Lady Birds: December 2009

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

SNOW GLOBE

An exhibition curated by Johalla Projects and guest curator Christopher Starbody

I will be in Chicago for this, so come hang out with me and check out Johalla Projects.

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 7-10 pm

Beer provided by Grolsch, Supporter of the Arts

Exhibition runs from December 19-27

Gallery hours are Saturday 1-5 pm and by appointment during the week

Monday, December 14, 2009

In September this year over five days, Platon, the New Yorker staff photographer got many of the world’s leaders to sit for him while they were here for a meeting of the United Nations. You can check out all the portraits on the New Yorker’s website. Each photograph come with audio commentary by Platon.

I remember first seeing Leslie Hewitt's work at the 2008 Whitney Biennial (instillation shot above.) I honestly can't remember my first reaction when seeing this work, but it was the only work in the Biennial I came back to see again. There is something incredibly chalenging about Make it Plain that had me coming back to revisit the intillation.

Riffs on Real time, featured above can be seen at the New Photography 2009 exhibition at MOMA.

Hewitt studied at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the Yale University School of Art, and at New York University, where she was a Clark Fellow in the Africana and Visual Culture Studies program.

© Leslie Hewitt, from Riffs on Real Time

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere is a Nigerian born photographer who first started making pictures in 1950. In 1967 he joined the Nigeriean Arts Council and documented Nigerian cultural heritage. He has an opening this Thursday 12/17/09 at L. Parker Stephenson Photographs on Madison Ave. & 66th St.

Malick Sidibé's work will also be featured Thursday night at L. Parker Stephenso n Photographs. Sidibé documented the postcolonial youth in Mali during the late 60's. He would attend all of the happening events around Bamako, the capitol, and print into the night, a selection of images that clients would then come in the morning and pick out their favorites. Very similar to modern day photographs taken before you enter popular tourists destinations such as the empire state building, sears tower, or a holiday cruise.

Sidibé is, hands down, my favorite photographer.