Expo 1: New York, Rockaway Call for Ideas
Via MoMA PS1: In an effort to foster the creative debate on urban recovery after Hurricane Sandy, MoMA PS1 and MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design are calling out for ideas to create a sustainable waterfront. Artists, architects, designers, and others are welcome to present ideas for alternative housing models, creation of social spaces, urban […]
Upstream Color
Following up on Kathleen’s post, and since I am currently in Austin taking in as many films as possible during the SXSW Film Festival, I’d like to highlight one film in particular, a remnant from Sundance in January but with enough staying power that the talk about the film has continued into March. In fact, […]
Within Sight: A Photo Show and Auction to Benefit Sandy Victims
If you are free this Thursday (and happen to find yourself in the New York area) check out this group photo show at Picture Farm Gallery in Williamsburg (388 Wythe Ave). The group photography show was curated by professional surfer and filmmaker Mikey DeTemple and showcases prints from several of the most dynamic surf […]
SXSW Film Festival Kicks Off in Austin
Every March, thousands of filmmakers, fans, and industry representatives gather in Austin for the South By Southwest Film Festival, where over 100 feature films screen over the course of nine days. Boasting one of the best festival programs in the country, South By Southwest consistently accepts films from both emerging and established artists. For the […]
Basquiat at Gagosian
Very few art openings could inspire what the Wall Street Journal referred to as a mob scene on a cold February evening in Chelesea, New York. And yet, three weeks later, people cannot stop talking about the Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective at Gagosian Gallery. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Basquiat showed a prococious talent for drawing at […]
New York Screening: Nathan Oldenfield’s The Heart and The Sea
If you’re going to be in the New York area on March 16th, stop by this screening of Nathan Oldenfield’s The Heart and the Sea. For those of you who haven’t seen his last film, Seaworthy, take the time to. It not only features some great surfing, but it’s one of the most heartfelt […]
David Lynch and Transcendental Meditation
A thoroughly enjoyable piece by Claire Hoffman about what David Lynch has been up to recently: Lynch, 67, has the plain-spoken demeanor of an old cowboy actor, a posture that masks a lifelong fear of public speaking. When his quietness got uncomfortable, Kaplan announced the start of a short meditation. For 10 minutes, the soundproofed […]
Issue 2, WAX Magazine
Given the cold and windy weeks we’ve already had this year, it’s easy to associate serious surfing with the west coast. How excited were we to come across WAX, a magazine devoted to the “intersection of art, culture and surfing in and around New York City?” One of Harmony’s bloggers, Aerial is a WAX cofounder and […]
John Bailly tonight at ClampArt
John Bailly, talented painter and friend of the Harmony, has his first NYC show tonight. Come out to see his mixed media works in the “Place of Mind” series, a collaboration with critically acclaimed Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (whom President Barack Obama recently named inaugural poet). Artist’s reception TONIGHT: ClampArt 531 W 25th St New York, […]
Ed Ruscha at NYPL, March 6
Ed Ruscha’s work has profoundly influenced countless modern artists, but his artist books – such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, and A Few Palm Trees – offer a unique opportunity to trace that influence directly to the near and far corners of the modern […]
Anonymous Press
Operating under the notion that anyone can publish their own work today, Anonymous Press allows the user to simply type in a title for a book, and allow Google Images to do the rest. The site runs a search on the title, and puts the resulting images into a layout, resulting in a tiny little […]
Doggerland: Blink And You Might Just Miss It
Doggerland is the name given to a once-significant landmass now lost in the North Sea Basin. It connected the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe during and after the last Ice Age, and was gradually inundated by rising sea levels between 18000 and 5500 BC. Integral to this piece is the idea of “blink […]
Michael Gaillard (Harmony Artist-In-Residence)
Glimpses of Costa Rica, as seen through the lens of my 8×10 camera (please click on a thumbnail to load the slideshow)…
“m b v”
The iconic noise-pop band My Bloody Valentine released a new album on their website this month. Kitty Empire observes in The Guardian: There’s a trademark unsteadiness to all of the Valentines’ music, often transcendental, sometimes actually sickening, from their breakthrough EPs to their 1988 debut Isn’t Anything, via their last blast, 1991’s Loveless, to this nine-track reiteration-cum-rejuvenation […]
Herbie Fletcher at The Hole
Venerable downtown art gallery The Hole is playing host to six new works from surf legend turned artist, Herbie Fletcher. Titled “Wrecktangles,” the pieces are large-scale constructions made from actual surfboards that were destroyed in the waves. Cut-up, broken and warped by crashes, the pieces come together and form a whole that reveals not just […]
Gravity and Grace
Don’t miss the first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the globally renowned contemporary artist El Anatsui. This show features over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures. Anatsui converts found materials into a new type of media that lies between sculpture and painting, combining aesthetic traditions […]
Documentaries in the Wake of Sandy
From the NYT: But while the footage that Mr. O’Keefe and others collected during Sandy and its aftermath will probably be making its way into movies for years, festival directors from Austin to Toronto, from TriBeCa to San Francisco are already getting completed Sandy films, less than three months after the fact. Advances like digital […]
Building the Perfect Serpent
Romuald Hazoumè, one of Africa’s leading visual artists, will be installing Rainbow Serpent, a 12 -foot arc constructed of recycled jerry cans, at the Newark Museum on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 10 am-3 pm. The sculpture is part of the upcoming African Cosmos: Stellar Arts exhibition, which opens at the Museum on Feb. 27.
Michael Gaillard (Harmony Artist-In-Residence)
Here are some images from the rodeo/fiesta in the town of Nosara, a few kilometers inland from Playa Guiones where the hotel is located. This is a five-night event, and the entire local population, children and adults alike, Ticos (locals), ex-pats, and tourists, all look forward to the event with great anticipation. I decided to […]
Berenice Abbott’s Wave Patterns
From Photograph magazine: To explain wave phenomenon, Abbott adapted photogram techniques she had learned as Man Ray’s assistant in the 1920s. Combining a glass-bottomed ripple tank with an overhead flash, she projected shadows of oscillating waves onto unexposed photographic paper. The strong graphic black-and-white lines in Wave Pattern with Glass Plate lucidly reveal how energy pulses through water.
East Coast Surf-Inspired Brands
The temperatures have turned frigid here on the East coast and that means a lot of people (including me) are planning their winter getaways. Here are a few East Coast brands, recommended via Foam Magazine, to help get you inspired. I will say that my Salt bag is my favorite for overnight trips and that […]
Howard Greenberg Collection in Paris
New York gallery owner Howard Greenberg has made his remarkable private photography collection available to the public at the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation, in Paris. In the 60’s Greenberg began collecting photographs by the thousands. Late in the 70’s he established the non-profit about his fascinating background and story on their photography blog, LENS.
Warhol’s San Diego Surf at MoMA
As previously reported on the Harmony Blog, MoMA is screening Warhol’s San Diego Surf…this week! From January 23–28, 2013. Andy Warhol’s San Diego Surf concerns an unhappily married couple (Taylor Mead and Viva), new parents who rent their beach house to a group of surfers. Filmed with two 16mm cameras by Warhol and Paul Morrissey in May 1968, this […]
Gary Beydler, 20 Minutes in April
As a device, the mirror beckons a panoply of critical formulations. A mirror can be seen as the symbol of vanity (the Narcissus myth), the site of the ego’s formation (Jacques Lacan’s mirror stage), or the mind of the perfect man (Chuang Tzu), to name just a few famous metaphors. But none of these feels […]
