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The Illustrious R. Crumb

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Robert Crumb is an unblinking witness to and graphic critic of the dysfunctional strangeness of the Disunited States. He is peerless in that regard because there’s simply no one like him and no one is as ”far out”. – Robert Storr

Drawing for Print: Mind Fucks, Kultur Klashes, Pulp Fiction & Pulp Fact by the Illustrious R. Crumb

David Zwirner Gallery, New York

March 07th, 2019

Andisheh Avini || Homesick

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From the artist’s solo exhibition in 2019 @ Marianne Boesky Gallery

March 07th, 2019

NORDIC IMPRESSIONS

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CONTEMPORARY ART FROM ÅLAND, DENMARK, FINLAND, GREENLAND, ICELAND, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN

Ólafur Elíasson (b. 1967, Denmark)
The Island Series, 1997
56 framed C-prints

For The Island Series, Eliasson photographed the islands that surround Iceland. Sequenced according to island size, the photographs are reminiscent of the faithful depictions of nature – and its elements of water, sky, light, and colour – by the 19th-century Danish Golden Age painters.

Poul Gernes (b. 1925, Denmark; d. 1996, Sweden)
Untitled, 1965
Enamel on masonite

Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir / Shoplifter (b. 1969, Iceland)
Nervelings I-V, 2018
Synthetic hair and rope

Brooklyn-based artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, who goes by Shoplifter, experiments with artificial hair that she dyes into a rainbow of hypernatural colours and arranges into organic sculptures or massive landscapes.

Outi Pieski (b. 1973, Finland)
Crossing Paths, 2014
Wood and threads

Torbjørn Rødland (b. 1970, Norway)
Golden Tears, 2002
Colour coupler (chromogenic) print mounted on aluminum

Eggert Pétursson (b. 1956, Iceland)
Untitled, 2012-2013
Oil on canvas

Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (b. 1949, Finland)
Self-Portrait, 2015
Charcoal on paper

Tori Wrånes (b. 1978, Norway)
Ancient Baby

PANAM plaque embedded in the walkway
Library Way

One of the 96 bronze plaques on East 41st Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues.

From an exhibition at Scandinavia House on 58 Park Avenue, February through June 2019.

March 5th, 2019

Processions and Frosty Reflections

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A frosty cool day in March @ Lincoln Center, Manhattan West

March 2nd, 2019

Tools of the Trade

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In the foregroundKodak Stereo 1954 – 1959

View-Master Personal Stereo Camera (1952)

In late 1939, the View-Master was introduced at the New York World’s Fair. It was intended as an alternative to the scenic postcard, and was originally sold at photography shops, stationery stores, and scenic-attraction gift shops.

The View-Master Personal stereo camera uses 35mm film to produce 69 stereo pairs from a 36 exposure roll of film.

Rollei 16

The Rollei 16 was the Rolls Royce of 16mm still cameras. Beautifully finished, beautifully engineered, very expensive when new, and arguably the best of their kind – among the best made ”subminiature” ever. Introduced in 1966 and produced until 1972, they arrived at the end of the 16mm sub-mini camera craze that flourished after WWII.

Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera

In 1947, Polaroid introduced its first consumer camera. The Land Camera Model 95 was the first camera to use instant film to quickly produce photographs without developing them in a laboratory.

Exakta Varex VX

The Exakta Varex had an interchangeable waist or eye-level finder. Most controls, including the shutter release and the film wind lever are on the left-hand side. The film is transported in the opposite direction to other 35mm SLRs.

Zeiss Ikon Miroflex

Brownie Bull’s-Eye

The Brownie Bull’s-Eye was a Bakelite Box camera made by Kodak between 1954 & 1960, designed by Arthur H. Crapsey. The body featured an eye-level viewfinder and a large shutter-release button on the front vertical edge, in front of the winding knob.

B&H photo on 9th Avenue

Triangles of Light

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Brooklyn Museum

February 16th, 2019

Frida & I

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And a lot more on display in Brooklyn Museum.

Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving was ongoing, a collection of her clothing, jewelry, and other personal possessions like her corsets and prosthetics (themselves works of art), which were rediscovered and inventoried in 2004 after being locked away since Kahlo’s death, in 1954. Photography was strictly prohibited and all I managed was a couple of sneak pics. But, as is always the case in a museum, a whole world of other treasures is waiting to be discovered, photographed, and shared.

Ceremonial Wine Vessel on a Wheeled Phoenix, early 18th century
China, Qing dynasty