MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
All in Art
From the release of imprisoned journalists in Myanmar to the sentencing of scammer Anna Delvey, this is all you need to know about the ins and outs of the art world from this week.
From MoMa’s investments in prisons to another round of censorship on Instagram, this is all you need to know with the ins and outs from the art world this week.
Laurel: The landscapes are images of cowboy movies, fantasy Western dreamlands. I wanted the landscapes to play into the over-the-top pin-up calendar, road-trip feeling.
Alec: When I photograph people, I try to be honest about who I am and what I’m doing. Just as I’m involved in reading a subject’s body language, they are undoubtedly reading mine. I try not to fabricate this language. If I’m nervous, I’ll show them my nervousness. If I’m confident, I’ll show them that. If I want people to be real for me, then I try to be real to them.
Photographing the inhabitants of the city back in the 40s and 50s, Vivian Cherry was one of the first female street photographers to capture the thronging masses going to and fro the island of Manhattan. Though Cherry passed away on March 4 in her home of Albuquerque at 98, her images of New York City of halcyon days remain iconic.
“I would like to bring attention to a new feminism, where artists like me decide to bring light and hope to this conversation. Women’s bodies and natural beauty is what makes us powerful. We will only be cherished and respected when we respect ourselves.”
Yes, definitely. I felt such a sense of responsibility and in my community, pride is motivating force in most everything. I didn’t want to embarrass anyone but I also wanted to make images that were true to the feeling of a place, a person and my experience within it. As the work deals with difficult issues like abuse, and addiction, living in that head space took an enormous emotional toll
Pixel-Collage is a series of collages. A collage means pasting together at least two existing elements to create something new, a new world, a new image, a new light. Doing this means giving a response through Form: Form is not just an idea, Form is the core. I want to give Form, because giving Form is the most important thing. The plastic covering is part of this form. The plastic is not a protection but the will to frame my work myself
ANDREA BLANCH: During your career, you’ve been labeled a lot of different things — one of them being a “spirit photographer.”
Musée Magazine: What inspired you to leave your career as an architect? What drew you to photography?
Andrea Blanch: I went to the 1999 Venice Biennale, when I first saw your work. What I would like to know is...
Musée writer Alexandra Glembocki speaks with photographer Firooz Zahedi on his book My Elizabeth...
Toughen up. That’s what it takes to become a man, right? Raise your fists, furrow your brow...
