Photography's intertextuality.(Taryn Simon: An American
Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar exhibit)
TARYN SIMON: AN AMERICAN INDEX OF THE HIDDEN AND UNFAMILIAR
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
NEW YORK CITY
MARCH 9-JUNE 24, 2007
Although the indexical power of photography has been . . .
The abused landscape: the works of young Israeli
photographers.(Essay)
For centuries the people of Israel were deprived of a land of their
own. Therefore the main goal of Zionism, awakening in the late
nineteenth century, was to resettle these people in their . . .
24/7, 16.8: is 24 a political show?(television drama)(Critical
essay)
When writing about culture, one must necessarily contend with the
problem of meaning. What can be said coherently about any given cultural
artifact? Is the artifact always forthright about . . .
Photographs: whence veracity?(Critical essay)
Photographs are imbued with a certain level of veracity as
recordings of the external world. This accuracy is perceived as being at
a higher level for photographs than for other . . .
RE-Rereading Camera Lucida: viewing Barthes through Victor
Burgin.
... those who fail to re-read are obliged to read the same story
everywhere.
Roland Barthes, S/Z
Artist and critic Victor Burgin uses the above quotation to open
his essay "Rereading Camera . . .
A Baltic round up.(4th Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art;
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia)
4TH ARS BALTICA TRIENNIAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART
STADTGALERIE
KIEL, GERMANY
MARCH 31-MAY 28, 2007
CROSSKICK: RIGA REVIEW
NEUE GESELLSCHAFT FUR BILDENDE KUNST
BERLIN
MARCH 10-APRIL 22, . . .
Notions of ecology.(Sharjah Biennial; Still Life: Art, Ecology
and the Politics of Change)
SHARJAH BIENNIAL 8
SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
APRIL 4-JUNE 4, 2007
The oil in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has fueled rapid growth
for its country. Theme malls, hotels, apartments, and . . .
Cinematic snapshot.(San Francisco International Asian American
Film Festival)
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO, BERKELEY, AND SAN JOSE
MARCH 15-25, 2007
Originating in 1982, the San Francisco International Asian American
Film . . .
Exhibitions.(NOTICES)
ARIZONA
Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona,
1030 N. Olive Rd. Human Interest: Photoessays from the Collection.
Through May 27. www.creativephotography.org.
Tucson: . . .
Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova and Robin
Rhone.(Brief article)(Book review)
Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova and Robin Rhone,
edited by Trevor Schoonmaker. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University/82
pp./$19.95 (sb).
Street Level: Mark Bradford, William . . .
Self/Image: Technology, Representation and the Contemporary
Subject.(Brief article)(Book review)
Self/Image: Technology, Representation and the Contemporary
Subject, by Amelia Jones. Routledge/258 pp./$120.00 (hb), $35.95 (sb).
Art often depicts an artist's perception of . . .
Husk of Time: The Photographs of Victor Masayesva.(Book
review)
Husk of Time: The Photographs of Victor Masayesva, University of
Arizona Press/103 pp./$40.00 (hb), $24.95 (sb).
Close your eyes and imagine deer antlers spinning in a circle,
half-submerged in a . . .
Brandjam: Humanizing Brands Through Emotional Design.(Book
review)
Brandjam: Humanizing Brands Through Emotional Design, by Marc Gobe.
Allworth Press/319 pp./$24.95 (hb).
Current calculations suggest that the average American is exposed
to anywhere between 300 . . .
5x7.(Book review)
5x7, by William Eggleston. Twin Palms Publishers/96 pp./$65.00
(hb).
William Eggleston is, at this point, a living legend. It was his
work in tandem with John Szarkowski's curatorial acumen . . .
PATHOS AT ABU GHRAIB.(The Abu Ghraib Effect)(Book review)
THE ABU GHRAIB EFFECT
BY STEPHEN F. EISENMAN
LONDON: REAKTION BOOKS, 2007
128 PP./$19.95 (HB)
Where are the painters of modern life whose imagery has even a
fraction of the disruptive . . .
IMAGES OF THE SPIRIT.(Eyes to Fly With: Portraits,
Self-Portraits, and Other Photographs; Las Soldaderas: Women of the
Mexican R
EYES TO FLY WITH: PORTRAITS, SELF-PORTRAITS, AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS
BY GRACIELA ITURBIDE
AUSTIN, TEXAS: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, 2006
212 PP./$50.00 (HB)
LAS SOLDADERAS: WOMEN OF THE . . .
THE OBLITERATION OF HISTORY.(History Images)(Book review)
HISTORY IMAGES
BY SZE TSUNG LEONG
GOTTINGEN: STEIDL, 2006
144 PP./$90.00 (HB)
The cover image of Sze Tsung Leong's thought-provoking History
Images, a photograph titled Chunshu, Xuanwu . . .
GIRL WITH MANY SELVES.(AKA Nikki S. Lee by Nikki S. Lee)
AKA NIKKI S. LEE
BY NIKKI S. LEE
60 MINUTES, 2006
Like another case of art imitating life imitating popular
stereotypes, a trope that defines much of Nikki S. Lee's work thus
far, this . . .
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution.(Brief article)(Book
review)
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, edited by Cornelia Butler
and Lisa Gabrielle Mark. MIT Press and MOCA/512 pp./$59.95 (sb).
As Peggy Phelan, one of the contributors to the exhibition . . .
FUNDAMENTAL FEMINISM.(WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution,
feminist art exhibition)
WACK! ART AND THE FEMINIST REVOLUTION
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
LOS ANGELES
MARCH 4-JULY 16, 2007
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles presents one
of the most interesting . . .
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