Events

New York Underground

Photographs by Richard Gardner

The main objective of the artist/photographer Richard Gardner is to translate explicit reality, that which is perceived by the naked eye, into a new personal truth - a reality implicit through the subconscious.

New York City and especially its subway has always been a gritty, blurry tableau. This artist bears witness to urban humanity struggling to avoid eye contact and striving to remain autonomous within a densely populated and unnaturally constricted space. The imagery is inherently grainy and strikingly high-contrast, and the complexity of this theme begs the use of the black and white medium.

Join us for a discussion of the role of the small gallery as a launching pad for emerging artists. Ivy Brown of Ivy Brown Gallery in Manhattan and Stephen Perloff, editor of The Photo Review will lead the event.

Join us on December 6 - 29th for the results of this popular competition. Photographers from the United States submitted over 1000 images for our juror, David Lewis, to pore over. In the end he selected 36 images from 30 artists. We celebrate this event with a blow-out reception on Saturday December 7th from 5 - 7pm. All are welcome.

In her recent work, Vitreous Humor, Lois Youmans returns to photographing dolls. However, the battered antique dolls are now accompanied by medical illustrations from 1916. the illustrations are brightly colored, simple to understand, and unintentionally funny. The pairing of these objects results in strangely whimsical imagery without any pretense of having a deeper meaning.

In Waiting for Godot Feuerstein states, “Abstract Art is the essence and an intrinsic part of all art. A painting or photograph may appear to represent something tangible and 'real,' but the nature of Abstract Art is to go beyond the real to depict an object as a combination of color, texture & form. The spirituality and transcendence of the images are but a fleeting moment in time, an existential experience.”

A colorful, playfully-engaging series of images of shadows of pedestrians, informally assembled on clothesline. Shadow People, hung out to dry.

Lois Youmans: In her recent work, Vitreous Humor, Lois Youmans returns to photographing dolls. However, the battered antique dolls are now accompanied by medical illustrations from 1916. the illustrations are brightly colored, simple to understand, and unintentionally funny. The pairing of these objects results in strangely whimsical imagery without any pretense of having a deeper […]

Bruce Cohen presents intimate portraits of New Yorkers on the streets. Aleta Cortes and the Patchogue Artspace photographers are guest exhibitors this month at fotofoto gallery.