February 2012
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Leap Year Special: Hump Day Q&A Revisited with...
Hello Fellow Humpers!
In honor of this unique day, Leap Day, which happens but every four years, on February 29th, we are honored to reblog our very first Hump Day Q&A with Steve Daly.
Since it’s first posting, on January 18, Daly’s group exhibition “Second City Psychasthenia” at the Andrea Meislin Gallery in Chelsea, has closed to much praise and a nice write-up...
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Calendar of Events: February 28- March 6
where to be/what to do/how long to be there
“Three Solo Exhibitions” closing this week at Brooklyn’s Smack Mellon
Openings
2/28: Lan Tuazon’s Ingredients of Reality: the Dismantling of New York City at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, NY, NY
3/1: The Artist’s Voice: Robert Pruitt at The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th Street,...
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Made it Monday: Ginger Dipping Sauce
photo via Open Source Food
I know it’s cliche, but Mondays are difficult for me. The alarm rings, the water for the coffee boils, and I am left gazing out across rootftops wondering How did I get here? The weekend was…just yesterday….
Luckily, I am what’s known as a thinker-ahead-er, and I return home from my battles with this wild and (sometimes) wonderful city safe...
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Your Monday Morning Medicine: Anne Hardy's...
Seeing is believing— open those sleepy eyes and admire the handiwork of UK photographer Anne Hardy. That’s right, she constructed these spaces from scratch— a labor intensive act that functions as a breath of fresh air in this era of Photoshop and digital retouching. Reminiscent of the whimsical, quirky sets of Wes Anderson’s films, the worlds Hardy creates are...
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Weekly Wrap: February 19-26
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The art world pays tribute to sculptor Kenneth Price— RIP. [via LA Times]
Chelsea gallery Luhring Augustine opened its branch in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood with much fanfare this week— including appearances by art celebrities such as Maria Abramovic, Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith. [via Brooklyn Paper]
Missed the nominees for the...
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Artist(s) You Should Know: Day 19 by Guest...
Capturing the moment is second nature to husband and wife duo Jeremy and Claire Weiss, who photograph under the moniker Day 19. Jeremy calls their work “romantic induced realism,” and their natural, relaxed style has not gone unnoticed. Day 19’s raw talent runs the gamut from fine art to commercial photography for clients such as Converse, Nike, and Puma. Originally from New Jersey, the couple...
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Two Way Lens: Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Michael Werner conduct Interviews with Contemporary Photographers in his photography blog TWO WAY LENS. His mission is “to inform and inspire emerging photographers wanting to focus their creative output in a way that enhances their chances of finding an audience…
Recently he interviewed F&A photographer, curator, and collector Ruben Natal-San Miguel, who offered many insights to...
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Saturday Spark: Old Hollywood
Cleopatra, Maggie the Cat or Butterfield 8, Elizabeth Taylor sums up all that is true Hollywood Glamour and Royalty. She eats up the screen in any film and I dare you to take your eyes off this goddess. via LIFE
The original emo actor and best friend of Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean chewed up the scenes with such lines as “Your tearing me apart!” Here he is on the set of East of...
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Quinntessential Happy Hour: Drink Something from a...
via Dominican Today
Internet, I have to be honest with you: The cockles of my heart are so warm right now. I wouldn’t go so far as to call myself a negative person, but let’s just say it takes more than a standard allotment of good stuff to make me smile. In that spirit, I bring you this cocktail hour story:
At the job that pays the rent, I sell beer. And other things....
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Quinn vs. Quinn: Our DUMB(O) Afternoon, Pt. 1
Welcome to Quinn vs. Quinn, your review source for arts, culture, and whatever else we both deem acceptable to bring to your attention! Penned by Erica (Quinn) and (Quinn) Daly.
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Justine Reyes’ “Still Life with Banana, Purse and Change”, currently on at Klompching Gallery of Brooklyn’s “The Architecture of Space”, via PDN
We spent a...
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WatchFilm + Footage: In the spirit of environmental art, a la the classics— Robert Smithson, Andy Goldsworthy, photographer/outdoorsman Erik Siebelist created an homage to the style with a 21st Century edge— behold, the process by which one turns mere piles of stones into a graphic equalizer.
The hibernating Pennsylvania landscape provides a glowing backdrop for most of the cuts, the...
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Hump Day Q&A: Paula Abreu
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1. Who Are You?
I am Paula Abreu, from Venezuela.
2. What do you do?
I do photography, and I also paint. Right now I’m doing an MFA in Photography at the Pratt Institute.
3. When/Where/How did you get your start?
I started making photographs 6 years ago in Venezuela when I did a course at “Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía”— first as a hobby, and then...
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Calendar of Events: February 21-28
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Alec Soth at Sean Kelly Gallery— you have until March, but why wait? Go twice.
