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Review Rundown for Ed Ruscha: Books & Co. / Various Small Books

October 09, 2013 in art notes, Artist, Ed Ruscha, gallery, international, my pictures, Photography, publications, review, ten convenient stores

Press for Books and Co.

Review | Pastelegram The Library of Unborrowed Books and Ed Ruscha Books & Co. Art in General; Gagosian Gallery By Kara Carmack

Rather than quarantined in vitrines—though some are—the books on the walls offer their smells and textures to the viewer. The glossy, flimsy and colorful pages of Harlan Erskine’s Ten Convenient Stores (2005), for example, mimic those of magazines found within his convenient stores. Erskine’s book, clearly riffing on Ruscha’s Twentysix Gasoline Stations, documents the stores’ exteriors, highlighting their neon signs, florescent interior lights and colorful advertisements plastered on the windows. The book’s thin glossy pages, however, tactilely move us through the stores’ front doors into the shelves of cheap commercial goods we know are there but cannot see.

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Artist Portfolio Magazine: Ed Ruscha Books & Co at Gagosian Gallery

Press For Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha

Parka Blogs: Book Review: VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha

The Boston Globe: Books: Quick look at “Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha”

Publishers weekly: Nonfiction Book Review: Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books

The New York Times: ‘Various Small Books,’ Inspired by Ed Ruscha, and More

lection: various small books

NEW PRESS: "In the Shadow of the Black Sun" in American Photo

December 17, 2012 in art notes, interview, Miami, my pictures, Photography, review, tear sheet

My Black Sun Project is included in an article by John Mahoney, In the Shadow of the Black Sun, for this month's American PHOTO. The article is also viewable online here. Contemporary artists Chris McCaw, Hans-Christian Schink, Thodoris Tzalavras, Amelia Konow are featured in the piece, along with the work of Ansel Adams and Joseph-Philibert Girault.

I showed Black Sun Project in Miami at the Bas Fisher Invitational in a 2008 solo show. It's nice to view the pieces included with other black suns to give it more context. Interesting to see how the works of these artists began around the same time.

Sunrise over Brooklyn and the Iconic Kentile sign on my way to the airport to head to Review Santa Fe.

Review Santa Fe 2012

July 24, 2012 in events, my pictures, Photography, review, travel

A lot of people have asked about my trip to Santa Fe for their famous Review Santa Fe. I really enjoyed the experience and my time sharing my project, Imaginary Wars with the reviewers. Take a look at the pictures below. Many of these shots are reposted from my instagram feed.