Mike Birbiglia to Host IFP’s 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards

             

Mike Birbiglia to Host IFP’s 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers announced today that comedian/writer-director/actor Mike Birbiglia will serve as the host of the IFP’s Gotham Independent Film Awards™ show on Monday, November 26, 2012 in New York City.


“We are so thrilled that Mike Birbiglia will be hosting the Gotham Awards this year,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP.   “Coming off an exciting year as a debut director, with a hit film under his belt, Birbiglia’s charm and humor are sure to delight our audience.”


The announcement comes on the heels of the superb theatrical opening of SLEEPWALK WITH ME, Mike Birbiglia’s directorial feature film debut.   An established screen, stage and radio personality has gone on to create three of his own Comedy Central TV specials, after releasing three lauded comedy albums.  He is a veteran comedian having appeared on Letterman, Kimmel, Carson Daly, Conan, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon.


“I couldn't be more excited about hosting the Gotham awards,” says Birbiglia.  “I've only attended once before; that was as a coat check guy (and I'm not kidding), where I worked with my sister Gina.   I don't mean to brag, but I must have done a pretty damn good job hanging up coats to be asked back to host the thing.   At first I thought maybe they should have asked Gina to host, but then I remembered that she lost a few coats. The point is, I'm really excited about the Gotham Awards! It's truly an honor to be asked by IFP.”


SLEEPWALK WITH ME, an IFC Films release from the creators of THIS AMERICAN LIFE, is based on Birbiglia's one-man show of the same name.  Birbiglia directed, wrote and stars in the film which had its
premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where it won the Audience Award.   He also had an extended cameo in Lynn Shelton's YOUR SISTER'S SISTER, another critically acclaimed 2012 film also
released by IFC Films.  In 2010, Birbiglia made his literary debut with Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories. It debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List.  This work, along with his “My
Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”, were both adapted to successful off-Broadway shows which also toured internationally.  Critically acclaimed by Time Magazine, the New York Times and the Associated Press, Birbiglia is a two-time nominee for the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama Desk Awards.  He is the 2011 winner of the Lucille Lortel Award for “Outstanding Solo Show Off-Broadway”, and as an actor he has appeared in the films GOING THE DISTANCE, CEDAR RAPIDS and Lena Dunham's HBO
series "Girls."


As the first major awards ceremony of the film season, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ provide critical early recognition and media attention to worthy independent films. The awards are also unique for their ability to assist in catapulting award recipients prominently into national awards season attention, including recent winners and ultimate Oscar® contenders:  feature winners BEGINNERS (2011), TREE OF LIFE (2011), WINTER’S BONE (2010) and THE HURT LOCKER (2009); Breakthrough Actors  Melissa Leo (2008), Ellen Page (2007), Rinko Kikuchi (2006) and Amy Adams (2005).


The Premier Sponsors of the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ are Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and The New York Times, Presenting Sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein, Official Partners:  charitybuzz; MoMA; Andaz Wall Street; Russian Standard Vodka; and Official Wine Partner Mionetto Prosecco.  Additionally, the awards will be promoted nationally in an eight-page special advertising section in The New York Times on November 16th, 2012.

For more information: www.ifp.org

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AND HBO RETURN AS PREMIER SPONSORS OF IFP’S 2012 INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AND HBO RETURN

AS PREMIER SPONSORS OF IFP’S

2012 INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK

A&E IndieFilms, Eastman Kodak Company, and

SAGIndie/Screen Actors Guild are Gold Sponsors

NEW YORK (September 17, 2012) – Today IFP – the Independent Filmmaker Project – announced its sponsors for the 2012 Independent Film Week. IFP’s Independent Film Week runs Sunday, September 16 through Thursday, September 20 at the Film Society at Lincoln Center. Premier Sponsors are Royal Bank of Canada and HBO; Gold Sponsors A&E IndieFilms, Eastman Kodak Company, and SAGIndie/Screen Actors Guild; Silver Sponsors Canon U.S.A., Inc., National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Screen Australia, Telefilm Canada, Toscana Promozione and Toscana Film Commission, and Silver Sponsors BMI, Dubai International Film Festival, Israel Film Fund, Mississippi Film Office, The New York Times, New Zealand Film Commission, and Proimágenes Colombia.  Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts.  Film Society of Lincoln Center is the Official Independent Film Week Partner, smart is the Official Auto Sponsor, The Empire Hotel is the Official Hotel Partner, and Heineken is the Official Alcoholic Malt Beverage.  Luna Bars will be available on site, provide by Clif Bar. Registration bags have been provided by NY Mouth.

