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Affordable Art Fair NYC, 9/30 to 10/3/2010

October 2, 2010

this week we, mary and i attended the affordable art fair at 7 west 34th street, first annual fall fair.

AAF

the affordable art fair has been a staple of spring time art going that Will Ramsey  expanded  to twice a year here. you don’t need to be an art expert to enjoy see and collecting art you. which was Will Ramsey’s idea when he first launched AAF in london in 1999. now eleven years later AAf has become an outstanding global contemporary art fair with events taking place in Amsterdam, Bristol, Brussels, London, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Singapore and Sydney.

this event has workshops in collecting art, framing your collection and open artist studios courtesy of Jen Bekman Project, as well as a kids ‘walk in’ workshops. this is a family adventure, see the web site for schedules

aisle a

with 70 worldwide galleries participating this month one has an eyeful of world tastes and artist, from painters, sculptors, collagest, photographers and installations; one is treated to a wide variety of eye candy. there is even a kiddie corner

kiddie corner

where one can see budding artist. hey why not bring your own budding Michelangelo along for fun. there is something for everyone crammed in the aisles A through F.

aisle f

the fair opened on wed with a private invitation gathering of VIP,friends, families, lots of strollers and kids writing on the walls more than enough to keep ones eyes open. i returned on  friday morning as the fair opened to take some pictures and talk to gallery owners. due to time limitations i didn’t have a chance to speak with everyone nor make notes. these pictures are only a small smattering of what i saw.

first i started with the art installations, take a left coming off the elevators head down the hallway towards the cafe just before the entrance is Jennifer Murray’s The Love Story, 2010 by Raandesk Gallery is comprised of a found wooden ship, a sculptured pierced clay tuna and hanging sculpted clay tear drops. love story begins with the capture of the ‘big one’ ending with symbolically with regret and sadness that couples with the barbaric actions of completing such a capture.

the love story

next is Kamol Akhunov’s vivid Earth Leak installation, courtesy of Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, about the rising dependency on fossil fuel and the consequences of that caustic addiction. tangled, dissonant and spontaneously structured pipes represent the uncontrollable need and unquenchable proclivities towards this natural resource. the earth which is hanging powerlessly drenched with oil represents the current quandary we humans face. this non-escapist idea that we are all connected, linked and splattered by this oil greed and addiction is our desolation and destruction and choice.

earth leak with artist

between these two installations are John LaMacchia’s Canned Laughter sound installation, courtesy of Galeria Bickar,  no pictures as i’ve yet to successfully capture it on film, opps pixels. these sound tracks from Tv producers provide a guide as to when we should laugh. the artist explores the artificial cue as content and response.

next along the wall are Jen Blazina’s Bittersweet, cast rubber lockets, courtesy of Divergence Fine Art. this installation of 1100 amber rubber lockets, which hold images represent relationships between people taken from anonymous family photographs. Most of these people are unknown and lost to a family narrative history. the power of representation creates an intimate moment for the viewer as they approach each piece and engage the idea of holding someones image.

Bittersweet

then we begin with booth 001 where i met two brothers from Barcelona, Spain representing Crisolart Gallery and we talked about that lovely city where i’ve always wanted to go since reading ernest hemingway’s novels about spain.

crisolart gallery

next door is the Hamburg Kennedy Photographs from nyc, something i can get my teeth into.  a lovely blue photoshop composition on the wall caught my eye.

Hamburg Kennedy Photographs

so in no particular order because i am not sure where everything is –  i just show what caught my eye. this Le Siants Gallery from Barcelona paintings stood out and attracted me

Le Siants Gallery

until i saw this. i didn’t have a chance to talk to the gallery owner here, one of those missed opportunities i would liked to have over again.

Woman in Red

And then these paper sculptures from Bulgaria at Latoart gallery

Latoart Gallery

to these unglazed porcelain wall and free standing organic pieces from the Russell/Projects of Richmond Va.

Russell Projects

to Cube Gallery 3D wall boxes which really needs to be seen in person to appreciate – as do all of these art pieces.

Cube Gallery

here are our old friends busy at work in the Emmanuel Fremin Gallery with an art patron in the background.

Emmanuel Fremin Gallery

some very inventive art, photography and sculptures are on display for the rest of this weekend, including these French galleries.  these two from the LM gallery, Paris, France the first from a photographer while the second from a collagest.

