#aipad2019

[xinqihuang-blog]

How many ordinary people have a chance actually go to a prison to see inmates’ life? Danny Lyon’s photography project “Conversations with the Dead” gives us the adventure. 

This piece is the combination of art and journalism. It is so artistic that I thought this setting was faked by the photographer when I saw it for the first time. Women’s old photos, a beautiful large flowers, cold cell bars, and the young man behind it with desperate and blue in eyes... It is a great work of new journalism. Danny Lyon spent 14 months in 1967-1968 photographing inmates,  building up telling and detail-packed portraits of the lives of those inmates inside the prison. 

After seeing this project, I deeply feel that those inmates were normal people, with the softest emotions inside their heart as well. 

[dawn-evelynhan-blog]

Double Take - I Keep Curiosity

At this photo exhibition, I saw a lot of impressive photos about street photography.

Regarding Alex Webb, his photos have a strong color contrast, subtle and interesting composition.

The characters, streets, gestures, and shapes in his photos seem to be chaotic, but there is a sense of order that cannot be arranged.

And I can feel his way of seeing the world more introspectively; humor, irony, uncertainty, and curiosity.

He once said that he hopes the photo can ask questions instead of giving an answer.

This may make people think deeply when they look at the photos, which makes the viewers create a connection with the works.

Through the lens, I can see the living consciousness that exists on the scene, and the vitality under the color.

Just what is happening...

[joanzhao-blog]

Double Take 1 - YUKA 

I just thought it was a very beautiful photo which was like a painting at the first glance, but when I came near it, I finally found that was such an amazing masterpiece. The photograph is taken by Casper Faassen and exhibited by IBASHO Gallery from a series called the “Fleeting Images”. Different from other exhibits, it was shot behind a translucent membrane and was printed with oil paint, color and white on setasand. Those special materials make the work more tridimensional and mysterious with the kimono, flying cherry blossoms and the Japanese woman who tries to touch you. And you can even find the marvelous details like the crack of porcelain if you get closer to the work.

[mengemary]

top 5

[moodboyy]

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. - Frida Kahlo

[delimitationsblog]

DeLIMITations is in NYC exhibiting at AIPAD Booth 1010 and at Rick Wester Fine Art on West 26th Street.

Marcos Ramírez ERRE and David Taylor will be speaking about the project in conversation with Rebecca Senf, Chief Curator of the Center for Creative Photography, on Friday, April 5 at 12:30PM.

[restartblue]

Some feminism elements in photography. Women in commercial and entertainment industry, women in fashion and art, women in religious. Women and female body seem a great tool to express some certain thoughts. Also a inspiration to a lot of art works.

[fuwenjunstudio]

Fu Wenjun Solo Booth Show at 2019 The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD

International gallery BOCCARA ART presents a solo booth show of Chinese artist Fu Wenjun's Digital Pictorial Photography works at The Photography Show organized by AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers), April 3-7, Pier 94, New York City.

Fu Wenjun’s creative output can be summed up by his term Digital Pictorial Photography, which he uses to redefine the traditions found at the core of the photographic arts. By blending elements of other artistic media into the process, he creates a brand-new form of aesthetic pleasure. Fu Wenjun embraces a range of art forms, combining them into unique and monumental works that reach beyond the mere act of recording a photographic image.

Works on view are from four series of Fu Wenjun’s Digital Pictorial Photography: “Misplacement”, “Ask Tea”, “F1”, “Human Nature for Food”. His work brings together the practical aspect of photography with the aesthetic nature of other forms of visual arts. By demonstrating the complementary relationship of photographs and other modes of artistic practice, Fu Wenjun transforms what may seem to be an inaccessible message into a highly approachable concept that can trigger critical thought about history and humanity.

In terms of photography art, Fu Wenjun believes “Photography is two-dimensional. But if we fall into this definition, our expression with photography would be limited. In my works I integrate many personal understandings of Chinese traditional art… Some people say my works “do not look like photography”, but the “unlike photography” on the contrary is a new way of presentation. We could change anything and make changes beyond the common sense.”

 The New York Times reported in the article "18 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend", saying "Boccara Art from Brooklyn, which is displaying striking conceptual pieces by the Chinese contemporary artist Fu Wenjun." (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/arts/design/nyc-this-weekend-art-and-museums.html)

 ARTNET in its report "Discover 6 Must-See Booths at AIPAD's Photography Show" features "the multimedia work of Chinese contemporary artist Fu Wenjun encompasses installation art, photography, and oil painting. For AIPAD, international gallery Boccara Art highlights works from the artist’s 'digital pictorial photography' series, which—in boldly colored displays—abstractly evoke natural landscapes." (https://news.artnet.com/partner-content/photography-booths-aipad-2019)

 Professors from School of Visual Arts guided their master students to the booth and talked with the artist about his art creation and ideas.

 RTVI, New York-based television network hosted a live report at the booth, having interviewed the gallery owner and introduced Fu Wenjun's Digital Pictorial Photography works to its audience.

[zatarapress]

Goodbye AIPAD! See you next year! #aipad2019 #aipad #done #fineartphotography #photobook #photobookfair #photobookjousting #photobooks (at Pier 94) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-SszTAni9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1csn0d38nx8yw

[artbookdap]

Images Jean-Vincent Simonet's new photobook, ‘In Bloom’—a wordless, super-saturated surprise staff favorite from @selfpublishbehappy Editions and a featured title at our booth at #AIPAD2019 In just 132 pages of trippy, somehow pulsating nocturnal full-bleed images, Simonet makes visceral a certain uninhibited, dreamlike erotic experience of underground urban Japan. A true collector's item. @jean_vincent.simonet #photobook #collectible #spbh #jeanvincentsimonet #inbloom @aipadphoto #japaneseunderground #nocturnalwonderland https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9MBFeHNih/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ukarmxad3vn1

[intheartworld]

#aipad2019 #intheArtworld (at West Side, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv7meqMFyrl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=60hudxfs2kxa

[xinqihuang-blog]

The first time seeing these two photographs, I just thought it was so strong and astonishing that a women gazes directly into the lens. The polarization of her clothes is also interesting. One fashionable, and the other traditional. 

However, when I read an article called “Zanele Muholi and the Women’s Mobile Museum” , I began to admire Zanele Muloni, the woman both in front of the camera and behind the camera. 

These two pieces are her self portrait. “What does it mean to photograph yourself?” She asked in a video for the PPAC, “You give yourself a voice.” Muloni uses her photography to articulate her political agenda, which speaks for the LGBTQ community in South Africa and human right more generally. 

How can we make a voice for ourselves? Photography/Self portrait is our weapon. 

“If we don not write a visual history that speaks to us, for us, no one will do it.” 

                                                                                                ——Muholi 

[dawn-evelynhan-blog]

AIPAD 2019 - Excerpts

[joanzhao-blog]

First Photographic Seeing — TOP 5

[mengemary]

Vietnamese Girl’s Smile

After reviewing all the photos I took in the exhibition, this is the one stay in my mind. This is not shown on the wall but put on the table among lots of pictures. It is easy to recognize that it was the wartime of Vietnam, but the smile of this girl is so warm and full of infectious enthusiasm. She held a gun in front of a hospital with a cheerful smile and seems to tell us she is willing to fight for her country. From this picture, we can feel strongly hope, a feeling that we even can’t express nowadays. 

[moodboyy]

Excuse me did you just say something ?