This will be the first of several posts showing art I saw last year. Rather than simply photographing the following twenty-one images in a straightforward manner, however, I give each work of art a context.
At times I pull back to reveal an expanded setting in which the art loses a bit of its primacy. At other times, I zero in to show a detail in which the art may no longer even be recognizable. Because of this “transformation,” I give each photograph a title which seldom alludes to the title of the piece photographed.
My hope is that each photograph, along with its captioned title, will speak for itself. Therefore, I also offer no explanatory texts below the images. For viewers seeking more information, please “google” the artists’ names.
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| Young Critic, Bronx Bricks (5B), NYC, The Bronx, Paintings by Vladimir Ossif |
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| Art Patron, Volta NY, NYC, Manhattan, Art by Zoe Charlton |
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| Contemplating Andy Contemplating, Scope NY, NYC, Manhattan, Sculpture by Kazuhiro Tsuji |
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| The Great American Nude Slides Home, The Armory Show, NYC, Manhattan, Sculpture by Tom Wesselman |
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| Isaac Julien at MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Ten Thousand Waves installation |
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| Slot, Skarstedt Gallery, NYC, Manhattan, Painting by Martin Kippenberger |
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| Read His Lips, National Arts Club, NYC, Manhattan, Bust of George Bush by Marc Mellon |
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| Easy Does It, Bishop, Our Lady of Pompeii Church, NYC, Manhattan, Bust of Venerable Bishop John Baptist Scalabrini |
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| Campo Vaccino in the Bronx, Bank Note Building, NYC, The Bronx, Hunt’s Point, Print of G. B. Piranesi |
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| Prints by Wofsey, Bronx Bricks Apt. 3B, NYC, The Bronx, Mott Haven, Exhibition of prints by Tammy Wofsey |
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| 3 Landscapes, The New Museum, NYC, Manhattan, Paintings by Etel Adnan in show of art from the Arab world |
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| MoMA’s Maillol I, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Aristide Maillol’s Sculpture, The River |
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| MoMA’s Maillol II, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Aristide Maillol’s Sculpture, The River |
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| MoMA’s Maillol III, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Manhattan, Aristide Maillol’s Sculpture, The River |
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| Silver Nereid, Museum of the City of New York, NYC, Manhattan, Presentation Bowl by Tiffany & Company (Newport Goelet Cup) |
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| Deflecting Treblinka, Museo del Barrio, NYC, Manhattan, Detail of Children of Treblinka by Raphael Montañez Ortiz |
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| Daphne Pruned, Museum of Art & Design, NYC, Manhattan, Detail of Kate MacDowell’s Daphne |
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| East Side Tessera, Times Square Police Kiosk, NYC, Manhattan, Midtown, Detail of mosaic of map of New York |
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| Through the Wall, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, NYC, Manhattan, Installation by Jonah Freeman & Justin Lowe |
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| Man Emerging, Flushing Boulevard, NYC, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Wall with mural and graffiti |
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| Visible Hand: Wall Street, Federal Hall, NYC, Manhattan, Financial District, Detail of Statue of George Washington by John Quincy Adams Ward |
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