November 18th, 2008 — Exhibitions/Events
MEET WARADISE: a temporary venue for things to happen
Curated by Fjord Photo
Directed by Alice Wells, with a forthcoming exhibition curated by Karen Archey, and design by Caroline Askew
NOVEMBER 19, 2008
Opening Reception NOVEMBER 19, 2008 6-10PM
MEET WARADISE
17 Orchard Street
New York, NEW YORK (map)
Fjord is a one-night exhibition in which the general expectations of a photography exhibition will be broken and the viewer will be able to directly interact with the photographs. This exhibition features the work of 66 photographers from the Fjord collective. The photographs will be displayed in an un-mounted, un-bound fashion in order to promote direct interaction between the viewers and the work.
Exhibiting photographers are:
Dustin Aksland, Nicole Akstein, Mary Amor, Michelle Arcila, Daniel Augschöll, Mikaylah Bowman, Coley Brown, Alana Celii, Céline Clanet, Gerald Edwards III, Jon Feinstein, Bea Fremderman, Dana Gentile, Gustav Gustafsson, Jessica Hans, Paul Herbst, Nicola Kast, Clare Kelly, Jonathan Knobel, Andrew Laumann, Shane Lavalette, Bryan Lear, Miranda Lehman, Seth Lower, Sophie Lvoff, Michael Marcelle, Alexander Martinez, Lydia Anne McCarthy, Andrew McComb, Mark McKnight, Ye Rin Mok, Chad Muthard, Erin Nelson, Erika Neola, Jennifer Niederhauser, Kaarel Nurk, Grady O’Connor, Ulijona Odisarija, Nils Orth, Cristina Maria Oswald, Justin James Reed, Jessica Roberts, Lazaro Rodriguez, Tamara Rosenblum, Bryan Schutmaat, Daniel Shea, Brea Souders, Jake Stangel, Will Steacy, Tim Steer, Sean Stewart, Joseph Tripi, Brad Troemel, Jesper Ulvelius, Elo Vazquez, Kamden Vencill, Corrie Vierregger, Greg Wasserstrom, Shen Wei, Alice Wells, Ian Whitmore, Mark Wickens, Jessica Williams, Grant Willing, Sarah Wilmer, and Davin Youngs
So they Say:
Meet Waradise: a temporary venue for things to happen.
A project to promote interaction, exchange, and connection.
An excuse to juice a dense network of emerging artists and thinkers.
An exhibition of fantastical works by fantastic artists.
A place for performance, discussion, presentation, listening, dancing, relaxing, you name it.
Meet Waradise is your escape den.
Meet Waradise is your happy hour.
Meet Waradise is your mind blown.
Meet Waradise is your livingroom.
Meet Waradise is your haunt.
Meet Waradise is where everybody knows your name.
meet@meetwaradise.com
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Come See some of my photographs + Books of New Insanity Strewn Across this rad pop-up space on the Lower East Side. MY CNN style hologram will be in attendance, but unfortunately my corpse shall not.
October 31st, 2008 — Exhibitions/Events
HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION PRESENTS
THINGS ARE STRANGE
CURATED BY JON FEINSTEIN
Exhibiting Photographers:
Matthew Baum, Dan Boardman, Michael Bühler-Rose, Gerald Edwards III, Emiliano Granado, William Lamson, David La Spina, Alison Malone, Rachelle Mozman, Eric Percher, Cara Phillips, Matthew Porter, Amy Stein, Christian Weber, Hannah Whitaker, Sarah Wilmer, Ofer Wolberger
ON VIEW: Tuesday, November 4 – Saturday, November 15, 2008
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, November 6, 2008
PRESS PREVIEW: 4PM – 6PM | PUBLIC RECEPTION: 6PM – 9PM
THINGS ARE STRANGE
New Century Artists
530 West 25th Street, Suite 406
New York, NY 10001
GALLERY HOURS:Tuesday – Saturday | 11AM – 6PM
Humble Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of Things Are Strange, curated by Jon Feinstein. The group exhibition, which opens on Election Day, presents work by eighteen photographers whose images explore the peculiar, idiosyncratic and often absurd elements of the contemporary world, using them as a metaphor for the current state of social and political affairs. The work includes a range of subjects, from the bizarre phenomena of Emiliano Granado’s documentary pictures of ghost hunters and Cara Phillips’ transformation of plastic surgery machines into terrifying robots to Eric Percher’s exploration of the alienation of late night finance workers and Amy Stein’s images of stranded American travelers. Each photographer, by varying degrees, alludes to a world that is gradually falling apart at the seams.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Jon Feinstein is the Curatorial Director of Humble Arts Foundation. He has curated numerous exhibitions, most recently “Young Curators New Ideas” and “31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography.” His own photography has been published in Gotham, Nylon, Heeb, New York Press, and Vice and has been exhibited throughout the United States. Jon holds a BA in photography from Bard College.
ABOUT HUMBLE
Humble Arts Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that works to advance the careers of emerging fine-art photographers by way of exhibition and publishing opportunities, limited-edition print sales, twice–annual artists grants, and educational programming.Founded in 2005 by Amani Olu and Jon Feinstein, Humble has been a pioneering hub for showcasing new fine-art photography, and has served as a resource for collectors, galleries, museums, curators, photo editors, and bloggers internationally.
Things Are Strange is made possible in part with public funds from The Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and by Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and administered by The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
For additional information and visuals, please contact KATE GREENBERG PRESS@HAFNY.ORG.
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This show is going to be maximized, and hopefully will be a great celebration of the amazing election of our new President (don’t jinx it) On the downside, if the election does not go to Hope, it will be a sobering look at some of the intense, and often bizarre problems we humans have created for ourselves along the way. Come out, celebrate either the possibility of new frontiers, or lament the missed opportunity of epic freshness. See you there!
Matthew Baum
Christian Weber
Emiliano Granado