Slideshow: First Thursday
Ponder the near-monastic concentration of J.D. Perkin’s Little Boxer, Golden (Laura Russo Gallery) then click through the slideshow to preview more pieces from First Thursday.
Grace, by J.D. Perkin.
Riffing off the classic Greco-Roman "Three Graces," these clay ladies show the Spartan side of femininity.
Laura Russo Gallery
Details: Ceramic, 56&#
Twins by J.D. Perkin
These fighters seem very evenly matched, and equally protected by their patches of gear. Meanwhile, the simplicity of the forms evokes ancient totems. Place your bets; who will prevail? Or will they be unearthed in
Nightview, New York, 1932
Under Abbott’s expert lens (presumably weilded from a plane) New York transforms into a luminous fairyland.
Charles A Hartman Fine Art
Details:
Photography by Berenice Abbott
Flatiron Building, NY, 1938
Some architectural forms are more assertive than others. Abbott celebrates this structure, built in 1902 and still standing up to other distinctive monoliths.
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Photography by Berenice Abbott
Penn Station, 1934
This is evidently a train station and not a cathedral…but, good god! The arches!
Charles A Hartman Fine Art
Details: Gelatin silver print, printed lat
Photography by Berenice Abbott
No, this is not a NASA experiment. This Arkansas artist has spent the last week cooped up in a crate playing Lord of The Rings. He’ll (triumphantly?) rejoin society tonight at Fourteen30 Contemporary.
