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Best Art Book Publisher Series: 21st Editions

June 5, 2013 — Leave a comment

21st Editions creates what many consider to be the most elegant photographic art books in the world. Our fine books and portfolios have been purchased by major collectors and museums from around the world. Our titles are illustrated with signed original photographs in platinum and silver. Each book is handmade, one at a time, using the finest papers, bindings, and often, letterpress printing. They are published in very small editions, and are individually signed by the artists and writers.

via the web site

 

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Venice Biennale: The Encyclopedic Palace

June 1, 2013 — Leave a comment

The Venice Biennale or La Biennale as it is better known in Italy opens today June 1, 2013.

55th International Art Exhibition: The Encyclopedic Palace

1st June > 24th November 2013

The title chosen by curator Massimiliano Gioni for the 55th International Art Exhibition is Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace. Massimiliano Gioni introduced the choice of theme evoking the Italo-American self-taught artist Marino Auriti who “on November 16, 1955 filed a design with the US Patent office depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge, bringing together the greatest discoveries of the human race, from the wheel to the satellite. Auriti’s plan was never carried out, of course, but the dream of universal, all-embracing knowledge crops up throughout history, as one that eccentrics like Auriti share with many other artists, writers, scientists, and prophets who have tried – often in vain – to fashion an image of the world that will capture its infinite variety and richness.”

via the Venice Biennale web site

The Folk Artist Marino Auriti and his creation.

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The Collages of Toshiko Okanoue

May 30, 2013 — Leave a comment

There are just not enough photo surrealist’s in the world for my liking and the young and untrained Toshiko Okanoue is one of the best. In 6 years she knocked out over 100 works and had a couple of shows in Tokyo in the 1950’s. She then stopped making art abruptly after marrying (the not so remarkable) painter Kazutomo Fujino.

Her photo-collages as she says,

“…fit my dreams. Those scraps of my fantasies turned into strangely interesting things, – things I would not have thought of. Emboldened and delighted by the results, I made one collage after another.”

Her work was forgotten for 40 years but now she is getting the attention she deserves via two books from the great Nazraeli Press which got her into a show at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

 

via nice article in  Foam Magazine

 

The Collages of Toshiko Okanoue

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Maybe Photography Isn’t An Art Any More? Not!

May 30, 2013 — Leave a comment

I love Alec Soth’s work but this hand-ringing is complete and utter nonsense. It’s not about the camera(s) it’s about the vision. Photography is having its “Is Painting Dead” moment and painting is doing just fine thank you very much. There is this big universal photographer worry out there and I can’t wait until its over and we can move on. Yes you can network 50 miniature cameras and record an event from every angle but it will not be interesting. Give me a great lens and I can change the way you see something forever. Great Photographers will always be able to do that. That is why we should not worry about this and just go forth and make a great image dammit!

Maybe Photography Isn’t An Art Any More, Maybe It Never Was

Alec Soth: A few years ago Robert Frank said, “There are too many images, too many cameras now. We’re all being watched. It gets sillier and sillier. As if all action is meaningful. Nothing is really all that special. It’s just life. If all moments are recorded, then nothing is beautiful and maybe photography isn’t an art any more. Maybe it never was.” What do you think about this?

William Eggleston: I don’t disagree with any part of that statement.

via LBM Tumblr.

via Maybe Photography Isn’t An Art Any More, Maybe It Never Was.

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Music Break: Rolling in the Deep / Zither Virtuoso

May 29, 2013 — Leave a comment

A memorizing rendition of Rolling in the Deep played by an internet virtuoso on an Chinese zither called a Guzheng. Stay with it until the chorus as its very well done (believe or not).

 

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