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Jeremy Haik
Touch ID : Charlie Rubin’s Tactile Images
Photographs alone aren’t enough for Charlie Rubin. In his recently completed body of work, Strange Paradise, many of his images are printed as straightforward photographs and then painted with inkjet pigments. These altered prints are scanned, and the ink becomes another layer in the new version of the photo. Although the technique of layering both
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Jeremy Haik
This would look better on Instagram
A few years ago, I started giving an assignment to my students; usually it’s the very first assignment of the semester. I send out a pdf of 10 photographs from a wide variety of sources. I provide no context; titles or supporting text is cropped or removed, and the students see nothing but the photograph.
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Jeremy Haik
Oranbeg Press: DIY done right
It’s likely you’ll recognize the names of at least a handful of the more than 100 artists who have participated in Oranbeg Press' Interleaves (a current list is at the bottom of this post). Interleaves are 2-sided inkjet prints measuring roughly 12" x 15" which are designed to be folded in half, twice, making them about
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Liz Sales
Kat Shannon’s You Belong Where You Are
This week I spoke with Kat Shannon about her ICP-Bard MFA solo thesis show You Belong Where You Are. Liz Sales: Congratulations on a wonderful thesis show! Kat Shannon Thank you so much! And thank you for coming by! L.S. Is your exhibition title, You Belong Where You Are, a nod to the book, No One Belongs Here More
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Tamara Kametani & Yoshi Kametani
This week I spoke with Brooklyn-based artists Tamara Kametani and Yoshi Kametani about their new book, Sumimasen. Liz Sales: Congratulations on your new book, Sumimasen. Could you tell me about it? I know that you and your subject, a webcam girl, collaborated with each other under the name IPG. Tamara Kametani: We’ve been working collaboratively as the
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Liz Sales
Sophie Barbasch’s Fault Line
This week I spoke with thoughtful New York City-based artist Sophie Barbasch about isolation, intimacy and family. Liz Sales: I've just finished reading about your recent photographic project, Fault Line, and I had some additional questions about it and your work in general. For instance, you mentioned that you collaborated on this project with your cousins. What was
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Liz Sales
Sarah Palmer’s No Whiteness Lost
This week I had the pleasure of meeting with photo-based artist Sarah Palmer. Here in her studio at The Invisible Dog Art Center, Sarah arranges, photographs and re-photographs small assemblages to produce thoughtful, highly literary images. For me, Sarah's insights into photography, literature and her current project, No Whiteness Lost underscore the importance of continually connecting with and learning from other
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Liz Sales
Amy Elkins’s Parting Words & Black is the Day, Black is the Night.
This week I spoke with Amy Elkins about her recent exhibition at Aperture Gallery and the two projects it included: Parting Words and Black is the Day, Black is the Night. Both explore issues surrounding capital punishment and her correspondence with male prisoners serving death-row sentences. Liz Sales: Congratulations on a fantastic show! Amy Elkins: Thank you! LS: The exhibition comprised two
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Liz Sales
Amy Friend in Under Astral Skies
While I've recurrently had the pleasure of crossing paths with the uncanny work of Amy Friend for a number of years, I have only just had the pleasure of speaking with the Canadian artist herself this past week. Amy is currently included in the exhibition “Under Astral Skies”which is on view at 555 Gallery in South Boston through February