Arno Iam

Regis Guerin

and wandering around i discovered these two artist at Envie D”Art also from France

Manolo Chretien @ Envie D'Art

Artist Manolo Chretien ‘ NY Citillusions’ printed on brushed aluminium while Edouard Buzon below works on wood with layers of polyurethane, sanded and polished

Edouard Buzon @ Envie D'Art

last but not least we visited that far away land, home of the long gone dodgers, Brooklyn to the RHV fine art where i talked to henry chung about his computer punch tape pieces, who now has to learn to use a new material as punch tape is discontinued.

rhv fine art

this is just a small sampling of what’s available and with packages of bubble wrapped objects flying in and out of door ways one never knows what creations one will see. you can actually walk out the door with your purchase or have it delivered to your home. now how’s that for service?

i do have a suggestion for galleries doing these type of shows. it’s very helpful if they brought along with then  gallery bio’s along with the artist bio’s. to say it’s on our web site is fine but writing from notes is still the way i work. i didn’t write about the galleries who didn’t have handouts, maybe i wasn’t important enough but i did have clean clothers and took a shower before leaving the house.

well these are my wanderings for this weekend hope you enjoy this beautiful day.

jene

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The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award….. nomination…. woo pee……

September 28, 2010

late last night  i received this email, i was tired been working all day on the ‘rainy monday morning’ post and it was amongst all the other emails that fill my inbox.  i always like to see if there are links to others work, i am very confused by what work is selected by whom, it’s all a crap shoot and so many contest i enter i never hear from. what would camera Obscura be looking for but i entered two images in their contest thinking  my stuff can be pretty obscure.

but every once in awhile some pretty prestigious award or honorable mention comes my way. last year it was International Photography Award and Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) which are pretty cool which another photographer reminded me ain’t chopped liver.

Dear jene

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards announces the finalists of

The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award and The Nadar Award for Students
The winners will be announced on October 8th and 12th respectively
Click in the following links to see the names of the finalists:
Robert Cornelius Portrait Award

Nadar Award for Students

CorneliusTHE ROBERT CORNELIUS PORTRAIT AWARD

In this first edition, 1622 images were submitted from the following 37 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zeeland, Norway, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.

92 images submitted by 73 artists were selected as finalists in the 8 thematic categories.

These are the finalists that will compete for the Robert Cornelius Award, and the category prizes and honorable mentions. The announcement will be done on October 8th.

Category Figure and Nude

Mark Scharfman, Had Pollock worked for Playboy

Peter King, Mirror Images

Joy Goldkind, Adagio #47

James Thomas Josephs, Papa John 05

Anna Tomczak, From the Garden

Jene Youtt, Fall

Ken Merfeld, Nobuko’s ki

Ken Merfeld, Senora Plastica

Binh Trinh, Nude 1

Binh Trinh, Nude 4

The Fall

male nude depicting the fall of adam

male nude depicting the fall of adam

but i do get discouraged and encouraged at the same time. thats life. enough about me today. woo pee

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rainy monday mornings work, Aubrey in corsets

September 27, 2010

this past sunday i worked with a young woman model named aubrey doing an Edwardian corseted shoot. i’d been toying with the idea of using a mirror i’d found on the street years ago which had some damage which i thought would be easily fixable, i was right and can’t notice the repair, even my critical eye.

the last female nude shoot with keira grant i did was to complete my adam and eve series but in thinking about it, while i got some good single nudes what i really need are  images of them together which seems harder than i thought it would be to find the right couple. so i moved on to panama project which is still very much in the works and forgot about nudes for a while.

i found aubrey through and adv in manhattan figure study group, a group i’d left along time ago because i would light something and people would take pictures and post then on the internet as their work, yes they did push the shutter so it was their picture but i never got credit for lighting it. i don’t mind teaching people how to, which is what i use this blog for but these are my images and i mark and copyright them as such.

aubrey intrigued me with the offer of having edwardian corset props. i wondered how i’d look in one but we are different sizes. but  letting my imagination run free anyways i remembered the mirror so i contacted her. she was excited about the idea as well so when she had some free time we booked it for sunday afternoon. mary was able help set up the studio beforehand but had to leave due to prior commitment.

the set up consisted mostly of blacking out the room as i had figured the lighting positions beforehand, three lights – one with a softbox strip over the mirror and one from each side. simple.

