Thomas Demand, *Pond*, 2020, C-Print / Diasec, 200 x 399 cm

The Israel Museum | Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History, August 9, 2023 – February 10, 2024

“Marking the artist’s first retrospective in Israel, a major touring career survey dedicated to the renowned artist Thomas Demand will open at the Israel Museum on August 8, 2023. Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History brings together 70 works that trace Demand’s practice over two and half decades of investigating the persistence of images and their ability to embed themselves in a society’s collective memory. The exhibition, which is the largest presentation during its international tour, takes a thematic approach to examining the arc of Demand’s career, highlighting his intensive craft and exploration of the emotional and aesthetic to his engagement with the social and political. One of the highlights of the exhibition will be the unveiling ofa new work commissioned by the Israel Museum, for which Demand will address current affairs in the country. Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History is on view until February 15, 2024.

“Demand’s process begins with identifying a source image, often widely circulated photographs from major news stories. He then meticulously reconstructs the image in three dimensions at a one-to-one scale using paper and cardboard. This re-created environment, absent of any humans but showing traces of recent activity, is photographed and the model subsequently destroyed in a further complication between the original and the reproduction, and between reality and artificiality.”

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*Allen Ginsberg Snapped by W. S. Burroughs, 206 East 7th Street Rooftop, Fall 1953* © Allen Ginsberg, courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles

Fahey/Klein Gallery | Muses & Self: Photographs by Allen Ginsberg, August 10 – September 23, 2023

“The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present Muses & Self: Photographs by Allen Ginsberg. This exhibition of Ginsberg's personal photographs balances our understanding of the public, outspoken poet and most prominent figure of the Beat Generation. At his core, Allen Ginsberg was a witness and chronicler of the world; his profound admiration for the beauty of the vernacular, intense observation, and celebration of the present moment guided his photography and poetry. The photographs included in this exhibition are joyful, often tender, sometimes profound while at other times humorous – and capture Ginsberg’s numerous meaningful relationships.

“‘The poignancy of a photograph comes from looking back to a fleeting moment in a floating world.’

– Allen Ginsberg

“Ginsberg had two distinct photographic periods, from the early 1950s into the 1960s and then the 1980s until his death in 1997. Ginsberg initially picked up a used Kodak Retina camera to take snapshots of the playful nature of his now-famous friends, including writers Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Neal Cassady. Ginsberg lost this beloved camera, and his photographic tendencies went dormant. Until twenty years later, when his rediscovered negatives and prints ignited his second dalliance with photography. With encouragement from photographers Robert Frank and Bernice Abbott, Ginsberg invested in better photographic equipment and made new portraits of longtime friends and new acquaintances – including Francesco Clemente, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Toni Morrison, and Patti Smith. These subtle portraits are filled with complex realizations about his life that are echoed in the meticulous handwritten captions often incorporated beneath the images.”

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© Bob Tabor, *Moon #09*, Photography 50 x 50 in. Courtesy The White Room Gallery.

The White Room Gallery | Moon Dance, August 8-20, 2023

“There is a famous quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that says, ‘For every minute you’re angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.’ That admonition seems so pertinent in today’s world that enough is never enough that it is hard to believe it dates back at least 150 years.

“Our new exhibit, Moon Dance, heeds that admonition as it is a reminder to stop and smell the roses, or in this case, the tides. Local photographer, Bob Tabor, known for his striking equine portraits and polo shots for Ralph Lauren, has made the moon the star.

“Looking at the moon elicits many emotions but none of them are anger unless, of course, you are howling. And though there is nothing wrong with the occasional howl; a full moon truly stops humanity in its tracks and lets all the rats take a respite from the race.”

For more information visit The White Room Gallery.