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THE DRAWING CENTER
I came across The Drawing Center by chance, one day walking down a small back street in Manhattan's Soho district I was instantly curious by it's name and wanted to find out more. As it turns out The Drawing Center is...
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POWERHOUSE BOOKS
In 2006, PowerHouse Books, an independent publisher of art and photography books founded in 1995 opened it's doors to the waiting public. The result is a 10,200 square foot showroom and retail space that invites casua...
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BOOGIE
Boogie is a 38 year old native of Belgrade, Serbia, who began taking photos of the civil unrest and violence that reigned in his homeland during the 1990's. After winning a Green Card in the lottery, he promptly came ...
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NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL 2008
New York has just held it's First International Photography Festival in the United States and despite arriving jet lagged from a vacation the night before I managed to catch the last day of the event. The 3 day festiv...
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OFFF FESTIVAL 2007
Seven years since it began in Europe, the OFFF Festival which showcases innovative digital design came to New York City this November for a three day conference. The lineup of speakers included a range of people t...
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SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
Until 1986 Socrates Sculpture Park was an abandoned strip of land in Queens that was used mainly for dumping illegal waste. The area surrounding the park is urban wasteland with mostly anonymous looking indust...
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THE URBAN FOREST PROJECT
This month's article from New York looks at the Urban Forest project that started September 1st and continues through to November 1st. An art project, the aim of which was to give designers, photographers and artists ...
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MERMAID PARADE 2006
A rainy Saturday afternoon on June 24th and I'm on my way to Coney Island way down on the Southern most tip of Brooklyn, NY to catch the 2006 Mermaid Parade. The parade takes place every year and celebrates the offici...
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PETER SUTHERLAND
Peter Sutherland is a New York based artist who moved to the city from Colorado in 1998. After arriving and working at a vegan restaurant to get by, his "big idea" of what to really do here wasn't at first evident to ...
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ANARCHY TO AFFLUENCE: DESIGN IN NEW YORK, 1974 -1984
Anarchy to Affluence: Design in New York, 1974 -1984 is an exhibition currently hosted by Parsons school for Design. It takes a glimpse at a time in which New York spawned a creative community that has left an endelli...
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ANDREW SUTHERLAND
Andrew Sutherland is a self-taught artist, living and working in Brooklyn, New York. I saw Andrew's work for the first time in a small gallery on the lower east side about a year ago and liked his bold, highly graphic...
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CONEY ISLAND
"Behind the innocent facade of fun, rides, shows and cotton candy are the powerful themes of fear, lust, abandon, adventure, irony, comedy, salvation, gluttony, mystery, pain, monsters, gambling, and voyeurism." - Quo...