Now in its thirty-fourth year, Independent Film Week is a one-of-a-kind event that brings the international film and media community to New York City to advance new voices and projects on the independent scene. The event is purely focused on supporting the future of storytelling by nurturing and providing opportunities for both emerging and established artists to connect with the financiers, executives, influencers, and decision-makers in film, television, new media, and cross-platform storytelling that can help them complete their latest works and connect with audiences.  Through its programs including, the Project Forum, Future Forward Industry Initiatives, and the Filmmaker Conference, Film Week ensures that artists, industry, and audiences have the educational, networking, and access opportunities necessary to create and enjoy work across a variety of platforms. Conference passes are available at www.ifp.org.

More information can be found at www.ifp.org

ABOUT IFP

After debuting with a program in 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit IFP has evolved into the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premiere advocate for them. Since its start IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers – voices that might not otherwise have been heard. IFP fosters the development of 350 new feature and documentary films each year through its Project Forum of Independent Film Week, Independent Filmmaker Labs and projects in its fiscal sponsorship program.

For more information and to become a member, visit www.ifp.org.

Mount Pleasant Artist Lily Kostrzewa Featuring at DeVos Place Convention Center :September 19th and runs through October 7, 2012.

 

Mount Pleasant Artist Lily Kostrzewa Featuring
at DeVos Place Convention Center
www.devosplace.org

ArtPrize is an international art competition in Grand Rapids. This year the event opens on Wednesday, September 19th and runs through October 7, 2012. More than 1500 pieces of art will be on display, with confirmed entries from 56 countries and 45 states. The public will vote and the winner will receive the top prize of $200,000. There is also a juried prize of $100,000 with various other amounts awarded to artist in some mediums. The artist must find venues to show their work, which range from city parks to rooftops to museums and restaurants.

Lily’s artwork measures 5’ wide by 4’ high with mixed media painting and titled “Don’t Wait for Tomorrow.” The display will be at DeVos Place Convention Center. Her painting is intriguing interpretations of human struggles. She has a BFA degree with Chinese Art and MFA degree in Painting. She incorporated elements of painting in a philosophy “don’t waste your time and wait for tomorrow” in Chinese calligraphy with women figures in the painting. The contrasting background shows colorful expression to read a new East/West cross-cultural spirit.

Please join Lily Kostrzewa at the DeVos Place Convention Center ArtPrize reception on September 19, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm to talk to viewers about the piece.

To learn more about ArtPrize and Lily Kostrzewa please visitwww.artprize.org/entries and http://www.artprize.org/lily-lihting-li-kostrzewa/2012/dont-wait-for-tomorrow You will also find a list of participating artists and venues.

MADArt Presents - About Love

MADArt Presents - About Love

MADArt Creative is a multi-disciplined Performing Arts and Production Company dedicated to present young, emerging artists and make art accessible through innovative event planning and community partnerships. MADArt Presents is a performance series showcasing collaborative works by innovative, young artists in Dance, Music, Theater, and Art Installations. About Love features three dance pieces by emerging composers Weston Minissali and William Pearson with choreographers Megan Guinta, Theo Bogusewski, and Lauren Camp, produced in partnership with Two Bridges Neighborhood Council. The show will brings audience on a journey of exploration within, and into the mysterious, unforgiving, and dark sides of “love”.

This event has limited seating with standing room available. Free admission. Please reserve your seat by calling 212-267-3025, or email info@twobridges.org.

Sept. 28th & 29th at Two Bridges Community Room on 82 Rutgers Slip, NY 10002

Doors open: 7:30PM

Show begins: 8:00PM

Program Order:

Part I:
Music Composed by Weston Minissali
Choreographed & Performed by Megan Guinta & Mao Hamada

Part II:
Choreographed by Theo Boguszewski
Music ("Ekho") Composed by Will Pearson
Performance by - Nicole Restani, Francheska Lopez, and Isabel Umali; David Flaum (F.Horn), Mike Gordon (Drums), Puya Aravand (Violin), Eric Umble (Clarinet), and Ivy Wong (Double Bass)

Part III:
Choreographed by Lauren Camp
Performance by - Nicole Restani, Kaylin Carlucci, and Mary Page Nance

