JASON SHULMAN – STILL MOTION

Posted on 2024-11-18

The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, Little Havana Project presents an exhibition of new work by the British artist Jason Shulman. Featuring a series of long- exposure photographs of critical moments of our recent history, the show marks a new chapter in the artist’s decade-long practice of multimedia experimentation. By manipulating temporality and technology, Shulman opens a new door to our perception of some of the most iconic events and images of our shared cultural world.

The project began when the London-based Shulman decided to photograph the coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi: training his camera on his television, he took a series of long-exposure photographs of selected events, freezing dreamlike, fluid, action-charged representations of what the rest of the world was experiencing as HD motion on their screens. This idea of gathering all the light present in an event led to his celebrated series ‘Photographs of Films’ where the entire running time of a movie is captured in a single image.

His new body of work takes iconic filmed moments from history as the subject for visual investigation. The ‘History Photographs’ inhabit a liminal third space between the moving and the static, opening up a new way of experiencing culturally familiar events.

Opposite – Dumbo (1941), 2023

Exhibition runs through to November 30th, 2024

Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
510 SW 8th Court,
Miami
FL 33130

www.rebeccahossack.com

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ABSTRACTED LIGHT: EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted on 2024-11-18

The works in this exhibition represent a variety of approaches to light abstraction, starting with the photogram process. One of the earliest forms of photography, a photogram is made by placing objects directly on chemically treated paper and exposing them to light to capture their silhouettes. Photographers revived this technique as they sought novel ways to create abstract images. The Hungarian-born artist Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, working in Germany, became one of the photogram’s fiercest advocates, writing that it enabled photographers to “sketch with light” in the same way that painters work with paintbrushes and pigment. In Paris, the American expatriate Man Ray also embraced the photogram, mistakenly claiming that he had invented the technique and naming it the “Rayograph” after himself. Through international exhibitions and photography journals, the popularity of the photogram spread far and wide.

Opposite – Vortex, 1933, Edward W. Quigley.

Exhibition runs through to November 24th, 2024

J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles
CA 90049

www.getty.edu

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TOMBOGO POCKETCAM

Posted on 2024-11-18

The PocketCam is a playfully innovative new camera designed for creators who seek to blend nostalgia with design & tech. Featuring a translucent casing and a custom UI inspired by the iconic PlayStation 2 memory card screen, this versatile device goes beyond photography. It captures both photos and videos, offers a suite of 25 custom filters, plays music, and even includes built-in games. Perfectly sized for everyday carry, the PocketCam empowers users to create, capture, and share their world through a lens that redefines the creative experience.

www.tombogo.com

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BEVAN DAVIES – NEW YORK TYPOLOGIES

Posted on 2024-11-11

Bevan Davies: New York Typologies will feature vintage black and white photographs of lower Manhattan made in the mid-1970s. Davies utilized a large-format view camera to generate images of great depth and clarity, pursuing an approach to documenting the urban landscape of the Empire City that the late photographer Lewis Baltz described as “rigorously contemporary while acknowledging a use of the camera which dates from the inception of the medium.” This exhibition will showcase varying aspects of the city’s architecture, presenting serial images devoted to these cast-iron edifices.

Opposite – Hudson and Franklin Streets, New York, 1977

Exhibition runs through to November 23rd, 2024

Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
CA 92037

www.josephbellows.com

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RICHARD SHARUM – SPINA AMERICANA

Posted on 2024-11-11

“In reaction to the gaining momentum of a fractious American identity, and what it means for our future as a nation going forward, ‘Spina Americana’ (American Spine) attempts to understand a critical and often misunderstood area of the United States, in a time of political division not seen here since the 1850s.

I decided to focus my attention on a 100-mile-wide path of land, 50 miles east/west of the geographic center. It runs vertically from Mexico to Canada, traversing the spine of the United States, as an independent and unique feature that deserves its own examination, where most of its occupants have been ignored politically, socially, and culturally for many decades. The commonly used expression for this area is “flyover country”, which denotes a land of banality and unimportance, culturally and otherwise.

This series reflects my general philosophy towards photography as an anvil for activism, as well as my opening argument for a new direction in the hope for a more collective and persistent empathy. As Americans, our duty, I believe, is to always remember that in the end, the only thing holding the line between our honour and the windblown dust of a collapsed empire, is us. My hope is that this work and the work that is to come, will serve as a call to action for individuals convinced they are powerless against the forces actively opposing this very kind of national cohesiveness.”
Richard Sharum

Opposite – Morningside, South Dakota, 2022

Exhibition runs through to November 23rd, 2024

The Hulett Collection
1311 E. 15th St.
Tulsa
OK 74120

thehulettcollection.com

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MARK RUWEDEL – LOS ANGELES, LANDSCAPES OF FOUR ECOLOGIES

Posted on 2024-11-11

Mark Ruwedel’s Los Angeles, Landscapes of Four Ecologies includes photographs and handdrawn maps, capturing the Los Angeles Basin’s distinct natural environments. Ruwedel’s photographs find evidence of fires, floods, landslides, and coastal erosion, all entangled within the city’s urban infrastructure. Landscapes of Four Ecologies takes its name from Reyner Banham’s 1971 publication, Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies, yet surveys those interstitial spaces Banham downplayed: the river, the coast, the hills and canyons, and that which is “haunted by the desert” (in Joan Didion’s words.)

Opposite – Arroyo Seco #10, 2015

Exhibition runs through to November 23rd, 2024

Gallery Luisotti
818 S. Broadway, Suite #1001
Los Angeles
CA 90013

galleryluisotti.com

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