Slideshow: First Thursday
Twinkling buildings, boxing-gloved broads, and a man in a shipping crate.
Posted by: Anne Adams on Jul 07, 2011 at 11:00AM
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Ponder the near-monastic concentration of J.D. Perkin’s Little Boxer, Golden (Laura Russo Gallery) then click through the slideshow to preview more pieces from First Thursday.
View Slideshow » Illustration:Grace, by J.D. Perkin.
Riffing off the classic Greco-Roman “Three Graces,” these clay ladies show the Spartan side of femininity.
Laura Russo Gallery
Details: Ceramic, 56″ × 33″ × 33″
Twins by J.D. Perkin
These fighters seem very evenly matched, and equally protected by their patches of gear. Meanwhile, the simplicity of the forms evokes ancient totems. Place your bets; who will prevail? Or will they be unearthed in a thousand years, still deadlocked in combat?
Laura Russo Gallery
Details: Ceramic, 16″ × 20″ × 8″
Nightview, New York, 1932
Under Abbott’s expert lens (presumably weilded from a plane) New York transforms into a luminous fairyland.
Charles A Hartman Fine Art
Details: Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed and numbered in pencil on mount recto
Flatiron Building, NY, 1938
Some architectural forms are more assertive than others. Abbott celebrates this structure, built in 1902 and still standing up to other distinctive monoliths.
Charles A Hartman Fine Art
Details: Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed and numbered in pencil on mount recto
Penn Station, 1934
This is evidently a train station and not a cathedral…but, good god! The arches!
Charles A Hartman Fine Art
Details: Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed and numbered in pencil on mount recto
No, this is not a NASA experiment. This Arkansas artist has spent the last week cooped up in a crate playing Lord of The Rings. He’ll (triumphantly?) rejoin society tonight at Fourteen30 Contemporary. Read more.
Before you trot out to Gallery Row this evening, click through the slide show to sneak-preview a couple of our favorite fine artists!
Portland sculptor J.D. Perkin will show rustic boxer-inspired ceramic works at Laura Russo Gallery, while 1930s New York photographer Berenice Abbot’s gorgeous black-and-white cityscapes will be on view at Charles A. Hartman. If you’re looking for something a little more experimental, click here or scroll to the next article to read about Fourteen30 Contemporary’s plan to free artist Jordan Wayne Long from a crate he’s been locked inside for the last 7 days. Taken together, these selections bring multiple meanings to the old adage, “Think outside the box.”
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Hi, It is awhile since I have been on this site. It seemed much easier to get to the culturephile area and other links with the new layout. Thank you for making it more user friendly.
I appreciate the slide show that was available for the first item I read about too. Gives me a better idea of whether I want to go to the event being presented. Thanks for the information presented in this format.
Flora Adams