Contact: Santino Lo, 914-843-9435
slo@madartcreative.com
www.madartcreative.com

Contemporary Art Under The Influence

2013 Spring Tempe Festival of the Arts      Call to Artists WHAT: Spring  Tempe  Festival  of  the  Arts WHERE: Mill Avenue District, the heart of the Valley of the Sun; Tempe, Arizona WHEN: April  5 - 7,  2013                   Friday,  Saturday  &  Sunday,  10:00  a.m. - 5:00  p.m.    NOTEWORTHY: Juried show in 16 media categories Surveyed results show an average of $1.6 million in festival sales Promotion of event to art-buying public in newspapers, lifestyle magazines, radio, television, direct mail, online, news releases, and social media valued at $325,000 Featured Artist and Artists Awards valued at $5,000 Application/Jury Fee $35; $460 basic booth fee + $75 mandatory City sales tax/business license fee ($535 basic total) with value added fees based on zone location, single, double, corner, space behind, and electric preferences Artist amenities include booth sitting, mobile hospitality cart serving water throughout the day, hospitality lounge with complimentary coffee, soda, water and snacks; large-art delivery assistance program; and, 24-hour security patrol New quality control program to enforce no buy/sell policy The Spring Tempe Festival of the Arts is among the oldest, largest, and best-loved traditions in the Desert Southwest. Held over a 3-day weekend, more than 225,000 visitors shop from the Valley's best selection of fine art and craft, from more than 350 artists, coming from throughout North America. The Festival occurs in a festive street fair atmosphere in the Mill Avenue District of downtown Tempe, Arizona. Now in its 36th year, the Spring Festival has been named the Best Event in Arizona by the International Festival and Events Association, and received an Award of Merit from the International Downtown Association. This juried show does not admit buy-sell artists, and promotes original art with all artists on site to engage visitors. The event is held semi-annually, taking advantage of the last of "snow bird" high season in Arizona. One third of the Festival's visitors come from outside Phoenix and outside Arizona. It's fun for the whole family, too, with more than two dozen street entertainers located throughout the site, Kids Innovation Station where children make visual art they can take home free, the Arizona Wine Festival wine tasting gardens, The Art of Beer microbrewery gardens, and the Festival Stage featuring daily musical entertainment. NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: Deadline: October 1, 2012 Notification: November 6, 2012 Booth Fees Due: December 4, 2012 Apply At:www.zapplication.org More Information: www.tempefestivalofthearts.com Email Questions: jeanette@tempefestivalofthearts.com Phone Questions: Artist Relations Director, Jeanette Miller - (602) 997-2601

Lori Hyland - Posner Fine Art

SEPT 2012 A Hyland Universe Shown Above: Midsummer Garden oil on canvas 48" x 60" Also Available: Milky Way oil on canvas 72" x 90" Galaxy oil on canvas 48" x 60" Shown to the Right:    Divine Matrix oil on canvas 64" x 89" Lori Hyland Lori Hyland is an abstract painter who has lived her entire life in Los Angeles. She took her undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California and then attended Pratt Institute of Visuals Arts in New York. Additionally she studied with Koho Sensei in traditional Japanese Sumi-e and Tom Wudi. Lori's work has been shown in numerous galleries in Europe and the United States. The creative process for Hyland is deeply intuitive. She has been fascinated and guided in painting by two important concepts; visual meaning and transformation with every canvas bringing new and unexpected relationships. In each painting, Lori uses the entire visible color spectrum with its vast palette as found in nature's deserts and gray skies. Hyland may start out with a very particular vision or meaning but other forces carry her to an altogether different place. It is this element that draws her into abstract art rather than representational. Abstract painting offers Hyland individual meaning and endless fascination with the revelations that take place. Much of her work is constructed by small grids of color placed closely together to retract colors. By themselves, they have little meaning, but placed in the whole reveal several levels of symbolism leading to a meaningful statement. Her work becomes a matter of discovery and investigation; creation as well as destruction through new forms taking place each moment.   When Lori first started painting, she was led in her work by spirituality, especially influenced by her travels to Gothic Cathedrals in France. Other influences include the environment and the earth. In recent years, her work has a new influence -- music.  Posner Fine Art is always available to assist you with your fine art and accessory needs. Sincerely, Wendy Posner  info@posnerfineart.com

Call to Artists - Wilder Mansion 2nd Annual Holiday Market

Wilder Mansion 2nd Annual

Holiday Market

Call to Artists

WHAT: One of a Kind Art, Craft, and Seasonal Gifts  

WHERE: Wilder Mansion in Elmhurst Illinois  

      

WHEN:  Friday, November 9, 4-9pm (Benefit)

            Saturday, November 10, 11am-5pm (Free Admission)

 

           

NOTEWORTHY:

 

*A juried show limited to 50 artists.

