20x200 Blog

Happy 233rd Birthday, America!

2009-07-03T11:00:00Z

American Flags by Alison Grippo

Happy 4th of July! Freedom and art for all is celebrated around here this weekend! Hopefully you'll be enjoying the holiday with friends someplace cozy--I'm off for a kayaking adventure on the Hudson in a minute--but wanted to share the perfectly timed image that I found from Alison Grippo on her blog, Inkcapture.

Alison was anointed a Hot Shot and named a Ne Plus Ultra, gaining her representation by Jen Bekman Gallery in 2006. Her two edition prints Untitled (Mott Street), and A Man and His Horse, are available, unlike freedom and art for all, in limited supply.

Wednesday Edition: Mike Sinclair

2009-07-01T20:19:05Z

Wednesday Edition: Mike Sinclair

One-foot-out-the-door Wednesday greetings, my collector friends! I feel like a kid on the last day of school, yes I do. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm heading north for the holiday weekend. What I didn't mention is that I'm going with a very loose interpretation of "weekend" and starting mine today. In theory, at least — there's an awful lot standing between me and the open road at the moment.

Trying to write about Fourth of July #2, Independence, Missouri isn't helping matters any — every time I look at this captivating image from one of our most recently anointed Hot Shots — the very talented midwesterner Mike Sinclair — I find myself slipping off into a daydream and losing track of the very important task at hand.

I had the same problem with Colin Blakely's similarly seasonal edition last year, although with an out-of-town weekend in the offing, I find myself flashing forwards while gazing at Mike's image, rather than back. In the hopes of staying focused on my most immediate future, I'm going to refer you to some of the fine writing that's been done elsewhere about Mike's work.

I'll start close to home with Youngna Park's recent Q&A with Mike, published shortly after we announced 2009's first five Hot Shots. Upon reading it, I was pleased to discover that Mike and I share similar blog-reading habits and found myself nodding in agreement with the sage words of advice offered by his wife: "You don't know what you don't know."

Sara Distin's thoughts on Mike's photography are out in the blogosphere too. She declared Mike the Jen Bekman Photographer of the Month over on Flavorwire. She does a great job of pinpointing what's so insightful about his work, writing that his photographs "contain the sort of deeply-centered observations that seep into the core of what it is to be an American, and eventually find their way out, tickling the skin with warm familiarity."

Traveling further afield to Mike's stomping grounds, I can point you towards a thoughtful review of his recent Kansas City exhibition, a series of images captured at public parks in urban areas. In At the Dolphin, Mike Sinclair sees a City Beautiful, Dana Self opens with some background on the origin of the show's title: "The City Beautiful movement — out of which modern urban planning emerged — engaged architects and municipal leaders in the beautification of industrial America at the turn of the 20th century."

As for my own contribution, I suggest you mosey on over to Personism for the latest installment of my Paired series, which matches Mike's photograph with The Motorcyclists, a poem by James Tate.

I've got my own engine to rev, so bye for now! (But not for long.)

Noah Kalina is one of the Five Biggest Photographers

2009-06-30T22:24:49Z

Our darling Noah is a blue blood blogger. His popularity on Flickr, YouTube, and Twitter has granted him entrée onto PDN's The Five Biggest Photographers on the Internet list. Noah is in comfortable company with David Hobby, Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir, Christopher Becker and Jim MacMillan. Not sure who they are? Read all about them--and Noah-- here.

See more of Noah's work on his site and on his blog. Follow Noah on Twitter here.

Noah's 20x200 edition print has limited quantities available: Untitled (LA20070805)

Tuesday Edition: Ann Toebbe

2009-06-30T20:01:33Z

Tuesday Edition: Ann Toebbe

Tuesday greetings, collector friends! The sun is finally shining down upon us here in NYC, and for a few days running no less. I'm considering abandoning my ark-building plans, but not just yet — I'm not entirely convinced that El Nino's done having his way with us for the year. I do have my fingers crossed for a pleasant weekend, though. The Otter and I are headed north as soon as we can, with fresh air and picnicking in mind.

Today's edition seems appropriate for the season — Red Plastic Plates are sure to be set atop many a picnic table this weekend! Ann Toebbe's distinctive style also puts me in an out-of-the-city frame of mind; her folk references and decidedly un-citified subjects remind me of weekends spent with my grandparents in the suburbs and beyond.

