New York Graffiti

Went down to New York with my sons and wandered around SOHO and the lower east side. Went to the Apple store, Kid Robot and the South Street Seaport area. When it comes to graffiti, NYC has some of the best.

The Drinkers at the Met

While visiting the Met and checking out the Van Goghs, Monets, Picassos, etc... I found this dark little Honore' Daumier painting titled "The Drinkers", that I'd never seen before . I really like this character study from France, circa 1861.

Koons Balloon

I was back in NYC again for the closing of the Redefining Portraiture show at the Square Inch Gallery. It was good to meet Gallery Director, Liz Afif and some of the other artists in the show. There's a book documenting the show available at https://www.lulu.com/commerce/index.php?fBuyContent=2561578
I also visited the Metropolitan Museum to check out the Super Heroes costume show, Photograpghy on Photography and Jeff Koons on the Roof. Gotta love that Balloon Dog sculpture. Even after seeing the Met's classical sculpture, it's pretty impressive. It's stainless steel and stands about 10 feet tall. I also got some good photos in midtown and went to the Top of the Rock. More on that later I guess...

Redefining Portraiture

I recently had my photo, "Spare Change" accepted into an exhibition at a small gallery on the upper west side of Manhattan. They are also publishing a book from the show.

REDEFINING PORTRAITURE
NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
May 8 – June 5, 2008

Opening: Thursday, May 8, 6-9pm

Square Inch Gallery
Juror, Liz Afif Gallery Director
215 W. 101st St. #3J
NY, NY 10025

The portrait can be a direct representation of a person’s physical appearance or it can be indirect for example it can be a narrative record of a cross-section of someone’s life, or an abstract image representing the subject’s essence. For this exhibition we wish to show the variety of kinds of portraiture and to reinforce the importance of portraits as fine art.

http://squareinchgallery.com/

“Redefining Portraiture” book: $27.95
http://stores.lulu.com/lizafif