Magic Trick by L’Atelier Reflexe & Cobertura Photo
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
A Polaroid collection presented by L’Atelier Reflexe ( France ) and Cobertura photo ( Spain )
Curated by : Véronique Bourgoin
Magic Trick is a collection of Polaroid pictures gathered by Véronique Bourgoin, a French artist and director of l’Atelier Reflexe, founded in 1994 in Montreuil-Sous-Bois (Paris). This collection shows a selection of pictures taken by European photographers who use Polaroid not as a specialty, but as a way to experiment through a unique and instant medium. It comprises works by experienced artists as well as anonymous photographs. It also presents pictures taken by young French and Spanish photographers selected by l’Atelier Reflexe and Cobertura Photo, art institutes which support young photographers throughout the world.
At a time when digital techniques have set new standards both in amateur and professional photography, allowing photographers to gather a large number of pictures through virtual storage and print them almost instantaneously at home, one cannot help comparing these techniques with Polaroid. The latter can be considered both as the mould and the opposite of the former. It has a unique character and a raw quality revealed by the artist’s hands. The intimacy, the magic and the uniqueness of this process, which brutally captures moments and fix them in a suspended spacetime between past and future, gives a poetic and timeless quality to the work thus created, often beyond the conjuror’s will. This collection, presented as a cabinet of curiosities, mixes together different visions of artists and unknowns in order to offer an overview of the present use of Polaroid, in the artistic as well as in the amateur field.
Participating Artists:
- Véronique Bourgoin ( France )
- JH Engström ( Sweden )
- Martin Kippenberger ( Germany )
- Nina Korhonen ( Finland )
- Suzanne Pastor ( Republic Czech )
- Anders Petersen ( Sweden )
- Alberto Rojas Maza ( Spain )
- Juli Susin ( Russia )
- For the young supported :
- Manuela Bohme ( Spain/German )
- Thomas Brosset ( France )
- Sophie Carlier ( France )
- Rodrigo Gomez Reina ( Spain )
- Josquin Gouilly Frossard ( France )
- Margot Wallard ( France )
- and some anonyme polaroid with an erotic collection from Lumière des Roses Gallery, France.
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EYEMAZING Paintings by Kimiko Yoshida
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
EYEMAZING – Paintings by Kimiko Yoshida. Kimiko Yoshida is one of the most refreshing artists of our time. Her new series Paintings is a follow-up to her series Mariees that she initiated in the year 2000. In Paintings Yoshida presents herself as one on a journey, immersed in the infinity of colour. She transforms the art of the masters Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin, Rubens, and Brueghel, to create new paintings but without the use of paint. This exhibition is not only a celebration of Yoshida as a gorgeous and innovative artist but of Yoshida as a sublime and talented painter.
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FotoVisura presents the Latin American Pavilion
Location: 81 Front Street
FotoVisura, an independent visual arts organization, spearheads a Latin American Pavilion showcasing two exhibitions:
Tu/Mi Placer
Curated by Adriana Teresa, the exhibition Tu/Mi Placer introduces the photographic work of renowned artist Luis González Palma in collaboration with Graciela de Oliveira. Combining images by González Palma with reflections written by Graciela de Oliveira, this exhibition alludes to the present issue of gender violence.
ANTI-PLANO
Curated by Katya Cazar, this exhibition introduces the photographic work of esteemed Ecuadorian artists, Sara Roitman and Geovany Verdesoto. Both artists focus on the journeys made by thousands of people pursuing their dreams. These people travel with symbolic items representative of the love, the pain, and the risks they must suffer in order to change their destinies. Roitman and Verdesoto present these stories through images that offer a new look into this world of upheaval and compassion.
(super)natural – an exhibition curated by LUCI
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
LUCI, a curatorial collective based in NYC, presents a diverse group of artists and photographers including Charles Atherton, Christoph Bangert, Marla Leigh Caplan, John Clang, Theresa Ganz, Justin Hollar, Rachel Hulin, Christopher LaMarca, Kenric McDowell, Arthur Ou, Sarah Palmer, Matthew Porter, Victoria Sambunaris, Willamain Somma, Hannah Whitaker, Troy Williams and Jeff Whetstone.
(super)natural is a group show featuring work that engages with and re-imagines the idea of nature and natural phenomena. From large format landscape photography to site-specific installation, the work on view makes visible the awesome and terrifying aspect of the sublime in nature.
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American Youth – Redux Pictures
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
This companion exhibition to the 240-page American Youth book examines the newest generation of 18-24 year olds in detail, observing young couples and Mormon missionaries, debutante balls and drunken tailgate stupors, war widows and B-boys, street kids and lobstermen. How are they different, and how are they exactly the same as the generations that came before? There are would-be pop stars waiting for a shot on American Idol, organic farmers living the hippie dream and tattooed Cobra gang members brooding in a Navajo Reservation jail. Another series of photographs asks young New Yorkers to think big: If you had the chance, what question would you ask God?
