portraiture

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Books & Magazines
9:30 pm

“Illustration Now! Portraits” Book

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Taschen celebrates the full scope of contemporary portraiture with the forthcoming Illustration Now! Portraits. Caricature and realism are just two modes explored. In all, the book covers over 80 illustrators, touching on all sorts of techniques and sharing a number…

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Monday, May 16th, 2011

Uncategorized
8:30 pm

Video | One Minute

Video | One Minute

One Minute is a series of portraits in motion by Dennis Swiatkowski. At the moment, there are three videos with one launching each week until 20 are complete. View two other One Minute clips after the jump.

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Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Uncategorized
4:56 pm

Specter at Pure Evil Gallery

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Brooklyn-based street artist Specter makes his UK debut this month at Pure Evil Gallery (108 Leonard Street, London, EC2A). Known for portraying social marginalized people, Specter substitutes garments for figures in his new portraits. He says, ““the story behind the…

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Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Art
6:29 pm

Sylvia Ji “Las Adelitas” at Joshua Liner Gallery

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Now open at Joshua Liner Gallery, Sylvia Ji’s Las Adelitas mixes contemporary portraiture with tradional Mexican imagery. Like the exhibition title suggests, Ji’s fifteen, acrylic-on-panel portraits depict fierce and feminine soldaderas, the spiritual sisters of women who assisted and fought…

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Monday, March 29th, 2010

Art Books & Magazines
2:25 pm

Sunday Drive by Luke Smalley

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Photographer Luke Smalley has dedicated a good portion of his time to unveiling the truth of small town youth. His new book, Sunday Drive, continues this quest and captures the moments when innocence takes a wrong turn. The portraits are…

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Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Art
11:04 pm

Alex Katz “An American Way of Seeing”

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An American Way of Seeing, a 40 painting retrospective of Alex Katz is on view at Museum Kurhaus Kleve through February 21, 2010. The exhibition traces Katz’s contribution to figurative landscape and portrait painting with works representing the years 1957…

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Art
6:48 pm

Zach Cordner | Photographer

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Born and raised in Southern California, Zach Cordner is founder of Transworld Stance Magazine. He contributes to magazines like Rolling Stone, Playboy, and Men’s Health. Cordner’s best trait is his innate ability to capture personality. More examples of Cordner’s work…

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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Art
9:02 pm

Alec Soth | Photography

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Born and based in Minneapolis, Alec Soth has received numerous awards, including the 2003 Sante Fe Prize for Photography. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, and he is represented by Gagosian in New York. Shown…

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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