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New York-based writer and photographer Paul Kwiatkowski captures the grotesque and trashy beauty of modern life, most recently portraying the swamps and strip malls of south Florida, in his set of works entitled “And Every Day Was Overcast.”
above: Excerpts from And Every Day Was Overcast. 2011
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Harp & Altar, an online journal of poetry, prose and reviews recently launched its 9th issue. Artwork by New York-based artist Mamie Tinkler is featured on the front.
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The Forgotten Space, a film essay by Allan Sekula and Nöel Burch, describes the contemporary maritime world in relation to the complex symbolic legacy of the sea. The film is an expanded version of Sekula’s epic critique of global capitalism, the 1995 book and exhibition Fish Story. Sekula will present The Forgotten Space at 7pm on Monday, Feb. 13th at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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NY-based Paul Ramirez Jonas creates artwork and sculpture to engage dialogue with audiences in public spaces. His latest piece, The Commons allows the viewer to engage a riderless cork monument, giving voice and publishing to anyone who wishes.
above: The Commons, 2011. cork, pushpins and notes contributed by the public.
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New Orleans and NY-based Sesthasak Boonchai is an artist and educator, whose work ranges from drawing to photography to installation.
In the selections from the above series Broken Flowers, Seth explores the passing of loved ones, the connections of symbolic memorials and the inherent detachment.
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New Orleans-based photographer Stephen Hilger’s solo exhibition entitled Hotel California will open to the public on January 4, with a reception for the artist on January 11 at MUSE Center for Photography and the Moving Image in New York. Hotel California and the adjoining blog and Ambassador Archive project (in collaboration with Annie Shaw) charts the evolution of one of Los Angeles’ most eminent structures and its subsequent history: The Ambassador Hotel.
MUSE Center for Photography and the Moving Image is located at 580 Eighth Avenue at 38th Street on the 7th floor. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12-6pm.
Images: Wilshire, Stephen Hilger; Carnival (The Ambassador Hotel), Stephen Hilger; The Ambassador Hotel, 1938, Western Publicity and Novelty Co., via Ambassador Archive
