Attendees of Aperture Foundation’s reception for the exhibition No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography (currently on view at the Aperture Gallery and at Instituto Cervantes) were audience to a thrilling and moving performance by the influential contemporary Flamenco dancer Pastora Galván.

No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography is curated by José Lebrero Stals and covers more than one hundred and fifty years of images, presenting an extensive survey of how photographers of different eras have approached the universe of flamenco, whether documenting the dance itself, gestures that recall it, or the culture that has developed around it.

Please enjoy the following edited excerpt of Galván’s performance and be sure to explore the No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography exhibition in-person at both Aperture Gallery and Instituto Cervantes.

Stop by the Aperture Gallery this Saturday, March 6th, for Aperture’s  Armory Brunch and peruse the images from this historic show as well as greet other members of the Aperture community. The event will feature exclusives on books and limited edition prints and special appearances by photographers including Zwelethu Mthethwa, Eirik Johnson, Susan Meiselas, Doug Dubois, Donna Ferrato, Joel Meyerowitz, Jacqueline Hassink, and Gillian Laub. Refreshments will be served.

No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography
On view through April 1st

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, New York
Monday – Saturday: 10:00am – 6:00pm

Amster Yard Gallery at Instituto Cervantes
211 East 49th Street
New York, New York
Monday – Friday: 10:30am-6:30pm
Saturday: 10:30am-1:30pm

View the New York Times Review of No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography

Copyright Zwelethu Mthethwa

The New York Armory Show and the many art events that coincide with it are nearly upon us! When planning your week, keep in mind these exciting events at the Aperture Foundation:

Zwelethu Mthethwa and Okwui Enwezor in Conversation

Tuesday, March 2nd, South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa will be talking at Aperture with internationally acclaimed curator Okwui Enwezor who contributed an essay to the long awaited self-titled monograph Zwelethu Mthethwa. The book’s editor Joanna Lehan will introduce their discussion.

Tuesday, March 2nd, 6:30PM
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 West 27th street, 4th floor

Armory Brunch

Aperture will host an all day Armory brunch at the gallery and bookstore in honor of the week’s events. Aperture artists such as Zwelethu Mthetwa, Eirik Johnson, Joel Meyerowitz, Jacqueline Hassink, Matthew Montieth, Gillian Laub among others will be available to sign their books. There will be special offers on limited edition prints and more. Refreshments will be served.

Saturday, March 6th, 10:00 AM-1:00 pm
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor

Aperture at the Armory Show

Be sure to visit Aperture at the Armory Show where the foundation will be featured in the publications area.

March 4th – 7th
Pier 92, Booth L16
55th street and Twelth Avenue

Aperture at PULSE New York

We will also be featured at this year’s PULSE Contemporary Art Fair in New York, booth P-6 will feature exclusive new limited-edition books and prints by such artists as Jowhara Alsaud, Barbara Crane, Robin Schwartz, Shadi Ghadirian, and many others.

March 4th – 7th                                                                                                                    Booth P-6 330 West Street
New York, New York

Kick off Armory Arts week at Aperture Foundation with South African artist Zwelethu Mthethwa in conversation with Okwui Enwezor on Tuesday, March 2nd and be sure to stop by our Brunch and Book Signing on Saturday morning on your way to visit The Armory 2010.

Aperture Presents: Zwelethu Mthethwa and Okwui Enwezor in Conversation

Aperture is honored to present a conversation between photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa and pioneering critic and curator Okwui Enwezor. The dialogue will take place Tuesday, March 2nd at Aperture in conjunction with the March 2010 publication of Mthethwa’s long-awaited first comprehensive monograph to which Enwezor contributes an essay. Introduction by editor Joanna Lehan. Book signing to follow.

Mthethwa documents a range of issues pertaining to South Africa-from domestic life and the environment to landscape and labor issues. His images challenge the conventions of both Western documentary work and African commercial studio photography, marking a transition away from the visually exotic and diseased-or “Afro-pessimism,” as Enwezor has referred to it-by employing a fresh approach marked by color and collaboration.

Zwelethu Mthethwa and Okwui Enwezor in Conversation
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30pm

Armory Brunch at Aperture Gallery

In celebration of this year’s Armory Show and the convening of artists, art patrons and art lovers from around the world, Aperture will be hosting an all day Armory brunch. The event will include appearances by Aperture artists-including Zwelethu Mthethwa, Eirik Johnson, Jacqueline Hassink, Joel Meyerwitz, Matthew Montieth, Gillian Laub among others, who will be available to sign their books. There will be special offers on Aperture books, limited-edition prints and more. Come mingle with friends and colleagues. Refreshments will be served.