although in this image there are only two lights being used due to my fooling around with them, but it worked out because the back light also lights her face due to reflection in mirror.

female nude with white edwardian corset

i’ve decided to start taking head shots of all my models because a lot of people are looking for the perfect photographer to capture their images, make to make themselves a star and why not? we are all here together.

aubrey zich

this is an un-retouched image straight from the camera, nice to have great skin.i am a master of finding ugly angles but having young models helps.

female nude with curtain & mirror

female nude with curtain & mirror

this was the big set up even for the head shots, i wanted to try and get the curtain pattern projected on her body but it didn’t work here. i’ve done this on movies and television but would have taken more hands than i had. so do the shot and move on.

female nude wearing white corset

female nude wearing white corset

i think we got some nice images out of this afternoon, btw it does take a lot of time getting into and out of these things as they lace up.

female nude adjusting white corset

but i do think the afternoon was well worth the effort although i didn’t have to get in and out of those corsets

corseted female wearing blk mask & boots

corseted female wearing blk mask & boots

these are her street boots that i think add an (erotic) dimension to the session, that of course depends on ones pov.

corseted female putting on stockings

masked corseted female putting on stockings

but stockings and garters are always fun unless you get caught up in them, ouch.

White corseted woman

did someone come in ?

but then i said gee i’ve got this study i am finding it hard to find people to work on which is about peoples ability to be able to touch each other both physically and mentally which these

female nude wearing pearls & black gloves

wearing pearls & black gloves

represents.

this one below is one of my favorites as everything lines up nicely. of course we changed the set up somewhat and got all  the lighting working for this shot.

corseted female nude

looking in a mirror as young girls do

but there are a lot more images, it’s just i am tired of working on computer. it must be lunch time, what i missed lunch again and it’s now dinner? now i know where my life goes, down some pixel hole working to blind the photographer. do you know there are a group of blind photographers working?

i’ve got to do something about my web presence these half measures aren’t cutting it. well it’s suppose to rain again tomorrow.

jene

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panama’s diablo’s rojos

September 7, 2010

well dear readers i haven’t found anywhere to load some jpegs up nor a computer or photo store to get a card reader. sorry about that, the weather is nice but hot, i don’t have to go in the steam room because after a few hours my clothes are soaked.

the project of shooting the diablos rojos as they are called is working out pretty good would be better if i knew what i was going but the drivers and their, i don’t know what to call them as each bues has a fellow riding with it who calls out where the bus is going to the awaiting passengers.

each buse is painted by different artist any way they see fit, of course allowing each owner there due. some of them have extensive lighting on them for night driving.

the buses were left here by the us army when they left the canal, sold i guess or maybe given away and are pretty solid but how they’ve been maintained isn’t the greatest. so are even yellow school buses but they are boring.

the helpers or callers for want of a better word sometimes pose in front of the buses and most of them seem to love seeing their pictures. their age groups differ from the old guys to just kids. i was thinking while waiting for a new batch of buses who has ever cared for them? they are just disposable workers who are lucky to have jobs.

at some point these diesel smog spewing diablos are going the way of the doo bird and be replaced by bright shinny new ones. maybe even air-conditioned and bigger so more people can fit in, don’t know how they do it now. but will the city give these buses to these old drivers and clean uniforms?

what do you think? my bets on keeping the new buses  clean along with new drivers. the city has added traffic lights a first along with sewerage treatment plants. this place is coming along.

 to see the amount of new building and renovations i s unbelievable, money is just pouring into this place along with cars and people oh did i mention traffic jams?

i can’t wait to share this new project with everybody.

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Mary has an opening at 3rd Annual Governors Island Art Fair, come meet the artist.

August 26, 2010

NEW YORK METRO ART SCENE

To start the fall display of gallery openings and events, 3 of Mary’s

mary

images will be part of the 3rd annual Governor’s Island Art Fair exhibiting with TheGreatNude Small Works. Although the images are B&W they are a part of my “All That Glitters” body of works.

So come out and support and meet some of the NY Metro area artists who will be there for the opening. be sure to say hello to mary.

The Art Fair runs form Sept 4th through the 26th on Saturdays and Sundays only.  And remember the gift of art is lasting and can have good investment value as the emerging artists’ work original or ltd editions increase over time.

