RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD – AMERICAN MYSTIC

Posted on 2017-04-24

The exhibition is a rare opportunity to view both iconic and lesser-known photographs by Meatyard alongside the artist’s notebooks and annotated volumes from his personal library. The exhibition coincides with the publication a major new monograph on the artist by the esteemed art historian Alexander Nemerov.

American Mystic includes a number of photographs in which Meatyard cast family members and friends in central roles, often masked and enacting symbolic dramas, such as Romance (N.) from Ambrose Bierce #3, 1962. Among the highlights of the exhibition are selections from Meatyard’s memorable series The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater, which features his wife, Madelyn, in a grotesque mask, accompanied by a friend or relative in a similarly disfiguring translucent mask.

Meatyard also experimented with multiple exposures, motion blur, distortion, and other methods of abstraction, as in the blurred landscapes of his “Motion-Sound” images. In addition, American Mystic will present a group of shimmering photographs of Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, which were featured in the 1971 book The Unforeseen Wilderness, accompanied by text by his friend Wendell Berry.

Opposite – Romance (N.) from Ambrose Bierce # 3, 1962

Exhibition runs through to May 6th, 2017

Fraenkel Gallery
49 Geary Street
San Francisco
California
CA 94108

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DJ SHADOW – SYSTEMATIC FEAT. NAS

Posted on 2017-04-24

DJ Shadow just dropped a new track with the legendary Nas, titled “Systematic”. The track is from the soundtrack of HBO’s Silicon Valley.

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BIOSPHERE – BLACK MESA

Posted on 2017-04-24

Black Mesa, released as a limited edition numbered 7-inch single, 500 copies. From the mini LP The Petrified Forest is inspired by the movie of the same name, released in 1936 and directed by Archie Mayo.
Alan Squier, a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert diner in Arizona owned by Jason Marple. Jason’s daughter, Gabrielle is immediately taken with the disillusioned intellectual, since they share idealistic dreams of escaping the stark reality of their lives.

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FLOATING POINTS – REFLECTIONS – MOJAVE DESERT

Posted on 2017-04-24

Floating Points’ forthcoming short film and soundtrack – ‘Reflections – Mojave Desert’ finds Sam Shepherd and the Floating Points band in a thrilling sonic exploration of the environment under an endless desert sky. This video ‘Silurian Blue’ is the first full release from the project. ‘Reflections’ will be released on June 30th, 2017.

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MEL BOCHNER – VOICES

Posted on 2017-04-24

Who is speaking? To whom? In his new work Bochner assumes various voices from the super-serious to the absurd. A strong vein of irony and humor flows through them. As poet Jeremy Sigler writes in the catalog:

“… I would argue these paintings un-bracket painting’s prematurely celebrated death as they simultaneously put brackets around Mel Bochner. They do this by manifesting a character, a protagonist, who may or may not be Bochner… a cantankerous maverick who paints lines like ‘It doesn’t get any better than this.’ In such lines, one can sense Bochner’s sly subversion, his exciting and menacing wit, his willingness to bite the hand that feeds him.”

Words and phrases are scattered across the whole surface. They are often painted over each other, in many cases obliterating themselves in a palimpsest of illegibility. Some paintings simply repeat a single word, like “gobbledygook,” over and over again, rendering the text itself gobbledygook. “Bochner’s runny paint literally drools, oozing letters of cold, harsh, impersonal sentiment” (Sigler). In the torrent of paint, any belief in language as communication is washed away.

Opposite – Dead As A Dodo, 2016

Exhibition runs through to June 10th, 2017

Peter Freeman, Inc.
140 Grand Street
NY 10013
New York

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2

Posted on 2017-04-24

Set to the backdrop of ‘Awesome Mixtape #2,’ Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes’ aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand.

In theatres April 28th, 2017

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