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WC Gallery Burton Machen
Words by Katie Stolowitz Although I somewhat cliché-ly expected to encounter a professional snowboarder when meeting Burton Machen, my personal growth is very thankful that the man's actually an artist. While an inverted 180 is always cool to look at...I don't think a jump, no matter how long the rotation, has the power to inspire me in any profound way—perhaps because I just like my limbs too much. The same cannot be said about the work of Burton Machen. Although I readily admit that [...]
WC Gallery Jen Stark
Words by Harry Smith Armed with a steady hand, an X-acto knife and a stack of colored cards, Miami-based artist Jen Stark creates paper sculptures that your first grade crafts teacher could only dream about. Drawing inspiration from nature, science and the cosmos Stark's sculptures ooze and explode with color creating a series of meticulously psychedelic patterns. Since graduating in 2005 from the Maryland Institute College of Art, the artist has exhibited her work in galleries all over [...]
Andrew M. Casey
Words by Megan Cahn An eerily telling quality draws you into Andrew Michael Casey's photos, but still leaves so much to wonder. When I first saw his black and white portraits, I felt these childlike tendencies of mine creep back into my behavior. Not because his images are innocent or light-hearted in any way - in fact they all have a dark seriousness to them - but because they triggered something I don't use too often anymore. As I gazed at each distinctively different character shot from a [...]
Crackerfarm
Photography by Crackerfarm The standard of beauty has reached a new pinnacle in society. With the advent of technology in both photographs and reality – the truism of a picture is only as true as the skilled hand of the photo-shopper. Skin turns to porcelain, fat turns to bone, and what once was a human is now an alien life force – an expectation, a pressure to become something we can’t be. It’s exactly what Crackerfarm is against. The farm, like many, is producing something of [...]
Tara McPherson
Words by Megan Martin It’s an all too familiar leap – from a California girl to a New York City one. Something seems to call those creative types from the Golden Coast out to the darker side, but to many aspiring artists, it just seems like an obvious next step. Tara McPherson made the move from Los Angeles to New York about four years ago, shortly after receiving her BFA from Art Center in Pasadena, and though she is all grown up and becoming an established artist in one of the most [...]
Shag
Words by Megan Martin New York could very well be one of the most voyeuristic places on the planet. It’s also a wonderland for exhibitionists. Nothing is private. Our phone conversations, our commutes to work, our interactions with lovers and friends, are all played out on the sidewalks of the city. It’s a community of glass houses, and we’re all throwing stones. However unique New Yorkers are, it seems voyeurism is a universal feeling. Traveling from that little West Coastal [...]
Tod Seelie
Words by Megan Martin I first came across Tod Seelie when I was browsing the internet and found a photograph of a car lit on fire. The title above it read Slow Dancing to Slayer. It was a simple flyer for a small show at an even smaller gallery in Williamsburg, but its message was loud and clear. Wedged between a great Polish grocery store and the hipster hangout “The Lodge” was Seelie’s solo photo show at Cinder’s Gallery. His photographs need no introductions or explanations, [...]