by Onajídé Shabaka - 23 Dec., 2006

   Satelite Openings at ABMB 2006

    by Onajídé Shabaka

Photo Miami, though not crowded by throngs of people in the fashion of ABMB, was nonetheless the site of an enthuiastic audience. It was an audience of collectors and curators and, they found plenty to purchase. With contemporary photography going the route of digital, it was much in evidence. Unfortunately, some of the older photographic processes that have been revived only made a modest showing at a fair that would seem to embrace them more that the other, non-specific to photography, art fairs.

Hackelbury Fine Art Limited
of Kensington (London)

The hand-coated platinum print (above winged creature) is one of the most sumptuous and expressive forms of photographic imaging. A platinum print is created by hand-coating a sheet of fine artist’s paper with a precisely mixed emulsion of photosensitive platinum metals. Unlike a silver gelatin photograph, where the light sensitive silver halide crystals are suspended in a thin layer gelatin that rests on the surface of the paper, the platinum emulsion soaks into and becomes part of the paper itself. Platinum prints provide the most expanded tonal scale of all graphic arts. Each image radiates a gentle warmth, detail in the richest shadows, delicate whites, and an almost three-dimensional image depth. (via: 21st Photography)

Daniel Azoulay Gallery

The Louisiana Project
Carrie Mae Weems
an installation of photographs
Charles Guice Gallery

Anyone who loves great photographic prints and fine artists books has to love seeing 21st Photography Editions:

"Conceived for the discerning and thoughtful collector in search of richly diverse imagery, editorial insight and long-term value, 21st: The Journal of Contemporary Photography is without parallel. Each volume is both an object of exquisite beauty. It is a visually and intellectually stimulating journal that has itself become a work of art, a truly breathtaking example of publishing history in the making. 21st features stunning hand-pulled photogravure images from many of the world’s most highly respected contemporary photographers."

Still Life with Breast
Photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin
Poetry by William Blake
Text John Wood
21st Photography Editions

Ramón Fernandez
at Edge Zones
(paintings on unframed canvas using Afro-Cuban symbols reconfigured to
more personal and somewhat abstracted icons)

Peter Seidler
at Madonna Bldg.
(life-size cyborged bear made of casted material)

"Out of True," a group exhibition, "titled after an architectural term for skewed construction, 'Out of True' highlights a vision of the contemporary world as one in which reality is no longer in alignment with expectation. With daily advances in science and technology, the familiar present is fading before our very eyes, while the indeterminate future is fueling an unprecedented anxiety about the rapidly obsolescing world. Joshua Levine's fascination with science conjoins both horror and wonder, taking a wait and see stance, with his sculptures of animal head trophies mutated with extra parts."

Joshua Levine
"Out of True" Curated by Micaela Giovannotti & Joyce Korotkin
Chatham Building

Joshua Levine

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