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Skibinskipedia™ is the online wunderkammer of B Dean Skibinski, a graphic designer and writer based in New York City. Launched in 2010, it has since been a repository of inspirations and links related to design, architecture, art, film, literature, music, photography, and, of course, New York City. I take great care to either retain or add accurate attribution to each post, but if for some reason any citations are missing or incorrect, please don't hesitate to let me know. Additionally, if work I've featured is yours and you for some reason don't want it featured, I shall be happy to remove it upon your request. Please email or message me as you wish.

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nycartscene:

Opens Tonight, Apr 22, 6-8p:

”Before They Were Famous”
 William John Kennedy

site 109, 109 Norfolk St., NYC

American photographer William John Kennedy’s exhibition of newly published prints of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana is believed to be the only such images in existence capturing the artists with their works, among them Warhol’s “Marilyn Monroe” and Indiana’s “LOVE”.

Tags Art Photography Exhibitions William John Kennedy Andy Warhol Robert Indiana site 109 New York City

Reblogged from nyc art scene  Source nycartscene

anniewerner:

jessbennett:

The California Modern Design exhibit at LACMA in Los Angeles. Annie and I got a private tour thanks to LACMA’s fantastic tumblr-keeper.

Clockwise from top: Eames chairs; the 1950 cocktail table by Milo Baughman, described by Everywoman’s Magazine as “the heart, soul and center of a home”; and Eames’ living room, literally taken from his home in Pacific Palisades and transplanted into LACMA.

Actually that’s my house.

All of this.

Tags Design Eames California Modern Exhibitions LACMA Furniture Interiors Mid-Century Modern

Reblogged from annie werner  Source jessbennett

Tom Sachs: Mars Artist Tom Sachs takes his SPACE PROGRAM to the next level with a four week mission to Mars that recasts the 55,000 square foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall as an immersive space odyssey with an installation of dynamic and meticulously crafted sculptures. Using his signature bricolage technique and simple materials that comprise the daily surrounds of his New York studio, Sachs engineers the component parts of the mission—exploratory vehicles, mission control, launch platforms, suiting stations, special effects, recreational amenities, and Mars landscape—exposing as much the process of their making as the complexities of the culture they reference. At Park Avenue Armory, 16 May – 17 June 2012.

Tom Sachs: Mars

Artist Tom Sachs takes his SPACE PROGRAM to the next level with a four week mission to Mars that recasts the 55,000 square foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall as an immersive space odyssey with an installation of dynamic and meticulously crafted sculptures. Using his signature bricolage technique and simple materials that comprise the daily surrounds of his New York studio, Sachs engineers the component parts of the mission—exploratory vehicles, mission control, launch platforms, suiting stations, special effects, recreational amenities, and Mars landscape—exposing as much the process of their making as the complexities of the culture they reference.

At Park Avenue Armory, 16 May – 17 June 2012.

Tags Art Installations Exhibitions Tom Sachs Space Program Mars Park Avenue Armory Creative Time

 Source tomsachsmars.com

timelightbox: Anne Collier, Italian Still Life #1 (Postcard), 2012 C Print 28 5/8 x 23 1/4 inches (framed) Edition of 5. Courtesy the artist, Anton Kern Gallery, New York In her third solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, New York-based artist Anne Collier presents a body of recent photographs that amplifies her continuing investigation into questions of perception and representation, the nature and culture of photographic images, and the mechanics of the gaze. Negotiating autobiography, nostalgia, and various manifestations of pop-melancholia, Collierʼs work considers the tensions between her employment of an almost forensic photographic objectivity and the often highly subjective and emotive content she typically focuses on. Read more about the exhibition here.

timelightbox:

Anne Collier, Italian Still Life #1 (Postcard), 2012 C Print 28 5/8 x 23 1/4 inches (framed) Edition of 5. Courtesy the artist, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

In her third solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, New York-based artist Anne Collier presents a body of recent photographs that amplifies her continuing investigation into questions of perception and representation, the nature and culture of photographic images, and the mechanics of the gaze. Negotiating autobiography, nostalgia, and various manifestations of pop-melancholia, Collierʼs work considers the tensions between her employment of an almost forensic photographic objectivity and the often highly subjective and emotive content she typically focuses on.

Read more about the exhibition here.

Tags Photography Color Exhibitions Anne Collier Anton Kern Gallery

Reblogged from LightBox  Source timelightbox

nycartscene:

Opens Tonight, Apr 5, 6-8p:

”Compulsion”
 Alex Prager

Yancey Richardson Gallery, 535 W22nd St., NYC

Inspired by the photography of Weegee and Enrique Metinides, and films such as Metropolis and Un Chien Andalou, Compulsion confirms Pragerʼs vivid cinematic aesthetic. Unlike her previous work, however, the protagonists remain anonymous and distant. Pragerʼs new series investigates the complexity of observation within a society inundated by compulsive spectators, as well as the recurrent discourse in photography—that “meaning” is often derived from a multiplicity of gazes. - thru May 12

Tags Art Photography Exhibitions Alex Prager Compulsion Yancey Richardson Gallery New York City

Reblogged from nyc art scene  Source nycartscene

nypl:

If you’re contemplating activities for next week, we have a choice suggestion for (somewhat contemplative) Wednesday evenings…

midmanhattanlib:

Our new series Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski kicks off April 11 and provides a concise overview of the Polish director’s career, from his early neorealist films to his widely-regarded Three Colors trilogy.

All screenings are FREE and seating is first-come, first-served with doors at 6:30 p.m.  Visit bit.ly/kieslowski-nypl for more info.

April 11: Camera Buff (1979, 103 min)

April 18: Blind Chance (1981, 114 min)

April 25: A Short Film About Killing (1988, 81 min)

May 2: A Short Film About Love (1988, 83 min)

May 9: Double Life of Veronique (1991, 96 min)

May 16: Three Colors: Blue (1993, 98 min)

Download flier: B&W | Color

I CANNOT EVEN ADEQUATELY EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS! *dies*

Tags Film Exhibitions Krzysztof Kieślowski New York Public Library OMG OMG OMG

Reblogged from NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library  Source midmanhattanlib