Curated by Jon Feinstein

Exhibiting Photographers:
Matthew Baum, Dan Boardman, Michael Bühler-Rose, Trey Edwards, Emiliano Granado, William Lamson, David La Spina, Alison Malone, Rachelle Mozman, Eric Percher, Cara Phillips, Matthew Porter, Amy Stein, Brad Troemel, Christian Weber, Hannah Whitaker, Sarah Wilmer, Ofer Wolberger

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6PM – 9PM

On View: Tuesday, November 4 – Saturday, November 15, 2008
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THINGS ARE STRANGE
New Century Artists
530 West 25th Street, Suite 406
New York, NY 10001

GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday – Saturday | 11AM – 6PM

New York, New York—November 2008—Humble Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of Things Are Strange, curated by Jon Feinstein. The group exhibition, which opens on Election Day, presents work by eighteen photographers whose images explores the peculiar, idiosyncratic and often absurd elements of the contemporary world, using them as a metaphor for the current state of social and political affairs. The work includes a range of subjects, from the bizarre phenomena of Emiliano Granado’s documentary pictures of ghost hunters and Cara Phillips’ transformation of plastic surgery machines into terrifying robots to Eric Percher’s exploration of the alienation of late night finance workers and Amy Stein’s images of stranded American travelers. Each photographer, by varying degrees, alludes to a world that is gradually falling apart at the seams.

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.

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.

Camera Austria, issue 101

I will also have a number of new pieces in:

Neti, neti (Not this, not this), curated by Peter Nagy
Bose Pacia Gallery,
508 W 26th St , 11C, New York, NY 10001

Opening July 8th, 6-8 PM

The blog has been MIA for about a year. I will mainly be using it to put updates as to what I have been working on etc.

Some of “exotic” work was in Paris Photo and Art Verona with Brancolini-Grimaldi this fall.

I will be teaching at RISD a course on making photobooks this spring.

Thus I will be wandering up and down the east coast as I prepare and hang my MFA thesis in Florida this March and teach every tuesday in Providence.

I will be updating new projects by the end of the week as I finish a few things up I started in the past few months.

Posts have been sparse as of late. Most of my time has been spent shooting, reshooting and printing for a few shows.