So if you don’t want to be stuck in traffic on the LIE or GSP heading to the beaches, wander around the Island.  The island also is home to the National Historic Landmark District featuring 18th Century fortifications so wear comfortable shoes as you stroll the grounds.

There is no admission fee to enter the Fair where 120 abandoned army barracks will be filled with visual art, music and performers.

Saturday Sept. 4th 11 – 6pm.  opening reception from 3pm to 6pm – Building 12 – Section H-4

By subway:  1 to South Ferry Station

4, 5 to Bowling Green

R, W to Whitehall St Station

By ferry:  FREE from the Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 (starting at 11am)  Pier 6 is located at the end of Atlantic Avenue at Columbus Street

There is also a ferry from Manhattan:

Directions to the Governors Island Manhattan Ferry
The Governors Island ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located at 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. The ferry terminal is accessible as follows:  click this link for schedules

By Subway
1 to South Ferry station
4, 5 to Bowling Green station
R to Whitehall St. station

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MoMA presents “Pictures by Women – A History of Modern Photography

August 26, 2010
Written by Ann Levin, Associated Press
Thursday, 26 August 2010 02:13

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NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Museum of Modern Art’s photography collection is so rich that it can present virtually the entire history of the medium using only images taken by women and in many cases, of women. It’s instructive to realize that whatever genre or style in which men worked, even industrial photography, women were doing the same. The show is organized chronologically, beginning with a gallery of 19th and early 20th century photographs that illustrate the two traditions of documentary and pictorial photography. For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium.Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of The show continues with a stunning array of photographs by European artists in the 1920s and 1930s, including Ilse Bing’s 1931 “Self-Portrait in Mirrors,” which shows her looking straight at the viewer and in profile at the same time, an illusion made possible by using her camera as a third eye. the modern period to the present.

Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions from the collection by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. The exhibition also highlights works drawn from a variety of curatorial departments, includingBottoms, a large-scale Fluxus wallpaper by Yoko Ono.

The most compelling in the first category is a series of photos taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston at the all-black Hampton Institute (now Hampton University), founded to educate former slaves. At the other end of the spectrum are the self-conscious, artistic photographs by Gertrude Kasebier, known for her symbolic, soft-focus images of Victorian motherhood such as the 1899 “The Manger” and 1904’s “The Heritage of Motherhood.”

And since the art world seems to be having a Picasso moment, with major shows in museums and galleries and the record-breaking sale of one of his paintings at auction, be sure to look at an untitled work from 1930 by Picasso’s lover and muse Dora Maar, a highly regarded artist in her own right. It shows a woman from the rear with her long black coat lifted up in the wind.

The show continues with a stunning array of photographs by European artists in the 1920s and 1930s, including Ilse Bing’s 1931 “Self-Portrait in Mirrors,” which shows her looking straight at the viewer and in profile at the same time, an illusion made possible by using her camera as a third eye.

Ilse-Bing-Self-Portrait-New

You’ll also want to spend time in front of two prints by French photographer Germaine Krull, whose beautifully composed images of urban landscapes show that women could do muscular photographs of architectural structures as well as any man.

Although Dorothea Lange is among the best-known U.S. photographers, male or female, the curators have rightly devoted an entire wall to almost 20 of her photographs, all the subjects girls and women. They range from her iconic Depression-era picture “Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California” to the poignant image of Japanese-American children saying the pledge of allegiance soon after President Roosevelt ordered the relocation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans into grim camps in the West.

The mid-to-late 20th century is represented by MoMA’s newly acquired colour photographs of New York street life by Helen Levitt, best known for her work in black and white, and uncomfortable but affecting images by Austrian-born Lisette Model and Diane Arbus.

Witty wallpaper just outside the entrance shows close-ups of human buttocks, reproduced from a 1960s-era film made by Yoko Ono. The images look vaguely human up close but resolve into a pillowy abstraction when seen from a distance.

And as you leave the show, “29 Palms: Mortar Impact,” a large, black-and-white photograph by Vietnamese-American photographer An-My Le, depicts a few clouds of smoke rising from the barren desert floor, framed by the distant peaks of a rugged mountain range. It suggests the bleakness of war, hints at U.S. engagement in Iraq, and in its simplicity and clarity, is a work of stunning beauty.

The sixth gallery of the exhibition will close on Aug. 30, and the other five will remain on view through 21 March, 2011.

Visit on the Net: http://www.moma.org/

art knowledge news

jene

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The Work Office (TWO) is now hiring!

