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Archives for August 2010

Henry Wessel @ SFMOMA & Rena Bransten

August 19, 2010

Making the quotidian look strange and familiar was Henry Wessel’s specialty. His New Topographics cohorts recorded the bald facts of our surroundings and elevated their impact through repetition. Wessel didn’t need to. His photos are self-contained stories.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: David M. Roth, Henry Wessel, New Topographics, Rena Bransten, SFMOMA

Wondrous Strange @ SFMOMA Artists Gallery

August 14, 2010

Before museums we had cabinets of curiosities: rooms that housed natural history, ethnographic artifacts and archeological remains. Twenty-one Bay Area artists explore those traditions.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: David M. Roth, SFMOMA Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Wondrous Strange

New Photos/Old Technology @ SJICA

August 5, 2010

Tired of big, banal theory-driven photos? A quiet counterinsurgency is gathering force. It’s composed of artists who are turning antiquated photographic methods to contemporary ends. Meet the antiquarian avant-garde.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: David M. Roth, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

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