Copyright Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems, featured in Aperture magazine issue 197, has an exhibition opening at Jack Shainman Gallery. Slow Fade to Black includes work in various media: painting, video, and photography. The opening reception is tomorrow night.
Opening reception for artist:
Thursday, April 22, 2010
6:00-8:00 pm
Exhibition on view:
April 22-May 22, 2010
Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street
New York, NY
Zwelethu Mthethwa, New Works
April 23 – May 23, 2009,
Opening Thursday, April 23, 6 – 8PM
Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street
New York, New York
(212) 645-1701
Opening tonight at Jack Shainman Gallery is the fifth solo show from Zwelethu Mthethwa featuring large format photographs from several new series including, Mozambique, Coal Miners, and Contemporary Gladiators.
His striking portraits show Africans with a sense of dignity and resistance in the face of social and economic hardship. Mthethwa works both in the urban and rural spheres to document domestic life, labor, the environment, and landscape in South Africa and its neighboring countries. By defying the convention to presenting Africa and Africans as visually exotic or diseased, he finds a new approach through his use of scale, color, composition, and his collaboration with his subjects. Mthethwa’s work breathes new life to representation of post-apartheid South African society and globalization.
Aperture will release a publication of Mthethwa’s work to be released in the Fall of 2009. Zwelethu Mthethwa is the artist’s long-awaited first comprehensive monograph, which will provide an overview of his work to-date and feature the stunning portraits that have brought him international acclaim.
Last week, Hank Willis Thomas met with the Aperture interns and gave them a special tour of his exhibition Pitch Blackness at Jack Shainman Gallery. Hank spoke about his newest works since publishing his first monograph, Pitch Blackness, both of which address complex questions about identity and race in America through diverse mediums. The interns engaged with the show and were invited to view the private part of the gallery housing the artist’s portrait of President Obama, Breakfast of Champion. The work was made in collaboration with Ryan Alexiev, and was recently sold at the Armory Show.
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Starting this Friday are three chances to meet photographer Hank Willis Thomas get a book signed and hear him speak about his work in New York. The first recipient of the Aperture West Book Prize, Hank will be signing copies of his first monograph, Pitch Blackness, at the ICP Museum Store this Friday, February 6. This book features his highly provocative series B®ANDED, which addresses the commodification of African-American male identity. Deborah Willis, Hank’s mother, will also be at ICP signing copies of her work Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs.
As part of the Eye on the Strand Contest series, Aperture is pleased to announce a special talk and book signing with Hank next Tuesday.
An exhibition titled Pitch Blackness, featuring never-before-seen work will open at Jack Shainman Gallery Thursday, February 12.
Click here to buy a limited-edition print from Hank Willis Thomas through Aperture.
Hank Willis Thomas and Deborah Willis Booksigning
Friday, February 6, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
International Center of Photography Museum Bookstore
1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York
(212) 857-9725
Eye on the Strand Event with Hank Willis Thomas
Thursday, January 29, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway, New York
(212) 473-1452
Hank Willis Thomas: Pitch Blackness
Exhibition on view: Thursday, February 12-Saturday, March 14, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street, New York
(212) 645-1701
