The models are reclining on art auction catalogues and other publications.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Portraits 1
These two were taken as a part of the 4s series, a portrait and mapping project in Nassau County, New York.
The top photograph was taken in Oyster Bay. The other was taken in Port Washington.
Both have been on view in a group exhibition in Brussels, Belgium.
Back On the Blog!
It's 23h11m on 12/31 of 2013, and I guess I've come to the 911 of my Studio Notebook blog.
It's been a while...
Apologies to all of those who have come by for an update and found the same, albeit remarkable, photograph of Helen Mirren at the top of the page.
I returned here to see about starting a new blog with portraits. From time to time, I've thought about posting more images than can be accommodated by one of my online portfolio pages.
I'm don't consider myself to be a portraitist, but my work tends to center on the female figure.
Instead of starting a separate blog and maintaining multiple blogs, I'll be posting portraits on Studio Notebook.
Meanwhile, happy new year.
It's been a while...
Apologies to all of those who have come by for an update and found the same, albeit remarkable, photograph of Helen Mirren at the top of the page.
I returned here to see about starting a new blog with portraits. From time to time, I've thought about posting more images than can be accommodated by one of my online portfolio pages.
I'm don't consider myself to be a portraitist, but my work tends to center on the female figure.
Instead of starting a separate blog and maintaining multiple blogs, I'll be posting portraits on Studio Notebook.
Meanwhile, happy new year.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Casting
The Frieze Art Fair 2007 recently opened in London.
Untitled (Original), by Richard Prince, commissioned by the Frieze Foundation, is arguably the centerpiece of the fair.
The work is an installation, consisting of a custom-made muscle car, displayed on a circular plinth, with a young female model, dressed in a light blue denim jacket, a fuschia bikini top, dark blue denim cut-off shorts, black army boots, and long black socks.
The work brilliantly comes together because the model is exceptionally well cast and costumed. She appears to be a typical Prince model, if there ever was one. She not only suits the aims of the installation, which intentionally references visual arts commerce, she also functions as a counterpoint to the kinds of models who appear in auto industry trade shows and custom car shows.
Who's the girl?
On artforum.com's Scene and Herd, she is identified as Karley Sciortino, a writer for Dazed and Confused.
I don't know how Prince found this model, but he's remarkably fortunate to have identified someone who is from upstate New York and living in London. According to her myspace page, Sciortino is originally from Highland, New York, and she is residing in South London.
To most art fair visitors, Sciortino simply plays the role quite well. (According to the web site of a community theater in Wappingers Falls, New York, she has some acting experience). However, it would be fair to say that Prince has been able to cast a "found model," one who comes from "Richard Prince Country," lives locally to the art fair, and writes for a contemporary culture publication, and he's recontexualized her within a particular work of art.
Untitled (Original), by Richard Prince, commissioned by the Frieze Foundation, is arguably the centerpiece of the fair.
The work is an installation, consisting of a custom-made muscle car, displayed on a circular plinth, with a young female model, dressed in a light blue denim jacket, a fuschia bikini top, dark blue denim cut-off shorts, black army boots, and long black socks.
The work brilliantly comes together because the model is exceptionally well cast and costumed. She appears to be a typical Prince model, if there ever was one. She not only suits the aims of the installation, which intentionally references visual arts commerce, she also functions as a counterpoint to the kinds of models who appear in auto industry trade shows and custom car shows.
Who's the girl?
On artforum.com's Scene and Herd, she is identified as Karley Sciortino, a writer for Dazed and Confused.
I don't know how Prince found this model, but he's remarkably fortunate to have identified someone who is from upstate New York and living in London. According to her myspace page, Sciortino is originally from Highland, New York, and she is residing in South London.
To most art fair visitors, Sciortino simply plays the role quite well. (According to the web site of a community theater in Wappingers Falls, New York, she has some acting experience). However, it would be fair to say that Prince has been able to cast a "found model," one who comes from "Richard Prince Country," lives locally to the art fair, and writes for a contemporary culture publication, and he's recontexualized her within a particular work of art.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Powerful Images
Some remarkable images prompt memories of others.
Top: Helen Mirren, as Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison.
Bottom: University student Benno Ohnesorg, shortly after being shot at a demonstration in Berlin, June 2, 1967.
Linked: The Dead Toreador, by Edouard Manet.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Composing Figures Within an Interior
Sometimes I find interesting compositions in art auction catalogues.
There is a charming work on paper, titled, "Syskon," by Carl Larsson, being offered in the upcoming Sotheby's London sale of Scandinavian art on June 27, 2007.
The work depicts two of the artist's children--a more-or-less frontal view of one of the artist's daughters seated and a more-or-less profile view of her brother standing--in the drawing room of the artist's home.
The lot number for this work is 358.
There is a charming work on paper, titled, "Syskon," by Carl Larsson, being offered in the upcoming Sotheby's London sale of Scandinavian art on June 27, 2007.
The work depicts two of the artist's children--a more-or-less frontal view of one of the artist's daughters seated and a more-or-less profile view of her brother standing--in the drawing room of the artist's home.
The lot number for this work is 358.
Composing Figures Within a Landscape
I don't seek out potential pictorial compositions in real life, but I try to stay alert for unexpected situations that look interesting.
The most intriguing situations usually suggest compositions that may or may not be applicable to the kinds of work that I do. The task of adapting them to the kinds of subject matter I prefer to depict is often quite challenging.
The photo below depicts a scene from a polo match in Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York. Clearly, my work primarily depicts human adult females, but I find it engaging to examine the arrangements of different views of human bipeds and equine quadrupeds when I'm at a polo match. On another blog, I'd posted another photo that I find intriguing; however, it is much more difficult to contend with, as it depicts a group of canine quadrupeds.
The most intriguing situations usually suggest compositions that may or may not be applicable to the kinds of work that I do. The task of adapting them to the kinds of subject matter I prefer to depict is often quite challenging.
The photo below depicts a scene from a polo match in Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York. Clearly, my work primarily depicts human adult females, but I find it engaging to examine the arrangements of different views of human bipeds and equine quadrupeds when I'm at a polo match. On another blog, I'd posted another photo that I find intriguing; however, it is much more difficult to contend with, as it depicts a group of canine quadrupeds.
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