*Reduced hotel rates.

*Please visit rglmarketingforthearts.com  for more information.

Elmhurst's 2nd Annual Wilder Mansion Holiday Market is considered one of the top Suburban Holiday art venues in the Chicago area. Wilder Mansion (landmark building) is located on the grounds of Wilder Park which is ranked one of the top suburban parks by Chicago Magazine. Wilder Park is the setting of the Elmhurst Art Museum, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst College. Elmhurst is a sophisticated art conscious community. Residents are highly educated and affluent art patrons. Homes are appraised at $600,000-2million dollars plus.

 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:  

Applications available at:

www.rglmarketingforthearts.com 

Deadline:  Postmarked September 15, 2012

  

Application Fee: $25

Booth Fee: $150   

Notification:  October 11, 2012  

Email questions to: roz@rglmarketingforthearts.com

Axelle Gallery ERIC ROUX-FONTAINE “Neverlandscape” NEW YORK CITY, September 14, 2012 -- November 5 - December

ERIC ROUX-FONTAINE  “Neverlandscape” NEW YORK CITY, September 14, 2012 -- November 5  -  December 2 OPENING RECEPTION ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 6-8PM (RSVP REQUIRED)

Oro, 39¼" x 39¼"                           Babel I, 39" x 44½"                                   Angel, 23½" x 23½"

AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE is pleased to present “N E V E R L A N D S C A P E”, a solo exhibition of new works by French artist ERIC ROUX-FONTAINE.  Roux-Fontaine is well known worldwide for his creative talents in a wide range of media; he is an accomplished painter, photographer, poet and video artist. Roux- Fontaine’s premiere exhibition at Axelle Fine Arts features a series of oil paintings (pure pigment, marble powder and resin) that blend the real and the imagined to create a sort of pictorial poetry.  Roux Fontaine’s unique multidisciplinary body of work is characterized by his surreal and delicate portrayal of the natural world. The artist has travelled throughout Central America, India and Eastern Europe, specifically to Borucan & Romani communities; those cultures have had a profound influence on his art.  His view of the world is one that is enchanted, sensitive and full of hope.  He encourages the viewer to consider their identity and their relationship to the surrounding world.  Roux-Fontaine aims to change the way people perceive the world, to restore what has been lost; his art reminds us of the natural beauty and serenity that is too easily forgotten in the rush of the modern world.  He depicts images from his travels, his thoughts and his dreams. Roux-Fontaine was born in 1966 in the Savoy Region of France.  He enrolled at the Fine Art School of Saint-Etienne at the young age of 17 and graduated Suma Cum Laude 5 years later.  Since his first solo exhibition in 1991, he has enjoyed sellout shows and overwhelming success throughout Europe.  In 1995, the Musée des Beaux-arts of the city of Chambéry and the Musée Paul Dini of the city of Villefranche-sur-Saône acquired works which to date are part of their permanent collections. The Museum of the city of Lyon and the Centre de Cultura Contemporania of Barcelona (Barcelona Contemporary Arts Center) both featured his work in 2008.  The same year, Spanish private arts foundation Josep Niebla presented his first retrospective.  In 2011, he was a guest speaker at the renowned TED event in Lyon.  His work was recently featured at the Rotterdam, Paris, London and Dublin art fairs. View the catalog online here. For further information, prices and photographic material, please contact the gallery at 212. 226. 2262 or email info@axelle.com. Gallery hours are from 11:00am to 7:00pm every day. Roux- Fontaine at work www.axelle.com

Story of Cultural Interaction Among Christians, Muslims, and Jews Revealed in Beautifully Illuminated and Historically Important Treasures

The Jewish Museum Offers Digital Visitors Unprecedented Opportunity to View Rare Illuminated Manuscripts from England's Bodleian Library at Oxford University Story of Cultural Interaction Among Christians, Muslims, and Jews Revealed in Beautifully Illuminated and Historically Important Treasures

