Jennifer Williams at the Akron Museum of Art

Jennifer Williams' wall installation The High Line Effect: Approaching Hudson Yards was recently acquired by the Akron Art Museum and is featured in their current exhibition Proof: Photographs From The Collection. From the museum:

Photographs help create our collective memory. Images from news reportage and photographs that provide social commentary or promote personal agendas all shape how we see our world and alter our view of the past. Are these photographic documents proof of an event or place, or is the artist manipulating us?

Proof features photographs from the Civil War to the present. The exhibition highlights familiar favorites from the collection, including classic documentary photographs by Walker Evans, Lewis Hine and Weegee, as well as major series commissioned by the museum from Lee Friedlander and Robert Glenn Ketchum. Contemporary artists who have filtered these documentary styles to question photographic truth are represented by recent acquisitions by Jennifer Williams, Josh Azzarella and Barbara Probst.

Read more about the exhibition here.

The Light in Cuban Eyes in the Huffington Post

10 Cuban Photographers You Should Know
May 21, 2015
By Maddie Crum

More than 100 years ago, a broad slab of concrete was placed along the seashore in Cuba, stretching five miles from Old Havana to the city’s business district. The Malecón was intended as a barrier -- it would protect Havana from high winds and high tides -- but instead became a bustling cultural landmark. Cuban street photographer Eduardo Garcia finds it ripe with fascinating subjects emblematic of the mood of his country. A woman lounges atop it in a sports bra, kept company by her joyful sons; an older man naps on the rocks beyond it.

...Garcia's photo is among hundreds compiled in a book and exhibition showcasing the work of Cuban photographers, "The Light in Cuban Eyes." And though his work captures the spirit of the country, especially during its tumultuous "Special Period," it differs greatly from the others anthologized by Robert Mann Gallery. Alfredo Ramos, for example, collected together half-tone images of lips for his more stylized image "Palabras"; Pedro Abascal's more subtly emotive, untitled work uses street art as its backdrop.

Read the full article here.

Holly Andres at Fotografica Bogotá 2015 Biennial

Gallery artist Holly Andres recently exhibited work at the Fotografica Bogotá 2015 Biennial, the international exhibition of photography celebrating its 10th year in Bogotá, Colombia. Fellow exhibiting artists included David LaChapelle, Roger Ballen, and Julia Fullerton-Batten, among many others.

For more information about the Biennial, click here.

The Light in Cuban Eyes in The New Yorker

The New Yorker
May 18, 2015
By Vince Aletti

This survey of contemporary Cuban photography is timely, but, while nearly all the pictures were made this century, little of it looks new or inventive. Perhaps that's why the most satisfying works are black and white and rooted in the documentary tradition. Arien Chang, José Julián Martí, Jorge Louis Álvarez Pupo, and Pedro Abascal view their countrymen with the sort of penetrating concern that gets below the surface of everyday events, from a cock fight to a game of dominoes; in his portraits of gay men, Alejandro Gonzalez gives the revolution's outcasts a powerful presence.

Susan Rankaitis in Current Exhibitions

Gallery artist Susan Rankaitis is featured in two current museum exhibitions:

One-of-a-kind
Unique Photographic Objects from the Center for Creative Photography
Doris and John Norton Gallery for the Center for Creative Photography
Phoenix Art Museum
April 11 - October 19, 2015

This exhibition challenges the expectation that photographs are infinitely reproducible multiples. Typically photographs are printed from a negative or digital capture, and can be produced in editions ranging from a few prints to several hundred. However, some photographic processes – including daguerreotypes, tintypes, and Polaroid prints – produce only a single, one-of-a-kind object. In other cases, artists choose to use materials in a way that produces a unique artwork, such as sculpting and collaging with or painting and drawing on photographs. The exhibition will include works from the entire history of the photographic medium, from the 1840s to the present day.  Unique photographs by David Emitt Adams, Pierre Cordier, Betty Hahn, Bill Jay, Chris McCaw, Joyce Neimanas, Susan Rankaitis and Andy Warhol will be included.

Lens Work: Celebrating LACMA's Experimental Photography at 50
Hammer Building, Level 3
February 7 - July 4, 2015

Photography was founded on and developed as a result of experimentation: it is a technology-based practice rife with inherent uncertainties, despite its reputation for reliably documenting reality. This installation celebrates the curatorial drive informing over 50 years of collecting at LACMA, which embraces experimentation in photography.
From works by the medium’s earliest practitioners to those by contemporary artists, LACMA’s collection is rich in innovative examples of what is often referred to as “the magic of photography.” As lenses evolve and choices of final output increase, photographic practice will no doubt continue to inspire new ways of perceiving, seeing, and believing.

Robert Mann Gallery at the AIPAD Photography Show

The AIPAD Photography Show
Park Avenue Armory, New York City
Booth 302
 

Robert Mann Gallery is excited to exhibit at the AIPAD Photography Show from April 16 - 19 at the Park Avenue Armory. We are pleased to present a powerful group of images by contemporary Cuban photographers from our current exhibition The Light in Cuban Eyes, rare works by masters including Masahisa Fukase and Minor White, and standout works by contemporary artists Julie Blackmon, Cig Harvey, and Jeff Brouws. Following our recent announcement of representation of Mike Mandel, we will also be showing a selection of photographs from the artist's noteworthy series Myself: Timed Exposures.

Mary Mattingly and the Bronx Museum in Havana

Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
May 21 to August 16, 2015 at El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Gallery artist Mary Mattingly is currently participating in an artist exchange to Havana in cooperation with the Bronx Museum and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de la Habana (MNBA). The museum writes,

The Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (MNBA) have announced an unprecedented joint arts initiative that is the culmination of years of planning and collaboration. Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes represents the most extensive visual arts exchange between the two countries in more than 50 years, and will include major exhibitions at MNBA and the Bronx Museum; an artist exchange with U.S. artist Mary Mattingly and Cuban artist Humberto Diaz; a teen exchange program; a series of educational and public programs; and the publication of a dual-language publication that will extend the impact of Wild Noise beyond the audiences that participate directly in the initiative.

Continue reading the press release here.

Cig Harvey's "Gardening at Night" in Vogue's Top Photo Books for Spring

Cig Harvey's newest book, Gardening at Night, is one of Vogue's picks for the top photo books released this spring. Following the sold-out success of Harvey's first book, You Look at Me Like An Emergency, Gardening at Night features works from the artist's new series of the same name in an exploration of home, family, nature, and time. The book is published by Schilt Publishing and will be available through the gallery in April.

See the slideshow here.

The Light in Cuban Eyes in PBS Art Beat

Photos: Exhibit allows glimpse at Cuba,
forbidden to Americans for so long
By Victoria Fleischer
March 27, 2015

When Cuban photographer Nelson Ramirez was eight years old, he borrowed his mother’s camera, a twin-lens reflex that requires you to reload film before each shot. Ramirez kept forgetting to reload. When he finally developed the roll of film eight years later, he noticed the negatives had multiple exposures.

“I think those are the first manipulated photography that I did,” Ramirez told Art Beat. This week, the Robert Mann gallery in New York City opened “The Light in Cuban Eyes,” a two-month long exhibit that showcases Ramirez work along with 23 others. The exhibit is an offshoot of a book by the same name, which showcases 50 artists and was published earlier this month.

Continue reading the article here.