We took a long and circuitous route to get to the Photography show at the Armory on Park Ave today. Started off down at Spring Street in Soho and slowly wended our way via several shopping spots highlighted in this week's edition of NY Time Out.
I nabbed some cute fabric at a store on Sullivan St, a new pair of funky salad servers at at shop that sold very interesting and "entertaining' table-ware on the same road and picked up some cool alphabet ephemera somewhere down on E.4th St.
We then caught the 'subway'/'tube'/underground' to the chintzier side of town and grabbed a bite to eat before heading off the the AIPAD Photo show.
Not quite sure why you have a contemporary photography show that features a lot of OLD photography work that is either available in print or on the net?
Black and white was definitely the focus of the artwork on display and much of it re-prints or works from an older era. It was rather disappointing to see so few displays of current work and the prices were out of this world!!!
I was quite excited to come upon one booth showcasing artwork from Maggie Taylor ( who is one of THE digital divas in my book)...
They had a huge print of one of her well known pieces, the girl with a flower and bees buzzing around. Trouble was it was printed soooooooooooo big, like 4' tall by 3' wide and the vintage image of the girl was terribly pixelated in comparison to the bees and other components of the image. It was really a horrible let down. And given the price tag which was in the $xx,000.00 - department quite a sore disappointment indeed! - Perhaps just a lesson in resolution and printing to be tucked away for future reference?
Anyway, I'll leave you with today's photojournal snaps....the day and they way it was...
ciao for now
Can't say I'm a big photography fan. I've always loved the altered myself. But I love trains. I used to spend a day occasionally sitting and watching trains come and go and people arriving and departing. So much of life there to see.
Posted by: Joy Logan | April 13, 2008 at 07:32 PM
Love the photos you took Marie, particularly the Love graffiti and the hand montage. - by the look of it you should be exhibiting!
Mx
Posted by: Megan | April 14, 2008 at 01:34 AM