New York, NY - In conjunction with the exhibition, Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries, The Jewish Museum is offering its digital visitors two fascinating opportunities to learn about and see high resolution images of the manuscripts. Detail of Kennicott Bible, scribe: Moses ibn Zabara, artist: Joseph ibn Hayyim, commissioner: Isaac, son of Solomon di Braga, Corunna, Spain, 1476. Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS.Kennicott 1, fol. 8a For the first time ever, all 922 pages of the magnificent Kennicott Bible and its binding will be available online. The Kennicott Bible (1476) is the most lavishly illuminated Hebrew Bible to survive from medieval Spain. Digital visitors may browse through these high resolution images, either viewing a selection of the illuminations or choosing a particular chapter or page. The Kennicott Bible was photographed especially for the exhibition and the web component by noted photographer Ardon Bar-Hama. Through the exhibition microsite, visitors will be able to see and zoom into images of nearly 100 pages from 41 of the 52 manuscripts in the exhibition and selected images from several printed books and paintings. Audio clips excerpted from the exhibition audio guide accompany selected manuscript pages. The manuscripts and artworks are organized into nine themes: From Roll to Codex; Medieval Hebraism; Islamic Decorative Motifs; Shared Motifs in Christian and Hebrew Books; The Kennicott Bible, a Medieval Masterpiece; Fables from India to Spain and Beyond; Christians, Muslims, and Jews Copy Euclid; Collectors of Hebrew Books; and Sir Thomas Bodley and Queen Elizabeth I. An essay, The Middle Ages Illuminated, by the exhibition's curator Claudia Nahson places the works in context, tracing the story of cultural interaction among Christians, Muslims, and Jews during the Middle Ages, as seen in these rare and precious volumes. This microsite was designed and developed by MESH Architectures which also designed the exhibition installation. England's Bodleian Library at Oxford University, established by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1602 and now the largest of the University's group of 'Bodleian Libraries', is renowned for its great treasures. Among them is one of the most important collections of medieval Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in the world. The Jewish Museum is presenting Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries from September 14, 2012 through February 3, 2013. This exhibition features over 60 works - Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin manuscripts - the majority of which have never been seen in the United States. Several paintings and printed books are also on view.

Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries website is made possible by Bloomberg. The audio guide is produced in association with Acoustiguide. Kennicott Bible photography and online feature are by Ardon Bar-Hama. In-kind support for these projects is generously provided by George S. Blumenthal. Exhibition Website (microsite) http://bodleian.thejewishmuseum.org

AJLart is showing Christian Boltanski, James Lee Byars, Gianni Caravaggio, Douglas Gordon, Markus Keibel, Imi Knoebel, Robert Montgomery, Christine Rusche, Junior Toscanelli, Björn Wallbaum and Ralf Ziervogel at Epicentro art.

 PRESSRELEASE   sublim ∙ kursiv – AJLart at Epicentro art   Opening: Wed 12.9.2012, 19h Exhibition: 13.9. -9.10.2012 Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12.00-18.00 / during Berlin Art Week: 12.00-20.00 Location: Epicentro art, Karl-Marx-Allee 82-84, 10243 Berlin, http://www.epicentroart.com     AJLart is showing Christian Boltanski, James Lee Byars, Gianni Caravaggio, Douglas Gordon, Markus Keibel, Imi Knoebel, Robert Montgomery, Christine Rusche, Junior Toscanelli, Björn Wallbaum and Ralf Ziervogel at Epicentro art.   In sublim.kursiv the gallerist Anna Jill Lüpertz is presenting an exhibition of outstanding art pieces from international artists that have shaped the contemporary art of the present. Her show aims for a striking contrast to current exhibition concepts. sublim.kursiv renounces any theoretical discourse and the embedding of the works in any political context. Art is at the centre of the exhibition. Paintings, installations and sculptures, all in direct dialogue to each other, give space to a moment of contemplation, little more is needed.   The conviction that art in itself is sovereign, sets the tone for the choice and the presentation of the works. Conceptual installations, like those of Boltanski and Douglas Gordon are confronted with the delicate drawings of Ralf Ziervogel or the monumental murals of Christine Rusche. The poetic work of Robert Montgomery meets the large-scale sculptures of Gianni Caravaggio. Sometimes the artistic interplay of the pieces manifests immediately, other times a slow and delicate awareness arises. The exhibition sublim.kursiv covers many varieties of a precise artistic expression and of a stringency in the act of creating - it emphasizes the unique characteristics of art.   Anna Jill Lüpertz founded AJLart in 2010, under the strong conviction that certain forms of artists expressions need their respective space, even if that entails finding the right space for the right concepts. AJLart as such, is a gallery that does not limit itself to one particular space but focuses on the represented artists and their varying artistic concepts.   AJLart has developed the group exhibition sublim.kursiv in the private exhibition space of Epicentro art. Located in the historical Stalin buildings of Berlin, Epicentro art offers the perfect mixture between white cube and representative architecture. The Epicentro art was founded in 2007 by Marc Fiedler, entrepreneur and art aficionado. Since then, the private exhibition- and collection institution has been showing international artists in solo- and group exhibitions, ranging from contemporary painting to sculpture and photography.   For more information please contact: Annika Hirsekorn. Gallery Manager mailto:hirsekorn@epicentroart.com

