GUIONES SURF PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Clean bottom turn with the canvas of an open face ahead. Infinite possibilities abound for the brush stroke to come, always open to interpretation. Photo provided by Surfing Nosara
WILL ADLER: FOG HORN
Fog Horn | Travers Adler from Mollusk Surf Shop on Vimeo. I stumbled upon this little video by photographer Will Adler and fell in love. Funny, unexpected and unusual, it’s as much a film about failure as it is about success. Enjoy!
TCOLLA: NEW YORK SURF PHOTOGRAPHER
I met Long Island surfer Tommy Colla (who photographs under the name tcolla) a few years ago when he picked me up from a parking lot on Long Island so I could buy a board from him. As we drove a few miles to the closest ATM, we chatted. “I’m a photographer,” he told me. […]
Herbie Fletcher
“I’ve been surfing for so long that my perspective is really steeped in the way surfers see things,” said the artist, whose oil and fiberglass compositions “Backdoor” and “Pipeline” depict what it’s like to be underwater, behind a barreling wave, while another surfer is streaking through a tube above you. “I can look at them […]
MATTHEW BRANNON AT DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY (LOS ANGELES)
If you’re in the LA area this fall, I strongly recommend checking out writer and painter Matthew Brannon’s show at the David Kordansky Gallery (3143 S. La Cienega Blvd. Unit A Los Angeles, CA 90016/ Tel. 310-558-3030 / Tuesday-Saturday 10am–6pm). Read more about his work and the show below: David Kordansky Gallery is very pleased […]
Donavon Frankenreiter at the Tropicana
If you happen to be one of the lucky people in Nosara as the cooler weather descends in other parts of the world, tonight’s your night to experience the Tropicana, the legendary local disco. Singer-songwriter and pro-surfer Donavon Frankenreiter is returning to Nosara after a two year absence and will be performing at 9pm in […]
David Hockney, Bigger Trees Nearer Water
David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition is on view at the de Young Museum from October 26, 2013–January 20, 2014. From the museum: David Hockney: A Bigger Exhibition (October 26, 2013-January 20, 2014) marks the return of the celebrated British artist to California with an exhibition assembled exclusively for the de Young. Expansive in scope and monumental in scale, this […]
TIME’S OCTOBER GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY AROUND THE WORLD
I’m a huge fan of Time’s Lightbox blog! I was excited when I learned that each month they publish an online guide to what’s happening in the photo-sphere around the world. It’s great as a way of getting out to see things “IRL.” Click through to see what’s showing in your neck of the […]
John Divola, As Far As I Could Get (R02F06), 10 Seconds
As Far As I Could Get is the first solo museum presentation of the work of John Divola. The exhibition is a collaborative project led by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, with different components shown simultaneously at SBMA, LACMA, and the Pomona College Museum of Art. LACMA’s presentation includes Polaroid images of sculpted objects, serial […]
TOKYO ROCKABILLY CLUB: A PROJECT BY PHOTOGRAPHER DENNY RENSHAW
When photographer Denny Renshaw decided to travel to Japan as a self-photo assignment, he knew he wanted to shoot street fashion with a focus on “fashion tribes” in Tokyo. Born and raised in Jackson, TN, the birthplace of Rockabilly, Renshaw was naturally attracted to the “Rockers” in Yoyogi park. “They are called many names: […]
Lighter Log
Willis Elkins’ work reminded me of the many beach cleanups I’ve participated in at the Harmony Hotel where we go out to collect debris from Playa Guiones in the late afternoons. The Brooklyn-based artist took an inflatable raft (and later kayak) to travel NYC waterways where the rising and falling tide can both create a […]
Road Tripping
Launching this week, The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project is a series of artist-produced billboards that will unfold along the Interstate 10 Freeway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This cross-country art project will map out the American fantasy of Westward expansionism by moving through and punctuating the narrative of the landscape itself. Initiated by artist […]
TAKASHI HOMMA: NEW WAVES
If you are in NYC this week, stop by Longhouse Projects to see the Takashi Homma show. It has been extended through October 31st. The exhibit, called New Waves 2000-2013, is a study of (and meditation on) waves from around the world. If you aren’t in New York, you can purchase the catalog here. […]
Anne Truitt, Remembered Sea
Here’s a favorite work from an excellent show of Anne Truitt’s sculptures, paintings, and drawings from the 1970s, many of which are exhibited for the first time in nearly forty years. The show is on view at Matthew Marks until October 26, 2013. From the gallery: Six wood sculptures covered in bands of rich color are on view. […]
PARI DUKOVIC: IMAGES FROM SANDY
From NY Magazine’s Intel blog: It’s been almost exactly a year since Hurricane Sandy hit New York and New Jersey, leaving its path scarred. In the days that followed — as the long, still-unfinished rebuilding process began — this magazine worked tirelessly to document both the devastation and the communities that instantly sprung up to provide hope […]
Maureen Gallace at Overduin and Kite
From the show’s press release: “Gallace’s intimate paintings are based on photographs taken by the artist in her native New England. Gallace achieves an unsettling balance between the personal and the nondescript in her images. The settings depicted are familiar representations of tranquil New England homes and landscapes, but upon closer examination the focus shifts from […]
James Welling, Olson House Window
The Olson House, a National Historic Landmark, is owned and operated by the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. See more of Welling’s current show at Maureen Paley Gallery in London here.
NYFF 2013: Convergence
Today marks the opening of the 51st New York Film Festival, brought to us by the Film Society at Lincoln Center. Apart from the incredible and diverse talent throughout the next few weeks of screenings, this weekend also marks the opening of Convergence, a two day program devoted to the most exciting immersive storytelling projects being […]
DUMBO Arts Festival
The annual DUMBO Arts Festival kicks off tomorrow where you can see the piece above entitled, “Who’s Chelsea Manning?”. The work by artist Kyle Goen created 1,600 transparent colored flags, in reference to the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue White House address, to make up the installation. “The piece will appear, from afar, as a mammoth pixelated […]
Matt Connors, Inflected Baffle (Green)
Matt Connors’s show at Karma‘s knock-out space on Great Jones Street is on view until October 5.
Chris Kraus’ Film Gravity & Grace To Screen in NYC
Fitzroy Gallery screen Gravity and Grace, with an introduction by Jim Fletcher on Wednesday, September 25 at 7pm. Gravity and Grace are two college students in New Zealand turning tricks with wealthy tourists for titillation and profit. When the pair meet a group of average-yet-slightly-pathetic suburbanites joined in an apocalyptic cult, Gravity remains skeptical, […]
The Forest for the Trees
Check out this online gallery with beautiful images of trees, some of which will appear in a gallery show in London at the end of this month entitled, ‘Forest’. The project “to collect and curate woodland photography from around the world,” is a collaboration between submit photos with a forest theme to be considered for […]
STATION TO STATION: A COLLABORATIVE ARTS PROJECT BY DOUG AITKEN
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a train full of artists and installations traveling across the country: Organized by artist Doug Aitken, Station to Station connects leading figures and underground creators from the worlds of art, music, food, literature, and film for a series of cultural interventions and site-specific happenings. The train, designed as a […]