August 22, 2010
The Work Office (TWO) is participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival and is now hiring!
Visit www.theworkoffice.com to apply. TWO is participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival from September 24–26th. We are accepting applications on a rolling basis through September 7th.
The Work Office (TWO) is a multidisciplinary art project disguised as an employment agency. Informed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the Great Depression in the 1930s, TWO is a gesture to “make work” for visual and performing artists, writers, and others by giving them simple, idea-based assignments that explore, document, and improve daily life in New York City. From a temporary, publicly accessible office, TWO’s administrators will hire employees and during the Dumbo Arts Festival will exhibit work and distribute Depression-era wages at a Payday Party. You are invited to submit an application online, choosing from one of the following assignments:
Build a bridge
Document a need for repairs
Make a regional travel guide for your block or neighborhood
Record an oral history
Reinterpret a newspaper photograph
Design a poster to promote something
Catalog existing WPA structures in New York
Make a mixed CD related to…
Give a concert for your houseplant
Start an American tradition that you’d like to be preserved
Assign yourself
A TWO administrator will contact and interview applications of interest. Applications are evaluated based on the strength and clarity of your proposed response to one of our assignments. Once hired, you will have a week to complete your assignment, for which you will be paid $23.50, the weekly wage for an artist in the Federal One Project (the arts division of the WPA). You must be able to complete your assignment during the work week of September 13th–20th.
TWO will hold a Payday Party at the office during the Dumbo Arts Festival on Saturday, September 25th. Employees will collect their wages and the public will be invited to view the week’s works and learn about the project. Completed assignments will also be on view during the entire Dumbo Arts Festival from
Friday, September 24th through Sunday, September 26th.
Questions? Write TWO at: apply@theworkoffice.com
For more about DAF, visit: www.dumboartsfestival.com
The Work Office (TWO) is made possible by a Brooklyn Arts Council Regrant, Two Trees Management,
Brooklyn, NY and donations from generous individuals.
Naomi Miller
The Work Office (TWO)
917 289 0926
The Work Office will be open September 24–26, 2010 during the Dumbo Arts Festival
Friday 5–9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 12–6 pm
Payday Party  Saturday 6–8 pm
We will be located at 45 Main Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY.
Take the A/C to High Street, F to York Street

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so many other things on the list, new photoshoot look see

August 5, 2010

but i am dancing as fast as i can, trying to keep up with this lightspeed life of mine as the sun has sent an unusually fast corona mass ejection of a large cloud of charged plasma toward earth creating beautiful auroras over parts of the planet. see nasa link

but i am looking through a photoshoot that mary wehrhahn did on fri with a traveling nude figure study model keira grant who’s pictures are posted below.  any photoshoot is an opportunity to learn something about the craft which mary and i did. mary is looking for emotion emitting people for her series inner sanctum and all that glitters.

i am trying to add to or just finish my cave dwelling adam and eve series which really hasn’t been posted on my web site which is under construction. well i thought keira would make a lovely addition. but as you’ll see here, lovely pictures but something doesn’t work which i’ll try and point out. not that keria did anything wrong, she didn’t but it her training and my total lack of  seeing that’s the problem.

part of doing these shoots is to learn how to direct the models or participants in order to get what i am looking for, sometimes the magic works sometimes it doesn’t. so you can be the final arbitrator and i’ll just add my commentary and see what develops.

here are the first ones letting mary work with her gold cloth, i lit the space with tungsten softboxes for her and flash for me. i was trying out my tota umbrella on my white lightning 1200’s. key light here 1200 with 216 on reflector and tota umbrella softbox back.

female nude

keria with gold cloth

notice the placement of her hands and how she uses her feet, more on that later but it seems this is a fine art model style, me not being a fine art model i wasn’t aware of this nuance.

white female nude

keria nude

now after this image i should have just sat down and rested.

after the shoot i asked mary if she got anything and she said not too much but some over and under exposed ones she liked. some days are like that. during this section was mostly me backing away from my take charge personality and letting mary direct the model. but i did fool around while waiting my turn.

female semi nude

keria semi nude

here i took off reflector and added some blackwrap to a front 1200 because i don’t have any barndoors nor did i want to fool around with setting flags. working in movies i’ve learned to work fast never wanting to be the person or department to hold up production. very big no no. below is a more traditional light cropping.