THE WHITNEY TO PRESENT SINISTER POP, A LOOK AT POP'S DARKER SIDE November 15, 2012–March 2013

THE WHITNEY TO PRESENT SINISTER POP, A LOOK AT POP'S DARKER SIDE
November 15, 2012–March 2013



NEW YORK, September 14, 2012—Sinister Pop, the fourth in a series of six exhibitions reassessing the Whitney’s collection, presents a dark and inventive take on the Museum’s rich holdings of Pop art from the movement’s inception in the early 1960s through its aftershocks a decade later. Curated by Donna De Salvo and Scott Rothkopf, the exhibition will appear from November 15, 2012 through March 2013 in the Museum’s second floor Mildred & Herbert Lee Galleries.
Although Pop is typically understood to offer an effervescent view of postwar consumerism, this exhibition provides a more cutting and skeptical take. The show highlights a period of turmoil and upheaval in the United States, where an exploration of new art forms dovetailed with a tumultuous remaking of politics and society through rampant and ecstatic commercialism, transformations in race relations and women’s rights, and the effects of the Vietnam War. In conjunction with this exhibition, a film program titled Dark and Deadpan: Pop in TV and the Movies, curated by Chrissie Iles and Jay Sanders, will be shown in the Kaufman Astoria Studios Film & Video Gallery, also on the Museum’s second floor.

Donna De Salvo, the Whitney’s chief curator and deputy director for programs, comments: "While Pop is often characterized as a celebration of popular imagery, this exhibition focuses on the dark and unsettling ways in which artists looked at the cultural landscape of America in the 1960s and 1970s. By including figures long associated with Pop art alongside those who were not, the exhibition also attempts to bring a more textured and complex reading to a period that was pivotal in the US and internationally."

Whitney curator Scott Rothkopf continues: "As we anticipate our downtown building opening in 2015, we are actively exploring new ways to reconsider both key historical moments and the presentation of our collection. Unlike many exhibitions devoted to the movement, Sinister Pop combines photography, prints, drawing, painting, and sculpture, alongside related films and videos, to express the Whitney's belief in a truly multimedia display."
While many of the artists featured in Sinister Pop are acknowledged masters, including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, and Ed Ruscha, they are represented by seldom-seen works in surprising new contexts. For example, Ruscha’s photographs of blank apartment facades and filling stations share space with Allan D’Arcangelo’s distorted highway scene and George Segal’s forlorn Bus Station in a group of works exploring the dystopic American landscape. Another thematic cluster examines the complicated depiction of women in the hands of Rosalyn Drexler, Mel Ramos, Tom Wesselmann, and Richard Lindner, while the topic of exaggerated consumption is elaborated through Sturtevant’s monstrous spaghetti, Oldenburg’s pile of giant cigarette ends, and William Eggleston’s photograph of an overstuffed freezer. The roiling political scene and rage of the era are captured in the depictions of US presidents by Judith Bernstein, Jim Dine, and Warhol, as well as in the unrestrained, freewheeling paintings of Peter Saul and Jim Nutt.

