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January 06, 2008
Snapshot News and Notes
In the comments of my last post Jeannie mentioned that the Newark Museum will be having an exhibition of snapshots from the collection of Frank Maresca which will open on February 13th and run through May 11th. More information on the show (and the accompanying catalog) can be found here. Mr. Maresca's gallery Ricco Maresca is one of the finest folk/outsider art galleries in the country (I always make sure to check it out whenever I'm in NYC) so I have no doubt the show will be terrific.
Also in February, The Art of the American Snapshot show which just closed at the National Gallery will be opening at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. It opens there on February 16th and runs through April 27th. This is the best snapshot show I've seen so if you're from the area and you haven't seen it yet you'd better get over there and check it out.
In more immediate news- This coming weekend there's going to be a vernacular photo fair at the Santa Monica Art Studios in Santa Monica, CA. It's being organized by the good folks at D3 Projects. Check out their website for more info. I should also mention that the D3 gallery will have a snapshot show on display as well: American Typologies featuring work by Gail Pine and Jacqueline Woods which looks like it'll be terrific. I had hoped I'd be able to get out there this weekend myself (Photo LA is in town this weekend as well) but alas I won't be able to attend. I do know several of the dealers who'll be set up at the fair and I have no doubt that there'll be great stuff to be had. Hopefully this will become an annual event and a place where collectors from across the country can get together and meet.
One show I will be able to see that I'm very excited about is Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots The Mark Michaelson Collection which opens here in Chicago at the Inuit Gallery on January 18th. For more info click here.
Also on the horizon for those of you in Chicagoland is the return of Accidental Mysteries: Extraordinary Vernacular Photographs from the Collection of John and Teenuh Foster which will be at the William J. Bachman Gallery Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster, Indiana from March 23rd through May 4th. I saw the show when it was at the Intuit Gallery in 2006 and it's well worth the quick drive down to Indiana if you missed it the first time around- I'll certainly be heading down for a second look. For those of you not in the area John put together a small but beautifully designed catalog for the show that is available (I think) through his website Accidental Mysteries.
As Jeannie suggested I'll try to make announcements of shows as I find out about them. I'll probably announce new books as well (and maybe even review one or two).
Oh and before I forget: in very good web news- after a brief hiatus Angelica has Swapatorium back up and running. Also, one of my favorite writers Luc Sante now has a blog where he's doing a lot of writing about photographs (including some snapshots) so it's well worth bookmarking.
Yikes, all this writing makes me feel like I'm back in school (but I'm not counting this as one of my monthly essays- hopefully I'll have one of those up by the end of the week).
Posted by nick at January 6, 2008 11:16 PM