction closes at 9pm. Online bidders will be given the option to request a proxy bidder for the final hours of the auction.

Original Artwork by:
Kelly Allen, Caitlin Arnold, Justine Ashbee, Lucas Blair, Jesse Brown, Ed Corle, Scott Cowan, Stephen Eichhorn, Eric Fleischauer, Gabriel Garcia, Aron Gent, Jon Gitelson, Regan Golden, Allison Grant, Michael Hunter, Katy Keefe, Chad Kouri, Jason Lazarus, Jeremy Lundquist, Todd Mattei, Mollie McKinley, Nadine Nakanishi, Brion Nuda Rosch, Rebecca Shoenecker, Montgomery Perry Smith, Greg Stimac, Frank Van Duerm. Other Donations from: LuLu Jewelry, MCA Chicago, Vosges Haut-Chocolate

Dear Betty Davis,

I have so many questions to ask you. So much funk, so little time.

Wow, I am ridiculously happy right now. Thanks Monday morning coffee and mom hugs.

Kris Graves Project opened up a few months ago in the 111 Front building in DUMBO, Brooklyn (across the hall from moi) This is a solid gallery, run by two solid directors. Check out their latest show by Peter Baker, featured above. Running through May 10, 2009.

*photograph by Peter Baker, from the series My Lost City
*photograph by Peter Baker, from the series My Lost City

Been loving this work since I first spotted it with my girl Kristin at Rhona Hoffman in Chicago. Her work is mad beautiful, and something I could stare at for hours on end. Something about the pretty ladies and rhinestone that has me hooked.

* Mickalene Thomas, Portrait of Lovely Six Foota 2, 2007, Rhinestone, Acrylic, & Enamel on Panel

This reminds my of a friend of mine... and it terrifies me.

*Image by Lyndon Wade, from the series, The Birds

wishing for warmth

* Photograph by Pablo Lopez, Cabo de la Vela 1, Columbia 2006
* Photograph by Pablo Lopez, Miso Ha 1, Chiapas, 2007

*photograph by Doug Dubois, from the series, Avella.
*photograph by Doug Dubois, from the series, Avella.

Home...

California was sunny, and despite a major 'tectonic split' on Cesar Chavez, I really enjoyed myself.

*Fig. 11. "5529 W. Sunset Blvd." From Ed Ruscha's A Few Palm Trees (1971). Courtesy of Ed Ruscha/Gagosian Gallery.

Four nights in a row, four dreams about Mos Def. Life is good.

Leon and Lazlo strikes again with the ultimate Ladybird gift.

On the road again...

*photograph by Dorthea Lang, Toward Los Angeles, California, 1936

I love photo studio portraits. These photographs are taken in Accra with hand painted backdrops.

*photograph by Philip Kwame Apagya, Kaaba Style Shama, 1996
*photograph by Philip Kwame Apagya, No Title

Hello, I love you

*Tomoko Yoneda MUD BATH, Hadjduszoboszlo, Hungary, 2005

*photograph by Benedikt Partenheimer, Pulga, Mexico City. 2006
*photograph by Benedikt Partenheimer, Felix Riebl, Berlin, 2007

*photography by christopher starbody

*photograph by Edith Maybin, from the series, The Conversation Document, 2008
*photograph by Edith Maybin, from the series, The Conversation Document, 2008

I have the sweetest friends. Leon and Lazlo found this book for me. It is perfect in so many ways. Thanks for looking out lady.

a weekend with home cooking and long walking....

The sun is shinning, the air is cold, and the magnolia trees have bloomed. Days like this, I have to get nostalgic.

*Blackstar, Definition

*photograph by Kyoko Hamada, from the series, Hello Lovely Walls
*photograph by Kyoko Hamada
Bill Charles Represents

I had the fortune of bumping into this photographer in Swaziland. Her work is moving, and she is an incredible woman with a lot to share. Swaziland has the highest percentage of women with HIV in the world. With 26% of the population infected (population a little over a million), Krisanne addresses the issue through young woman.

*photograph by Krisanne Johnson, from the series I love you real fast.
*photograph by Krisanne Johnson, from the series I love you real fast.

Love this guy. His daughter has been posing for him since she was small. The collaboration is amazing. I get a real sense of their relationship through these recreations, or adaptations of early dutch paintings. I prefer his older work, when Paula, his daughter, is younger. Her age reveals her innocence and importance in ways that the newer photographs can not.

*photograph by Hendrik Kerstens, Lampshade
*photograph by Hendrik Kerstens, Sunburn