Category Archives: [I am trying to view more art]

Amy Stein photographed roadside motorists across the country in this series of flat tires and engine trouble, titled Stranded.  It’s interesting how much they shift in tone, one moment summoning pity, then suggesting a relieving solitude, or in another instance, … Continue reading →

[Mother trying to look after son at 31 mph on Rodeo Road in Los Angeles at 10:28 a.m. on a Tuesday in February 1997] I keep encountering Andrew Bush’s photographs in various corners of the internet.  His series Vector Portraits … Continue reading →

[Bountiful] Photograph by Richard Stultz In California photographer Richard Stultz’t series of shopping aisle imagery, Choices, well, the subject matter is hardly novel.  Product photography is everywhere, and artists have reflected on consumerism quite extensively.  Nevertheless, I sort of can’t … Continue reading →

I’m fairly conflicted as to how I feel about the high-gloss painterly/photographic work of Jill Greenberg; I can’t quite put my finger on why. Her series-turned-bestseller Monkey Portraits is what first put her on my radar (and I assume put … Continue reading →

Last spring I was heading to Manhattan for the weekend and popped open the New Yorker to see if anything in the galleries captured my interest.  I read about Jenny Perlin’s little show on the Upper East Side and put … Continue reading →

My initial reaction to [Lisa M. Robinson]‘s series of pictures in the snow was one of ambivalence. Perhaps it is of little surprise that the image that seized my attention was one of orange construction netting — construction imagery gets … Continue reading →

Jon Feinstein describes his series Small Signs as as “a visual interpretation of the ominous intersections between man-made objects and our natural landscape.” It’s remarkable how much this very basic theme comes up in such different sorts of work throughout … Continue reading →