Using double images that simultaneously appear right side up and upside down, Schneider’s paintings activate our impulse to separate the actual from the ephemeral.
Archives for July 2009
Decline and Fall @ Rena Bransten
Every hierachy you can think of, from modes of artistic representation to gender roles, is being demolished and rebuilt. “Decline and Fall” offers a sneak preview.
Nigel Poor @ Haines Gallery, SF + Interview
Photographer Nigel Poor operates on the principle that the smallest, seemingly most mundane items are the very things that reveal the most about how we live and what we value.
Robert Frank @ SFMOMA
Robert Frank undermined “straight photography” with a bold, highly subjective approach that challenged “objective” reporting and nudged documentary photography toward fine art.