female semi nude

female semi nude

but again notice her hands and feet. the thumbs extended away from the hand forming a V and her feet curled away from her body pointing down or away in this case. this isn’t a problem really more about style or form.

but in this next series it’s not something that i am looking for. maybe i am just picky and seeing something that others don’t notice. here i switched over to tungsten with strip box overhead gelled and 750 zip light fill.

female nude

keria's nude back

here again are the hands, notice the V. while the feet are again pointing away from the body. she does have a lovely back and cute tush which adds to the overall form and line of the figure.

another image this time sitting.

keria sitting

i remember a discussion keria and i had about the style i wanted from her as she showed me her pointed feet saying how this was fine art modeling to which i replied ‘i wanted a more natural look’. we did discuss what this series was about and who i thought she was as a character. during some of the poses i told her exactly what i was looking for, emotion, which was hard for her to do. models aren’t actors as their training is so different, so asking someone to do something they are not use to nor trained for is difficult.

it’s not about a pretty body but the emotional impact the image has, either through the tension in the body’s hands or face. i like to tell a story with my images beginning in the viewers mind, i want them to think. if the work does that then i’ve got them.

female nude

keria kneeling

this is one of the first shots in this series and really works. so any complaints i have about her really come right back to me. she was an all around trooper and really tried to give me a successful session. did i get something i can use and did she give me what i asked for?  who knows

life is just stuff and then more stuff. the problem is to be able to live with just the stuff that’s here now and forget about the stuff from yesterday.

so if you’ve gotten this far maybe you’ve gained an insight to my work, if you have, fine. at least no animals were hurt in the creation of this post.

jene youtt

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Affordable Art Fair NYC Launching First Annual Fall Fair

August 4, 2010

NEW YORK, NY.- Following the record-breaking sales and attendance at the Affordable Art Fair New York City (AAF NYC) this spring, AAF NYC will launch its first annual Fall event in Manhattan from September 30 – October 3, 2010 at 7W New York ( 7 West 34th Street ). With AAF NYC now occurring twice a year, the fair will provide even more opportunities for emerging art collectors to view and purchase affordable art. AAF NYC Fall 2010 will appeal to both established collectors and first time buyers by presenting contemporary art priced from $100 – $10,000 by over 60 international and local galleries offering original paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper. Offering all new works of art this fall, there will be something for everyone!

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the end or an era, where in manhattan do artist fit in?

August 4, 2010

Last Carnegie Hall Resident, Elizabeth Sargent, Forced Out of Carnegie Towers

Editta-Sherman

In this image taken Thursday Aug. 2 , 2007, New York photographer Editta Sherman, then 95, stacks celebrity portraits at her studio residence in New York’s Carnegie Hall. The Italian-born Sherman, 98, who photographed famous faces from Monroe and Andy Warhol to Elvis Presley and called the “Duchess of Carnegie Hall” for being its longest resident, was forced from the studio she called home since 1948. She’s not been allowed to sleep there since early July and must also remove her belongings by Aug. 31. A resident since 1949, she raised five children in a studio with 25-foot ceilings and a view of Central Park. Her rent was frozen at $650 a month.- AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

NEW YORK (AP).- All of her neighbors are gone, forced out. Now Elizabeth Sargent, the last holdout tenant of Carnegie Hall’s towers, is preparing to leave the her affordable studios that for more than a century housed some of America’s most brilliant creative artists. Red scaffolding surrounds Carnegie Hall as the city-owned towers are being gutted this summer in a $200 million renovation that includes adding a youth music program. Celebrities like Robert De Niro and Susan Sarandon had fought to save the homes, petitioning the city not to “displace these treasured artists and master teachers.”

Musicians, painters, dancers and actors thrived in the two towers built by 19th-century industrialist Andrew Carnegie just after the hall went up in 1891. The towers—one 12 stories high, the other 16—housed more than 100 studios, some with special skylights installed to give painters the northern light they prize.

Ms. Sargent, a one-time dancer, is now in her 80s and in remission from cancer. For 40 years, she’s lived on the ninth floor of the red-brick southern tower above the famed stage of the 119-year-old landmark. She has until Aug. 31 to clear out.

After a years-long legal battle, the two women finally reached agreement for new Midtown Manhattan apartments where rents will be subsidized by Carnegie Hall Corp. for the rest of their lives.

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