
Deborah Turbeville is an original artist. Her unique personal vision colors her work and whether portrait, landscape, interiors or fashion, her signature is immediately apparent. Her latest book of photographs, Past Imperfect, may be puzzling to those who like their answers on a plate. The pictures breach the fine line between a commercial fashion shoot and a pictorial work of art, for one thing. In the scenarios depicted the female models are cast as players whose role is ambiguous. As well, the photographer has reproduced her original archive in which many of the prints were torn, scratched and superimposed with sticky tape. She and her publisher, Steidl, spent four and a half years on the book, which is an edited compilation of work done between 1974 and 1997. Continue reading »
Il Trabucco di Peschici

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Nei mesi di luglio ed agosto 2008 si terrà , presso il ristorante di Peschici “Al Trabucco da Mimìâ€, una mostra di opere grafiche di Francesco Sessa.
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Francesco Sessa è nato a San Severo nel 1949, ha studiato disegno e pittura con il prof. Luigi Schingo, si è laureato in architettura presso la università di Roma ed ha insegnato Costruzioni presso l’istituto tecnico per geometriâ€Vittorio Emanuele III†di Lucera.Â
Le opere esposte sono stampe su carta Fabriano del formato 50X70 e rappresentano uno dei trabucchi più belli del Gargano.Â
Il “trabucco†è una costruzione in legno, fatta di sottili pali e di snelle travi, fissata a terra da cavi di acciaio che viene usata per la pesca con le reti: i pescatori, al momento del passaggio dei pesci, sollevavano rapidamente e in gran trambusto le reti che avevano calato in mare.
Accanto al trabucco, la famiglia di Mimì, fiero pescatore di 74 anni, vive e continua il lavoro iniziato con la cottura del pesce che veniva pescato al momento e offerto agli occasionali visitatori.Â
Il trabucco, detto “Da Mimìâ€, è stato salvato dall’incendio dell’estate 2007 dalla famiglia del proprietario che ha impedito, rischiando la vita, che le fiamme si propagassero alla costruzione.Â
Attualmente, il ristorante è uno dei luoghi maggiormente visitato dai turisti del Gargano ed offre anche serate jazz, apprezzate nelle serate estive dai clienti più raffinati ed esigenti.Â
Le opere esposte costituiscono un omaggio, che l’autore ha voluto realizzare nei confronti di una delle costruzioni più affascinanti del Gargano.
Il trabucco ha già ispirato artisti famosi, come il pittore istriano Romano Conversano, uno dei primi a scoprire il fascino di Peschici, quando, lontano dalle principali vie di comunicazione, appariva al turista come un paese antico e remoto.
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Ellen von Unwerth’s “Fräulein”
Now one of the world’s most original and successful fashion photographers, Ellen von Unwerth pays homage to the world’s most delectable females in Fräulein. She is to have her latest showcase Fräulein from October 12 to November 15 at London’s Michael Hoppen gallery.This celebration of our era’s sexiest female icons includes Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, Adriana Lima, Carla Bruni, Eva Green, Christina Aguilera, Monica Bellucci and dozens more. Continue reading »
Korin Faught “Echo”

Echo, a solo exhibition of new works by Los Angeles artist Korin Faught, which will be opened on 27 Jun 2009, is the next showstopper hitting Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery. Following her 2008 breakout solo debut ‘Twenty Two‘ at Corey Helford Gallery, Faught continues to evolve her signature works of multiples with the addition of triplet and quadruplet figures. Continue reading »

Richard Kern is going to have his show “Vintage Kern Photos from 1980 – 2009” at RENTAL New York from June 4th to July 5th.
Richard Kern (born: North Carolina, 1954) has lived and worked in New York City since 1979. In the eighties, he produced a series of short films that now are recognized as the central works of the movement now known as the Cinema of Transgression. In the 90’s he turned almost exclusively to still photography of glamour, bondage and fetish models in books such as “New York Girls,” still reflecting his unique sensibility. He has pornographic spreads for Hustler and Hustler’s Leg Show magazines. Continue reading »

The photographer, Wolfram Ruoff works with an abstraction of the 2D picture, with light, depth and the straightness of a technical line used as a citation of form. Thematically, his photographs deal with the interaction of sign-dominated urban spaces and the individuals living within them. Specific post-processing of the photographs shifts the viewer’s focus to emphasize details and a temporal compression of space, causing the past to become the present. Continue reading »

Marie Blanco Hendrickx aka Mijn Schatje is a 25 year old illustrator and graphic designer based in Paris. This half dutch and half spanish girl’s work is pure, poetic and sophisticated. She’s obsessed with beautifully strange wide-eyed dolls. KochxBos Gallery Amsterdam is presenting her recent digital works from March 14 until May 9 in an exhibition entitled Storytelling. Continue reading »
Made in Hollywood

“MADE IN HOLLYWOOD: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation” which is opened at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on July 11th and runs there through October 12, 2008, will be exhibited at Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee from May 8 to September 9, 2009.
Drawn from the rich archive at the John Kobal Foundation in London, this exhibition focuses on the stars, the sets, and the scenes created by the film industry and memorialized by the most important photographers who worked in Hollywood from 1920 to 1960. Featuring more than 90 vintage images, Made in Hollywood offers a glimpse into the world of fantasy, glamour, and perfection that the image makers produced.
How many of the faces could you recognize? Have you ever seen them on the screen? Continue reading »
Charlie Isoe’s solo show

Circleculture Gallery presents “WILL BE HOME LATE – LEAVE THE LIGHT ON” the solo exhibition of work by Charlie Isoe.
Date: February 12th – April 4th, 2009
Open: Tue – Sat 14:00 – 18:00
Place: Circleculture Gallery
Address: Gipsstrasse 11, 10119 Berlin
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