All Things Art & Photography
Longtime favorite in Philadelphia, owner’s Christopher Schmidt and Ilana Dean have an enlightened but no-nonsense approach when it comes to showcasing a wide range of work that is always interesting. Talking to them about art is like hanging out with the next-door neighbor you actually get along with. If you want to avoid the attitude that prevails in most “serious” art galleries this is the place that says “just come hang out”.
Best Galleries in Philadelphia Series: Schmidt Dean Gallery
Another Master who leaned towards the surrealistic side with his wide angel nudes and strange beach images. Bill Brandt could take the ordinary and always make it (some how) extraordinary. Which is what making good pictures is all about.
Download a free sample of the catalog from Museum of Modern Art here
MoMA Link here
What I love about Kellner’s work is he sketches out each piece much like a musical score. He works in 35mm negatives which are then contacted and printed. Thomas makes architecture dance and he is the king of the deconstructed architectural image.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/idris_khan_becherhouse.htm
Very large multiple layered prints, usually taken from books. First three are taken from Bernhard and Hilla Becher series.
208 x 160 cm
Idris Khan Photographs
I love work that shows the unseen. Wattenberg & Viégas moving wind map uses data to show us magic.
“An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. The wind map shows the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.”
Images from Hurricane Isaac (September 2012):
