Tactics by Christopher Gianunzio

PPAC’s very own Christopher Gianunzio has just released his new book Tactics.

Tactics
Edition of 20
8.5″x11″
50 pages
B&W laser prints on custom grey security paper
$25.00 US

For a preview check out his website.  Or Click here to purchase!

Charlie's Bloody Ear, Christian Patterson

Exhibition: Of the Ordinary
February 9th- April 15th 2012
Opening Reception: February 9th 7-9pm
Gallery walkthrough with the artists: 6-7pm*
Book signings with Ron Jude, Christian Patterson & Ofer Wolberger: 7-7:30pm*
* Please note new times

The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is pleased to announce Of the Ordinary, a group exhibition including the work of Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Alyse Emdur, Ron Jude, Jason Lazarus, Christian Patterson and Ofer Wolberger.

At a time when photography itself is undergoing a tremendous transformation within popular culture and the art world alike, the act of appropriation has become imbued with a new kind of energy. With a galaxy of images circulating without boundaries, moving from one place to another, we can only speculate on what their final resting place(s), if any, may be. Each time the context of a photograph changes, whether it be a digital file or a physical print, the ways in which it is experienced, understood and reinterpreted will also adapt. The act of working with other people’s photographs, whether they are new, old, prints, digital files or otherwise, has been given a new relevance by the mitigating circumstances of contemporary life and image-making. This extends the mutability of meaning embedded within the medium itself and grants more permission to the viewer and author to generate new contexts and interpretations.

Of the Ordinary is comprised of imagery that was never intended to be experienced in the context of a gallery or museum.  The focus of this exhibition is an interest in the political implications of portraiture, highlighting the various ways in which images are created, distributed and experienced in a contemporary setting. Many of the projects highlighted in this exhibition employ the method of editing an existing body of images to further investigate their meaning.

A publication including images from each artist’s project will be produced in conjunction with this exhibition. It will be available for purchase at PPAC.

Conceived and juried by Harvey Stein, Director of Photography, Umbrella Arts; photographer, education, author

The exhibit HOME continues curator Harvey Stein’s investigation of themes that explore the basic yet complex and necessary needs and desires of the human condition.  Former exhibits in this series, all using photography as the medium of choice include BED, BED 2, and DINNER, each conceived and juried by Mr. Stein and presented within the last three years at the Umbrella Arts Gallery in Manhattan’s East Village.

These themes throw the spotlight on our daily experiences that are omnipresent, totally necessary, but are mostly overlooked or when acknowledged are usually taken for granted.  Nothing is more basic, necessary and involuntary than sleep, food, and shelter. Through this ongoing exploration, surprising and creative images have made our needs more conscious and allow the artist and viewer to be more connected to the richness of every day life, experience and surroundings.

HOME is family, HOME is unique, HOME is comfort, HOME is sleep, HOME is personal, HOME is a place to go after work, HOME is sacred, HOME is where we can be sad, angry, sick, private, HOME is where we learn and grow, HOME is where we work – and play. HOME is safety, HOME is private, HOME is often where we want to be, HOME is what everyone needs but not what everyone has.

“The ache for home lives in all of us.  The safe place where we can go as we read not to be questioned” – Maya Angelou

“People usually are the happiest at home.” – William Shakespeare

DETAILS

ENTRY DEADLINE: March 19, 2012

SHOW DATES: May 2-May 26, 2012

LOCATION: Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003

www.umbrellaarts.com   212 – 505 – 7196

ELIGIBILITY: The exhibition is open to all photographers, any format, any camera, black & white or color, any style acceptable.  All types of photography-based work may be entered, including digital, alternative processes, photo collage and montage.  Maximum finished print size is 16″x20″. Maximum frame size is 20″x24″.

BOOK PUBLICATION: A book based on the selected and exhibited images for HOME will be published by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition.  All rights remain with the photographer.

Home by Harvey Stein 2011

JUROR: HARVEY STEIN

is a professional photographer, educator, lecturer, curator and author of five photography books:
Coney Island 40 Years (2011), Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life (2007), Coney Island (1998), Artists Observed (1986), and Parallels: A Look at Twins (1978). Stein’s photographs have been published in dozens of magazines such as The New Yorker, Time, Life, Esquire, and Smithsonian as well as all the major photo magazines. He has had 73 one-person exhibits in the U.S. and Europe, and his photographs are in more than 50 public and private collections around the world. The Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Throckmorton Fine Art and June Bateman Fine Art represent his work. He is a faculty member of the International Center of Photography and conducts his own workshops in Asia, South America and Europe as well as the U.S. He was appointed Director of Photography at Umbrella Arts in 2009. Some of his photography can be seen at www.harveysteinphoto.com and www.coneyisland40years.com

PROCEDURE TO ENTER:

• Visit www.umbrellaarts.com/entries/home-exhibition

• Click on the PROCEDURE link

• Create a username and password to submit your work to HOME

• Follow the online upload directions

Recommended image requirements:

• High quality jpegs 72 resolution

• RGB or sRGB color profile (for both B&W and Color)

• Sized 1000 pixels on the longest dimension

Eliminate watermarks is a MUST

FEE: $40.00 submission fee for 5 images.  $5.00 per each additional image up to 10 images will be accepted, payable to Umbrella Arts once online registration is completed. Payment can be made by PayPal, check or money order.