Edited with the help of Bill Black (Reader’s Digest), Karen Frank (Conde Nast Portfolio), Jeanne Graves (BestLife), Armin Harris (Fortune), Katherine Harris (The Daily Beast), Jane Hwang (ABCNews.com), Michelle Jackson (freelance art buyer, owner of SnapIndigo), Nadja Masri (GEO), Brenda Milis (Men’s Health), Bruce Perez (Redbook), Dora Somosi (GQ) and Allyson Torrisi (Popular Mechanics).
By the photographers of Redux Pictures
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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
The Cedefop/Thessaloniki Photomuseum Award
Two awarded artists revolving around the notion of work were chosen by the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography to participate in the New York Photo Festival 09. The two winners of the international Cedefop / Thessaloniki Photomuseum Award of 2007 and 2008, Sirio Magnabosco and Myrto Papadopoulos, will represent the Museum. Their work which is related to the award’s topic People in work, people in training was selected by international juries both years among 200 participants.
In 2007 the first prize was awarded to Sirio Magnabosco (b.1980, Italy) for the series of photographs entitled The Wait and the show of his awarded works took place at the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, during the Photobiennale / 20th International Photography Meeting (April-May 2008). A distinction was given to Marc Curran (Ireland) and to Ingar Krauss (Germany).
In 2008 during the Photobiennale / 20th International Photography Meeting (April-May 2008) the first prize was given to Myrto Papadopoulos (b. 1978, Greece) for the series of photographs entitled Out on limb. Heiko Specht (Germany) and Ralf Tooten (Thailand) were given the second and third positions accordingly.
Cedefop/Photomuseum Award
The Cedefop / Photomuseum Award was first established by the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in collaboration with Cedefop, the European Agency for the development of professional education and training in the European Union as part of the 19th International Photography Meeting in 2007. The Cedefop/Photomuseum Award is an international award which revolves around the notion of work and education or training for work and aims at collecting works with social content and interest. As part of the prize Cedefop and the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography offer to each winner 5.000 euros and produce his exhibition.
www.cedefop.europa.eu / www.thmphoto.gr / www.photobiennale.gr
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Tierney Fellowship Show
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
The Tierney Fellowship Show
The Tierney Fellowship Show presents selected works by the 2008 Tierney fellows. The Tierney Fellowship is a global initiative that annually awards fellowships to support emerging artists in the field of photography. Its primary goal is to find tomorrow’s distinguished artists and leaders in the world of photography and assist them in overcoming the challenges that artists face at the beginning of their careers. The 2008 Fellows come from the following countries: India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea and USA.
Participating Artists:
Francki Burger – South Africa
Francesca Cao – United States
Adela Goldbard - Mexico
Alfredo Karam – Mexico
Ernesto Ramirez – Mexico
Will Steacy - United States
Motohiro Takeda – United States
Tracy Dyan Edser – South Africa
Devon Ward – United States
Robert Watermeyer – South Africa
Suyeon Yun – United States
Nandini Muthiah – India
Marten Elder – United States
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D.U.M.B.O. Show – an exhibition curated by Patrick McMullan
Location: powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street
D.U.M.B.O. Show is the opportunity to present the Patrick McMullan Company photographers as the collective that they are. The Patrick McMullan Company photographers are all committed to photography, not only as a commercial product, but also, more importantly, as a form of art and self-expression. The New York Photo Festival is an important vehicle for the photographic community and the perfect venue for this exhibition. In curating this show, Patrick McMullan brings their diverse visions together in an attempt to find the common ground in the work of this talented s table of photographers. What emerges is a profound, universal appreciation for the beautiful and ugly aspects of humanity, as well as a clear dedication to advancing the medium of photography through rigorous practice and experimentation.
New Visionaires 2008 – By the New York Photo Awards
Location: Tobacco Warehouse
The New York Photo Festival is pleased to announce the creation ofNew Visionaires 2008, an exhibition showcasing the works of the New York Photo Awards 2008 Winners and Honorable Mentions. Artists include: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Adem Hadei, Paula Bronstein, Jessica Todd Harper, Edgar Martins, John Offenbach, Jason Bell, Amy Stein, Gratiane de Moustier, Tobias Kruse, Alana Celii, Anna Skladmann, Benny Snyder, Benjamin Rusnak, Balazs Gardi, Brent Stirton, Ugnius Gelguda, Lamia Maria Abillama, Michael Corridore, Jill Greenberg, Simone Lewis, Flynn Larsen, Naho Kubota, Jessica, Dimmock, Toni Greaves, Anne Schwalbe, Ellie Davies, Ruthie Shapiro, Lara Wechsler, Collin LaFleche, and Tiana Markova-Gold.
