Anna Shteynshleyger, Masha, 2002. © Anna Shteynshleyger, Courtesy the artist.

Perspectives 2012, opening on January 20 at the International Center of Photography (NY), is the second installment of an exhibition series that focuses on innovative artists working in photography and video. These small group exhibitions highlight the individual ideas and achievements of an engaging and eclectic group of talented artists. The aim of the series is to stimulate conversations about contemporary art and to showcase outstanding artworks that might not otherwise come to wide attention.

Chang The Jiang Family. Left: Fuzhou, China, 2004; Right: New York City, 2008. © Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos, Courtesy of Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos and Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei

Perspectives 2012 includes works by three artists—Chien-Chi Chang, Greg Girard, and Anna Shteynshleyger —who explore what happens when tight-knit cultural communities are transplanted to unfamiliar geographic locales. Each artist is represented by a group of prints selected from a much larger body of work. Continue Reading More »

Photographers Lecture Series @ ICP

untitled grapevine series

Susan Lipper recently gave an ICP audience a new reason to appreciate her photographic work.  Yes, she presented some five projects individually—starting with the posed 1983 portraits of fellow Yale art students and ending with her new installation of video portraits from Grapevine, West Virginia, juxtaposed against small  black and white landscapes of wilderness. In between, were Lipper’s seminal photobooks Grapevine (1994) and trip (2000) – a collaboration with the writer Frederick Barthelme.   Continue Reading More »