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified by March 31, 2012.  Approximately 40 images will be selected for exhibition.  Notification will be sent by e-mail.

ACCEPTED WORK: A framed, ready to hang, (plexi-glass only) exhibition quality print must be delivered to Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, new York, New York 10003.

Maximum finished print size is 16″x20″. Maximum frame is 20″x24″.

No substitutes of accepted work will be allowed.  Exhibited work must be for sale.

DELIVERY: Can be made in person or by mail.  By Mail – no later than Saturday, April 28th. By Hand – delivered work can be dropped off at Umbrella Arts on Thursday April 26, Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Please include a current resume to be included in the gallery exhibition guide.

UMBRELLA ARTS: Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have joined forces to create the Umbrella Arts gallery and project space, located in the heart of the East Village.  Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have introduced many new artists to the New York art world, and worked to expand the traditional notion of an art exhibition by using it as a vehicle for creating community and promoting social change.

RECEPTION: A reception for photographers, friends, and press, hosted by Umbrella Arts will be held on Wednesday May 9th. Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

COMMISSION: Umbrella Arts will handle all sales for photographers.  Photographers will retain 50% of sales price, and Umbrella Arts will retain 50% of total sale.  The price indicated on the entry form will be considered the retail price of each image.  once the final exhibition print has been dropped off at the gallery, Umbrella Arts will be happy to consult with artists on pricing considerations.

LIABILITY: Liability of artwork is the responsibility of the participating artist/photographer.  Umbrella Arts, their employees or any agents thereof cannot be held responsible for any liability of the artist.

BOOK PUBLICATION: A book based on the selected and exhibited images for HOME will be published by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition.  All rights remain with the photographer.

Images selected need to be formatted for publication and made available to the gallery within one week of acceptance to HOME exhibit.  For reproduction purposes, selected image files must meet the required color profile and size: RGB or sRGB, 300dpi, 2850 x 2225 pixels.

QUESTIONS: Questions may be directed by emailing info@umbrellaarts.com or by calling Umbrella Arts at: 212 – 505 – 7196 during gallery hours: Thurs – Sat, 1-6 PM

Photo by Alyse Emdur

Alyse Emdur (b. NJ, USA 1983) works with photography, video, research, people, and drawing. Her work has been exhibited at Printed Matter and the Lambent Foundation in NYC; the University of Texas Visual Arts Center in Austin, TX; Bezalel University in Tel Aviv, Israel; the Lab in San Francisco, CA; La Montagne Gallery in Boston, MA; Laura Bartlett Gallery in London, England; Spacibar in Oslo, Norway; In Situ in Paris, France, Noorderlicht Gallery and Kunststichting Artis in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Her project, Prison Landscapes 2008-2011 was featured in Issue 37 of Cabinet Magazine, the Fall 2011 issue of Art Papers magazine and will be published by Four Corners Books in 2012.

To see more of Alyse’s work go to her website and come to PPAC’s Of the Ordinary opening on February 9th.

Photos by Ron Jude

Ron Jude is a photographer and teacher whose work has been exhibited at venues such as the Photographers’ Gallery in London, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Roth/Horowitz Gallery in New York, and VOORKAMER, in Lier, Belgium. His photographs are in many permanent collections, including institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the George Eastman House. Jude’s work has been published in The New Yorker, Blind Spot and DoubleTake magazines, among others. In 2006, he published an artist’s book entitled Alpine Star, which consists of appropriated images from his hometown newspaper in Central Idaho. An excerpt of this work was published in issue 35 of Blind Spot Magazine.

The Ice Plant in Los Angeles has published two of Ron Jude’s book projects: Other Nature, in 2008, and emmett, which was released in October of 2010. emmett was recently on-view in a one-person exhibition at Gallery Luisotti in Los Angeles.

The London-based imprint MACK will publish Professor Jude’s next book, Lick Creek Line, in 2012.

Come see some of Ron Jude’s work along with other great photographers when Of the Ordinary opens on February 9th at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.

Ofer Wolberger (b. 1976) is an artist who lives and works in New York City. He is the recipient of The Humble Arts Foundation Spring 2008 Grant for Emerging Photographers. He was a finalist for both the BMW Paris Photo Prize in 2008 as well as the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie in 2009. His photographs have been collected and exhibited internationally. In 2009 his project Life with Maggie, was exhibited at Michael Hoppen Gallery in London and at C/O Berlin. Next year Life with Maggie will be exhibited at VU in Quebec. He is currently working on a series of 12 self-published artists books.  Click here to see more work and information.

Come see some of Ofer Wolberger’s work along with other great photographers when Of the Ordinary opens on February 9th at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin are artists living and working in London. Their latest book War Primer 2 is published by MACK (2011). Broomberg and Chanarin teach at the School of Visual Arts in New York and are Visiting Fellows at the University of the Arts London. For more work and information visit their site.

Come see some of their work along with other great photographers when Of the Ordinary opens on February 9th at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.