Posts in Category : Exhibitions Confidential
Time and the River
Time and the River It was once a separate city, and in some ways, still is. It is 71 square miles and the most populous borough of New York. There are 136 different languages spoken, 93 ethnic groups, 150 nationalities, and a whole lot of artists. Serious artists. Sometimes we think of it as being far, but really it is just one more stop on the train. It’s that place on the other side of the river, Brooklyn, USA. It has a lively arts scene and in March, 2011, Professional Women Photographers will be a part of it when their exhibition, Perspectives on Time, opens at the Callahan Center Gallery of St. Francis College. The gallery is conveniently located one block [continue reading...]
Hurry Up Please…
Hurry Up Please… Almost every college student encounters, willingly or not, T.S. Eliot’s iconic modern masterpiece The Wasteland. In it there’s a phrase “hurry up please, it’s time.” A lot of hands go up to explain this, but almost everyone in this country gets it wrong. They think its an allusion to the quickening pace of the 20th Century or looming apocalypse, but it’s actually a common call heard in English pubs as closing nears and proprietors need to ease their merry customers home. From the flow of sand through an hourglass to the speeding digital clock of 24, time marks our days. It is ever-present and universal, yet its measure and the terms used to describe it vary widely from [continue reading...]
Preview of Coming Attractions
Preview of Coming Attractions Last week, The Art of Commerce opened at the Manhattan Borough President’s Gallery with a stunning array of images. Interpretations of the theme ranged from fruit sold on the street to the big businesses that drive the world’s economy. The show is on view at the Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor through October 29th (bring picture ID). The Art of Commerce was also mentioned in the London Independent Photography blog. The Exhibitions Committee has some other exciting shows planned for this year and 2011! A call has gone out for New Visions, an exhibition that will be held at the Durst Gallery in Manhattan. The show is unthemed, so it is an opportunity for members [continue reading...]
Commerce and Our Environment
Commerce and Our Environment The idea of commerce often brings to mind goods that are bought and sold-concrete objects that have been manufactured and traded. Everyday, from the first sip of coffee to the purchase and swipe of a metro card, we experience how commerce touches our lives. But commerce also shapes our physical world. From the dawn of human history, towns and port cities have sprang up in places that facilitated trade: New York with its harbor and rivers, Istanbul along the once famed Silk Road. Many of the great voyages in the Age of Discovery were undertaken in the hope of opening new trade routes to the Orient. Trade has driven a huge portion of human endeavor. [continue reading...]
The Art of Commerce
The Art of Commerce From pampered pooches to acquisitive ladies, from haute shops to no shops, next month at the Manhattan Borough President Gallery, PWP photographers focus on The Art of Commerce. “Commerce is about buying and selling,€ said PWP President Maddi Ring, “but the word itself is far older than WalMart and Macy’s.€ The idea is basic and intrinsically human: a transaction, an exchange of goods and ideas, often to earn a living. The setting can be secondary, and sometimes geographical differences are irrelevant. The tomatoes photographed by Robin Glasser Sacknoff at an NYC green market have much in common with the fruit being sold in Maddi Ring’s picture taken in the Urubamba Valley, Peru. Both are fresh [continue reading...]