Get plenty of rest this week and take your vitamins, because it's going to be a busy weekend in the city for all of you photography lovers. To help you out, I put together a mini break-down of things that can be added to your to-do list if you're keen on partaking of the various upcoming art offerings:
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First, it's the AIPAD Photography Show (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers) this weekend! We made a pre-announcement about this annual event last month, but now the time is at-hand. As I wrote last month, it's the one time of year where a whole lot of the photo-focused galleries of the world come to you, in one building. Open and your eyes and mind (and wallets, if you're in a prospecting mode), and come on down to the Park Avenue Armory.
AIPAD will be on view from:
Thursday, March 18 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 19 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 20 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 21 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For more information on ticket sales and special exhibition talks (want to hear Bruce Davidson speak?), visit the AIPAD website and download their education program (pdf).
Whenever the AIPAD weekend rolls around in the city, many other galleries and photo-interested venues put on their Sunday Best, and the frequent problem that one confronts is how to cram in all of the amazing spring shows that are opening and closing all over the place. One event that you don't want to miss is the Aperture SNAP! Out of Winter party. As Youngna wrote earlier, there will be giveaways, drinks, desserts, a polaroid photo booth, chances to meet and mingle with Jen Bekman (a party co-chair), the JBP crew and the many friends of Aperture.
Party tickets are available at a range of prices, from $100 to $250, depending if you come solo, come in a pair, or purchase a ticket to include an exclusive limited-edition print by Dan Winters and an Aperture magazine subscription. Keep an eye out on JBP's twitter feeds (@JenBekman, @heyhotshot and @20x200) as well, because we'll be giving away a few tickets to a few of you followers out there.
For more info about the party and to purchase tickets, check out the event website.
SNAP! OUT OF WINTER
Friday, March 19, 2919
Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor (Between 10th + 11th Avenue)
New York, NY 10001
Other shows of interest that I'd be wearing out the pavement trying to get to if I were you:
(Left) Peri, Route 64, Kentucky 2005 by Amy Stein and (Right) Kentucky Fried Chicken, 2009 by Brian Ulrich
Instruments of Empire, with photographic powerhouses Amy Stein and Brian Ulrich in holy-cow collaboration at Caption Gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
From the exhibition statement:
Amy Stein and Brian Ulrich present a vision of global capitalism's flipside: disposable spaces, stranded people, ruined avatars of global brands, the empty enthusiasm of advertising's incitements and the angry graffiti of those left out. Their powerful, dystopic visions expose the transformation of human beings into consumers. They recall the phrase of Napolean, "In the eyes of the empire builders, men are not men but instruments."
Instruments of Empire
Caption Gallery
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
55 Washington Street, No. 802
Brooklyn, NY
Angler Fish, 2009 by Lori Nix
Another strong group show I'm dying to see:The Museum of Natural Unhistory, a photographic exhibit about Natural History Museum installations, at CLAMPART, with work by Richard Barnes, Amy Stein, Justine Cooper, Jason DeMarte, Blake Fitch, Jill Greenberg, Nicole Hatanaka, Harri Kallio, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon, Lori Nix, Matthew Pillsbury, Elliot Ross and Marisol Villanueva.
The Museum of Natural Unhistory
CLAMPART
521-531 West 25th Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10001
20x200-artist and constructed-scene avian photographer Paula McCartney has an ongoing show at KLOMPCHING gallery of her Bird Watching series.
Bird Watching
KLOMPCHING Gallery
111 Front Street, Suite 206
Brooklyn, NY 11201
2005 Spring Hot Shot Rachel Sussman is sharing the gallery wall with 31 Women in Art
31 Women in Art
Affirmation Arts
523 W. 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
And, to cap off your weekend—a show near and dear to our hearts: it's your last chance this weekend to catch our Hey Hot Shot! 2009 Second Edition show at our very own Jen Bekman Gallery, on display through Saturday, March 20th. HHS! Second Edition features fifteen works by the five photographers newest to our Hot Shot roster: Marisa Aragona, Leah Tepper Byrne, Alejandro Cartagena, Jessica Eaton and Justin James King.
Girl coming home to suburb in Juarez from a night out in the city, 2009, Suburbia Mexicana Project by Alejandro Cartagena
Hey Hot Shot! 2009 Second Edition
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring street
New York, NY 10012
We also want to remind you that we're celebrating the fifth anniversary of Hey, Hot Shot! in 2010 and will officially open for entries on Monday, March 22nd. To be automatically notified of the competition's opening, sign up for the low-volume newsletter, keep your eye on the HHS! site and follow us on Twitter.