Openings
2/21: Mythology at Pace Gallery, 32 E. 57th Street, NY, NY
2/23: Ellen Harvey’s THE NUDIST MUSEUM GIFT SHOP at Dodge Gallery, 15 Rivington Street, NY, NY
2/6: Cindy Sherman at MoMA, 11 W. 53rd Street, NY, NY
2/28: Lan Tuazon’s...
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Made it Monday: Modern-Day Mixtape Edition with...
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A little preamble: I love making mixtapes. As a kid I sat in my room for hours, waiting for that Method Man/Redman joint would come on Power 99 because it was THE song that I needed to go next on my little Maxell 90-minute cassette tape. I couldn’t move forward with the mix until I captured that song, so I waited by the radio until it came on and I could...
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Your Monday Morning Medicine: Americanarama
Ease into your day with this “quiet view of the American landscape” by photographer Matteo Musci, via Feature Shoot.
Good morning, America, how are you?
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Weekly Wrap: February 12-19
This week we bid farewell to the inventive fashion photographer Lillian Bassman. RIP. [via LA Times]
Life magazine presents unknown photographs of Jackson Pollock— outtakes from Martha Holmes’ famous 1949 photoshoot. [via Life]
Just in time for last week’s Valentines’ Day, it is revealed that “while NYC has a Museum of Sex, Croatia has a Museum of Broken...
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Artist You Should Know: Giovanni Forlino by Guest...
(“Witch’s Garment”, Wild Turkey Breast Feathers, Acrylic/ Wood Panel, 16” x 16”)
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With a sense of spiritual interconnectedness, Brooklyn-based Giovanni Forlino describes himself as “a minimalist when working with beautiful, organic materials such as feathers, or taxidermy fish.” Forlino is best known for his Japanese-influenced line...
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Saturday Spark: Bye-Bye NYFashion Week (we hardly...
R.I.P. Lillian Bassman
Lillian Bassman’s “Dovima, New York”, 1954
Take an overseas vacation with Dior-collaborating photographer Quentin Shih!
…and here’s the man himself— a middle-aged Christian Dior in 1948!
As long as we’re going back in time, celebrate a classic- the work of the late, great Richard Avedon.
Let’s not forget Mr....
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Quinntessential Happy Hour: Navigating the Wine...
via 2B Maine
Hello, Internet. How are you? Oh, good. Me? Well, I’m kind of tired. Because being a sophisticated art blogger doesn’t completely pay the rent, I’ve got another job at an undisclosed location that keeps me in housing and bleu cheese. Recently, I’ve been working a 4:00 pm to midnight shift, which has put a damper on my cocktail consumption. Mixing up...
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Fine Art Friday: An Ode to Brooklyn's Wayfarers
View of Wayfarers’ gallery, via Craig Hein.
Recently, through the kindness of inventive painter Jillian Rose, I had the good fortune to participate in a group exhibition at Bushwick’s Wayfarers. This piece is neither about that show (now on view, until February 25th!), nor is this a shameless piece of tiny self-promotion. It is instead a post wherein I will discuss HOW GREAT I...
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Uprise Art: Meet Dolly →
Our own Dolly Faibyshev interviewed by art friends Uprise— who could ask for anything more?
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“Pug” (2011)
A Q&A with Uprise artist Dolly Faibyshev:
Where are you from and where do you currently reside? I was born in Philly and have been living in NYC for about six years.
Who are some of your favorite artists? There are so many, but Martin Parr, Joel Sternfeld,...
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Quinn vs. Quinn: "Second City Psychasthenia" at...
Welcome to Quinn vs. Quinn, your review source for arts, culture, and whatever else we both deem acceptable to bring to your attention! Penned by Erica (Quinn) and (Quinn) Daly.
Today we review the current offering at Andrea Meislin Gallery— “Second City Psychasthenia”. We went to see Hump Day Q&A alum Steve Daly’s large-scale photographs, but found far more...
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WatchFilm + Footage | Brooklyn’s Rube Goldberg
Do you remember that opening scene in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure? Pee Wee’s morning routine includes an elaborate mechanical contraption to create his simple breakfast and feed his dog Speck. Well, this type of machinery, very complex, yet tasked to do the most simple thing, was created by Rube Goldberg.
Today’s Film + Footage...
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Hump Day Q&A: Jean Paul Gomez
1. Who are you?
I am Jean Paul Gomez, an artist based in Brooklyn, NY.
2. What do you do?
Photography, Installation
3. When/where/how did you get your start?
1998 in Bogota, Colombia. A close friend of my family offered me to work at his photo lab, and since then I have not changed my mind about being a photographer…well, maybe once or twice!
4. How long have you been at it?
8...
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