Harry M. Callahan Interviewed on February 13, 1975
[rev_slider slider21] Eleanor, Chicago, 1952 Interview with Harry M. Callahan, Conducted by Robert Brown in Providence, RI, February 13, 1975 The following oral history transcript is the result of a tape-recorded interview with Harry M. Callahan on February 13, 1975. The interview took place in Providence, RI, and was conducted by Robert Brown for the […]
ASX.TV Ryan Trecartin & Lizzie Fitch – “Any Ever” (2012)
RYAN TRECARTIN & LIZZIE FITCH, video and visual artists “ANY EVER” (2012, 12’30”) “Did I just Date myself? ‐ No, It was just Dinner.” François Michaud, the co-curator of the “Any Ever” exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, reveals to us the visual and mental world of Ryan Trecartin & […]
KEIZO KITAJIMA: “USSR 1991” (2012)
In the fall of 1990, Keizo Kitajima received a commission from Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper to visit the Soviet Union, the opportunity to spend a year documenting both people and places in what was then a monolithic entity. 15 republics, 11 time zones, and thousands of miles spanning the two—the task was daunting in […]
KEIZO KITAJIMA: “USSR 1991” (2012)
USSR 1991 In the fall of 1990, Keizo Kitajima received a commission from Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper to visit the Soviet Union, the opportunity to spend a year documenting both people and places in what was then a monolithic entity. 15 republics, 11 time zones, and thousands of miles spanning the two—the task was daunting […]
Daido Moriyama – “The Silk Screen Workshop” (2012)
On December 15th, 2012, Polka Galerie had the honour to host Daido Moriyama for an extraordinary event: The Silkscreen Workshop. During an entire afternoon, the Japanese master, who came to Paris especially for this, helped the workshop participants create a silkscreen. In an atmosphere reminiscent of a factory, the “apprentice-for-a-day” chose one of five […]
Hans-Peter Feldmann (2006)
All the Clothes of a Woman, 1970’s By Roy Arden, This curator’s text was originally published for the exhibition ‘Hans-Peter Feldmann’ at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, June 9 – August 20, 2006. Hans-Peter Feldmann’s oeuvre includes works in many media, from painting to sculpture, installation, photography, collage, bookworks, archives or collections of images, objects, […]
Karl Blossfeldt: “Urformen der Kunst”
Robert Knoth & Antoinette DeJong – “POPPY: Trails of Afghan Heroin” (2012)
Poppy claims to trace the Afghan the entire recent history of the opium trade, to describe trafficking routes and opium’s impact on millions of people. It claims to do all of this on an enormous scale; across 13 countries and with more than 17 years of on-the-ground reportage. Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin By […]