Photographers and Photography
As part of the 2016 Photographers Exchange project to provide information on the public galleries of Southern California, I had a discussion with Ron Linden, the Curator and Director of the Los Angeles Harbor College (LAHC) Fine Arts gallery regarding exhibition submissions. DS: Ron, first, thanks for your time to help explain the policies and... Continue Reading →
The following text is an excerpt from the the New York Times. The entire story can be read at: nytimes.com/2012/11/30/arts/design/matisse-exhibition-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 The great French modernist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was not a joiner. In the early 20th century he led the brief blitz of the Fauves — those “wild beasts” of fiery colors and blunt textures — but... Continue Reading →
I posted a blog entry about the Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Getty Museum a few days ago. Well, there is a second Mapplethorpe exhibition in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The X, Y, and Z Portfolios (published in 1978, 1978, and 1981, respectively) by... Continue Reading →
A key figure in late 20th-century photography, Robert Mapplethorpe created work with a distinctive tension between opposites: sacred and profane, mainstream and underground, light and dark. From his early Polaroid portraits, to his fashion photography and later controversial work, Mapplethorpe's photographs are well-ordered and emotionally restrained, with dangerously chaotic and sensuous elements... Continue Reading →
Organized by the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera, Mexico City, and curated by Rachael Arauz and Adriana Zavala with James Oles as curatorial advisor • Members Opening: September 22 Open to the general public September 23 The Museum of Latin American Art presents for its fall exhibitions the work of two Modern artists... Continue Reading →
I have a new and unique opportunity, as my proposal to curate a photobook exhibition for the XI Edition of FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma (FotoGrafia - the International Festival of Rome) was accepted. Very nice! The theme for this festival is "work", which is an interesting subject and in my proposal, I addressed it rather broadly. I... Continue Reading →
One of the most sensational and shocking images in European art, Edvard Munch's painting of a man locked in a vampire's tortured embrace – her molten-red hair running along his soft bare skin – created an instant outcry when unveiled a century ago. Some believed the Norwegian artist's anguished 1894 masterpiece, Love and Pain – since known... Continue Reading →
Herb Ritts's photography is the obverse of AIDS. Populated by impossibly beautiful young people with impossibly perfect bodies frolicking in the outdoors, they are the picture of perfect health—and as such the polar opposite of the wan, cadaverous figures then increasingly visible as AIDS slowly lurched into public view. There are plenty... Continue Reading →
Photographs copyright Douglas Stockdale 2012 I am now able, as well as extremely happy, to share some wonderful news. Over the past month I have been in discussions with Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO), the largest contemporary art museums in Rome Italy, regarding the acquisition of three Limited Edition photographs from my photobook project Ciociaria. This week I... Continue Reading →
In conjunction with Pacific Standard Time, dnj Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition “Then and Now,” a group exhibition consisting of eight Southern California photographers: Darryl J. Curran, Robert Fichter, Robert Flick, Suda House, Patrick Nagatani, Jane O’Neal, Susan Rankaitis and Robert von Sternberg. In the late sixties and seventies,... Continue Reading →
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