Czech and Slovak Photo Publications 1918–1989

By Lynn Maliszewski

JUNE 2019 | Art Books

These fissures guide our reading of Steidl’s 509-page compilation. Eight essays, written in Czech and in English, outline the entanglement between political compulsions and images published in a nation consistently redefining itself throughout the twentieth century.

Luigi Ghirri: The Idea of Building

By David Rhodes

DEC 20-JAN 21 | ArtSeen

The exhibition is curated by the artist Matt Connors, and comprises 29 vintage prints together with archival material, handmade exhibition invitations, books, commercial work, presented in vitrines. The title of the exhibition is taken from a text by Ghirri’s widow, Paola Ghirri, in which she describes his attitude to not only printing—each print is handmade and unique—but also to his construction of images and fascination with hand-built objects. The photographs, usually taken frontally, have often been taken for montages, when in fact the various parts of the composition existed in place out in the world already, and are simply framed by Ghirri using the photograph’s own rectangular limit.

David Rabinowitch: Périgord Construction of Vision Drawings

By Marcia E. Vetrocq

FEB 2019 | ArtSeen

In the course of fifty years of exhibiting his art, David Rabinowitch has come to be known for his rigorous empiricism, flinty intelligence, and serial investigations into the organizing operations of perception.

Virtual Architecture: Art, Pandemic, Protest

By Alan Gilbert

OCT 2020 | Special Report

A poet and critic considers how the construction of a virtual architecture and mass participation on virtual platforms enables consumerist ideologies to play out on a grand scale, eviscerating the traditional work day and transforming our expectations as we attempt to experience art and protest in the streets.