The exhibition’s broad scope also includes artists not generally associated with the Pop canon but whose work may be understood within its broader field of reference, such as Vija Celmins, Milton Glaser, Dan Graham, Nancy Grossman, and Christina Ramberg. In particular, the curators have provocatively included a large number of photographs by Eggleston, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Peter Hujar, Joel Meyerowitz, Billy Name, and Weegee, among others. Many of these works suggest the ominous and threatening connotations of the word "sinister" in images that evoke crime scenes, foreboding voyeurism, and film-noir tales.
Sinister Pop is the fourth in a multiyear series of six exhibitions reassessing the Whitney’s collection in anticipation of the Museum’s move downtown in 2015. Proceeding in chronological order across a century of American art, the shows offer lively and revisionist takes on signal historical moments. Previous installments were Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection, Real/Surreal, and Signs & Symbols, which is currently on view through October 28. The fifth exhibition in the series will focus on the 1970s and '80s.

In addition to the full-floor Sinister Pop exhibition, the Museum’s film and video gallery will feature Dark and Deadpan: Pop in TV and the Movies, highlighting the central role that television and cinema played in communicating the excitement, anxiety, and desire underlying both Pop and popular culture in the 1960s. From Andy Warhol’s commercial for Schrafft’s restaurants to George Kuchar’s melodrama Hold Me While I’m Naked, this exhibition brings together rarely seen films, television advertisements, and political campaign messages that reflect the extravagant yet deadpan success of Pop art during this period.
The Whitney Museum is located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, New York City. Museum hours are: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm, Friday from 1 pm to 9 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday. General admission: $18. Full-time students and visitors ages 19–25 and 65 & over: $14. Visitors 18 & under and Whitney members: FREE. Admission to the Kaufman Astoria Studios Film & Video Gallery only: $6. Admission is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays, 6–9 pm. For general information, please call (212) 570-3600 or visit whitney.org.

A Gallery for Fine Photography - DATE CHANGE

Calling all creatives! Submit your best work for a chance to be included in the Art Takes Miami

Calling all creatives! Submit your best work for a chance to be included in the Art Takes Miami : 1,001 Artists Project, a special presentation of today's emerging talents this December at SCOPE Art Show, the premier showcase for international contemporary art. This year we're featuring more artists than ever before. Be one of them

info@artistswanted.org
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Be a part of the premier showcase for international contemporary art.

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$10,000 Cash Grant  |  Feature Booth at SCOPE Miami 2012  |  Luxury Hotel Stay

Featuring more artists than ever before with the 1,001 ARTISTS PROJECT, a digital display of over
a thousand artists in the exclusive Art Takes Miami booth during SCOPE Miami.


 FEATURED EXHIBITION FEATURED EXHIBITION

NANCY DAVIDSON | DUSTUP
This season, Betty Cuningham Gallery opens with Nancy Davidson's first exhibition in the space, featuring her inflatable sculpture Dustup. Known for her unique media and larger than life sculptures, Davidson's take on the rodeo cowgirl will occupy the New York City gallery through October 6. Offering a humorous critique of the American cowgirl, the sculpture's massive measurements come in at over 16 ft in height

LOUIS VUITTON - MARC JACOBS
THE EXHIBITION
Last chance: Louis Vuitton -- Marc Jacobs: The Exhibition, closes this weekend! Covering two floors of the Paris' Musée Les Arts Décoratifs, the exhibition provides new insight into the fashion system during its pivotal periods, beginning with its industrialisation and ending with its globalisation, focusing also on its artistic professions and crafts, technological advances, stylistic creations and artistic collaborations.

 FEATURED EXHIBITION FEATURED EXHIBITION

JEFF KOONS | THE PAINTER & THE SCULPTOR
Turning their attention to an artist who has been setting trends in the art world since the 1980's, Frankfurt's SCHIRN and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung are simultaneously exhibiting works by Jeff Koons this month. While deliberately separating sculpture and painting, the two spaces will present each in its own context. On view through September 23. Click here for details >>

DOROTHY BOHM | SEEING AND FEELING
Londoners, stop by Margaret Street Gallery for Seeing and Feeling, an exhibition of works by 88-year-old Lithuanian-born photographer and skilled portrait artist Dorothy Bohm. Having taken pictures for over 70 years, Bohn has a knack for encapsulating the essence of every day life, deeply aware of the vulnerability of human existence. Click here to read more >>

 FEATURED ART TAKES MIAMI ENTRANTS


Today we introduce you to a select group of sculptors from Art Takes Miami: Robin Antar, Carolanne Leslie, Austin Ballard, Marc Rust, Joe Gentry, Krisse Pasternack, Nico Yektai, Katie Aucoin, and Melissa Maddonni Haims.

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