Armory Brunch
Saturday, March 6, 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, New York

Aperture at The Armory

And finally, be sure to visit Aperture’s Armory Show booth, where Aperture magazine will be featured in the publications area.

Aperture at the Armory Show
March 4th – 7th
Pier 92, Booth L16
55 street and Twelfth Avenue
New York, New York

The Henry Art Gallery in Seattle opens an exhibition this week featuring works from Eirik Johnson’s recently published Sawdust Mountain, accompanied by 19th-century photographs from the University of Washington Special Collections by photographers such as Darius Kinsey, curated by Johnson. He will also give an artist’s talk on Thursday in celebration of the opening. Eirik Johnson describes his photographs as “a melancholy love letter of sorts, my own personal ramblings.” Through this poetic approach, Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain records a region affected by historic economic complexities and, by extension, one aspect of our fraught relationship with the environment in the twenty-first century.

Click here to purchase your copy of Eirik Johnson’s monograph Sawdust Mountain

Click here to watch a video of Eirik Johnson speaking at Aperture Gallery via our multimedia section

Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain
Exhibition on view:
Saturday, October 24, 2009—Sunday, January 31, 2010

Artist’s Talk: Thursday, October 22, 7:00 pm

The Henry Art Gallery
University of Washington
15th Avenue NE, at 41st Street
Seattle, Washington
(206) 543-2280

Watch an excerpt of Eirik Johnson’s talk last May on his new book Sawdust Mountain at Aperture Gallery. In this clip, Johnson tells the story of Missy, an eighty-eight-year old artist who has spent all her life in the Washington state area and grand-daughter of one of the first white settlers in the Northwest. Missy represents the connections between the past, present and future of this changing region.

Sawdust Mountain is a culmination of four years photographing throughout Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. A Seattle native, Johnson focuses in this book on the tenuous relationship between industries such as timber and salmon, reliant upon natural resources and the communities they support. Johnson reveals a landscape imbued with an uncertain future—no longer the region of boomtowns built upon the riches of massive old growth forests, at a turning point to protect its natural resources extensively exploited over the last century. Through a poetic approach, Sawdust Mountain records a region affected by historic economic complexities and, by extension, aspects of our fraught relationship with the environment in the twenty-first century.

Johnson also discussed his previous photography projects that lead to Sawdust Mountain and read a poem by David Guterson included in the book, while going through his images before answering questions from the audience.

You can watch the talk in its entirety, divided in three different clips, on the multimedia section of our website or by clicking on the links below:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

View related limited-edition print and portfolio.

Eirik Johnson’s monograph Sawdust Mountain offers a crisp, breathtaking look at the American West while at the same time commenting on its grim evolution. What was once a bounty of resources and natural beauty has now become over-developed and strained due to the demands of industry. The Pacific Northwest as it once was is now fading, and Johnson strives to capture both the spirit of its original lure and its shifting identity.

Both East and West-coasters have a chance to meet Eirik Johnson, who will be signing copies of his book at Crumpler Store in San Francisco, and later at Rena Bransten for the opening of his exhibition today. Aperture Gallery will host a talk and book signing with Johnson on Tuesday, May 26 in New York City.

Eirik Johnson: Book Signing
Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:00–6:00 pm

Crumpler Store
Level 3, Westfield Center
845 Market Street
San Francisco, California
(415) 896-2245

Sawdust Mountain, Eirik Johnson
Exhibition and Opening Reception

Opening reception:
Thursday, May 21, 2009, 6:30 pm

Exhibition on view:
Thursday, May 21, 2009 –Saturday, June 27, 2009

FREE

Rena Bransten
77 Geary Street
San Francisco, California
(415) 982-3292

Eirik Johnson: Artist’s Talk and Book Signing
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:30 pm

FREE

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555

Join Seattle native Eirik Johnson as he discusses his upcoming monograph, Sawdust Mountain (Aperture, June 2009), at his exhibition opening and in a series of talks on the west coast. The culmination of four years photographing throughout Oregon, Washington, and Northern California, Sawdust Mountain showcases the strained relationship between industries that rely on natural resources and the communities that are impacted. Johnson illuminates the relationship humans have with the environment in the twenty-first century.

Exhibition Reception and Book Signing
Thursday, May 7, 6:00-8:00 pm
G. Gibson Gallery
Seattle, Washington

Eirik Johnson and Paula Levine
Talk and Book Signing
Friday, May 8, 2009  7:30 pm
PhotoAlliance at San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California

Eirik Johnson and Tess Gallagher
Talk and Book Signing
Saturday, May 9, 2009  2:00 pm
Elliott Bay Book Company
Seattle, Washington