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Weekly Update – Facial recognition at Gallery 339

For a long time now, artists have been stealing faces. Portraiture, whether sculptural, painted or printed, is a thief. Even when a portrait shows a likeness, the face is often there to represent a larger truth about the human condition.  No matter how much Abraham Lincoln looks like himself in art, he is always the great emancipator and a symbol of liberty and justice. ”About Face” at Gallery 339 takes aim at the human face — in black and white and color photographs by 25 artists — and arrays a small congregation on the walls. Beautiful and compelling, moody, funny or ... More » »

Weekly Update – Richard Renaldi’s Fall River Boys

The first thing you notice about Richard Renaldi’s “Fall River Boys” is how vulnerable they seem. The young men of Fall River, Mass., depicted in Renaldi’s black-and-white photos at Sol Mednick Gallery as part of this week’s Equality Forum, might be neighborhood thugs. But Thomas, Trevor, Kevin, Craig and the rest—with their baggy pants, bandanas, piercings and cigarettes—bare their souls for Renaldi and pose with no semblance of attitude or pretense.

Armchair travelers, check out Namibia and Thailand in these new books

Two books came into my inbox recently and they’re both photographers’ travel books –all pictures and little text and kind of perfect for the summer. In both books (one is a pdf book and available only online) the pictures are quirky and great–not the usual National Geographic choices. 5 DAYS IN NAMIBIA BY RICHARD RENALDI .Man and animal in Richard Renaldi’s pdf book 5 Days in Namibia. P. 49 Richard Renaldi‘s “5 days in Namibia” is a photo safari book that’s a web-only tome. Go to the website, click the book open and the 55-page pdf book unfolds as you ... More » »