Michael Bühler-Rose

…Florida-based artist Charles Benton’s Opposing Photographers, curated by Michael Bühler-Rose, is a natural starting point, since it uses projectors pointed at opposite walls to place the viewer directly between two photographer’s sightlines, forcing one to confront what Benton sees as the inevitable tension between photographer and subject in an ingenious bit of meta-photography….

from “Beyond Race, groundbreaking music and culture” full text here.

“The Form Itself”

curated by Michael Bühler-Rose

Talia Chetrit, Adrian Crabbs, Joy Drury Cox, Van Hanos, David Haxton, Matt Johnson, Ryan Kitson, Roula Partheniou, and Austin Willis.

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
547 W. 27th St., 2nd Fl. NY, NY.
Sept. 4th- Oct. 11th
Reception Thursday, September 4th, 6-9 pm more info soon.

AM New York wrote a nice review about my contribution, Charles Benton’s “Opposing Photographers”, to the “Young Curators, New Ideas” show over at the Bond Street Gallery which opened last Wednesday, pictures soon.

I have included the nice words about Benton’s piece below, the rest can be found here :

“The most striking contribution is Michael Buhler-Rose’s presentation of Charles Benton’s “Opposing Photographers.” The installation consists of two slide shows on facing walls, featuring photographers snapping shots of each other. Thus, the roles of photographer and subject are shared by both participants. The viewer is also made part of the action, hearing the click of each slide slotting into place before seeing the image pop up on screen. Further subverting the tenets of the medium, in each portrait, the subject’s face is obscured by their camera. It’s a playful work that fully engulfs the viewer. The installation also benefits from its placement in the basement, giving the work its own environment.”

Neti-Neti (not this, not this) curated by Peter Nagy at Bose Pacia (508 W. 26th St., 11C, NY,NY ) closes soon, August 16th.

If you haven’t yet, please stop by. Reviews are slowy coming out in:

New York Times 

Time Out New York

The South Asian Times

Curative Projects

I am also co-curating a show entitled, Young Curators, New Ideas at The Bond Street Gallery in Brooklyn organized by Amani Olu.

The other curators are: Alana Celii & Grant Willing, Jon Feinstein, Laurel Ptak, Amy Stein, and Lumi Tan

Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Press Review: 4 — 6 pm | Public Reception: 6 — 9 pm
On View: Wednesday, August 13 — Saturday, September 6, 2008

Exhibition Artists:

Charles Benton, Alison Brady, Brian Bess, Victor Boullet, Mikaylah Bowman, Olga Cafiero, Talia Chetrit, Tyler Coburn, Petra Cortright, C. Coy, Gerald Edwards III, Daniel Everett, Thobias Fäldt & Per Englund, Martin Fengel, Jason Fulford, Nicolas Grider, Pierre Hourquet, Konst & Teknik, Eke Kriek, Emily Larned, Bryan Lear, Miranda Lehman, Seth Lower, Matt MacFarland, Katja Mater, Kelci McIntosh, Mark McKnight, Erin Jane Nelson, Ilia Ovechkin, Robert Overweg, Alex Prager, M. River, Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, Asha Schechter, Trevor Shimizu, Alix Smith, Jo-ey Tang, Jesper Ulvelius, Anne De Vries, Hannah Whitaker, Karly Wildenhaus, Ofer Wolberger, Ann Woo and Damon Zucconi

bondstreetgallery.com

Bond Street Gallery
297 Bond Street, Brooklyn NY
F/G To Carroll St. / R to Union St.