Red Plastic Plates also makes me nostalgic for the not-too-distant past. It wasn't long ago that I first introduced 20x200 collectors to Ann's paintings. Back in January of this year, we released the two other editions that you see here: Drying Our Boots by the Stove and Burning Down the Second House. Even more recently, while in Chicago for the NEXT fair, I had the good fortune of meeting Ann in person and I got to see the original work on which our Red Plastic Plates edition is based. What a treat it was!

I am nuts for this painting and seeing it in person strengthened my conviction to add it to our Ann Toebbe 20x200 offerings. Ann was a bit hesitant though; the original had been acquired by a fabulous collection and what would its curators think? Fortunately for all of us, you lucky collectors included, it's the fabulous West Collection that acquired the painting. They're lucky too — it's a truly wonderful piece. And me? I am green with envy — and told the collection's founder, the wonderful Paige West, exactly that. She also immediately gave us the green light to do an edition with the piece — she's been a big fan and supporter of 20x200 from the get-go.

Paige is a huge patron of the arts and her passion manifests itself in a variety of ways. We share a keen interest in supporting emerging artists and collectors, and I've got nothing but admiration and awe for the things she's done on their behalf. She was way ahead of the curve when she founded Mixed Greens* back in 1989 — its program and approach are all about demystifying the art world and supporting new collectors. She even wrote the book on it: Art of Buying Art: An Insider's Guide to Collecting Contemporary Art offers smart advice and lots of eye candy to boot.

It was the West Prize that brought Paige to Chicago for the fair. NEXT was hosting an exhibition of its 10 finalists, including our very own Ms. Toebbe. The highlight of the trip for me was the cocktail party for the prize, which was held at the W Hotel. Jeffrey Teuton, Sarah McKenzie** and I trudged over there, tired from a long day at the fair. Thankfully, the event itself was energizing — I was excited to have a chance to introduce Paige to Sarah and Jeffrey, and also thrilled to run into another West Prize finalist who Paige and I share an interest in, Hot Shot photographer Georg Parthen.***

We didn't get to stay as long as we would've liked; we had a dinner reservation to keep, which meant I had to practically pry Ann and Sarah apart. (They were deep in conversation about their mutual alma mater, Yale.) And speaking of prying apart, it's time to pry myself from the computer and get it together for the rest of the day's engagements. I'm back tomorrow with another seasonally appropriate edition — look for me then!

*Mixed Greens' Coke Wisdom O'Neal is here on 20x200 too! We introduced his work last Fall:
Needle-Needle-Nee by Coke Wisdom O'Neal.
**Sarah McKenzie has a few great 20x200 editions as well:
Support by Sarah McKenzie
Site by Sarah McKenzie
Lift by Sarah McKenzie
***Georg Parthen: coming soon to 20x200!

Kate Bingaman-Burt @ Reading Frenzy

2009-06-29T16:26:17Z

Happy Monday, collectors! 20x200 darling (and Summer '06 Hot Shot) Kate Bingaman-Burt has dutifully documented her daily consumption for close to ten years. If you are lucky enough to live in Portland, drop by Reading Frenzy this Thursday, July 2nd at 6pm and Kate will help you start your own consumption collection by drawing something you bought that day for free! The free drawing frenzy is part of Kate's solo show, Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?, which will continue for the entire merry month of July.

Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?
Reading Frenzy
921 SW Oak St.
Portland, OR

Kate's site, Obsessive Consumption.
Kate's editions, I Bought All of These and Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Carts #1 on 20x200.
Kate in the recently released documentary, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design.
Kate's exhibit at Jen Bekman Gallery.

Megan Whitmarsh @ Riverside Art Museum

2009-06-24T21:47:00Z

Giant Sculpture, 2009 by Megan Whitmarsh

Megan Whitmarsh, the "totally badass, awesome, inspiring and intelligent" artist (as described by Jen) is currently in a group show, Strips, Scripts and Scapes: Contemporary Comix in Southern California, at the Riverside Art Museum. The exhibition features artists who are essentially "uncategorizable" and have "no guidelines to delineate their work beyond their interest in the intersection of contemporary art, storytelling and flirting with comic strip conventions".

The show will have a reception this Saturday, June 27, 7 - 9pm, and will remain on view through August 22nd.

Strips, Scripts and Scapes: Contemporary Comix in Southern California
RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM
3425 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA

Megan also has a new book, Yeti Logic featuring a yeti who lives in a capricious world available at Spoonbill & Sugartown, or online here.

Megan's two 20x200 edition prints, Trash Mountain and Color Work Station, are available to you in all three edition sizes.

Wednesday Edition: Raul Gutierrez

2009-06-24T21:05:44Z

Wednesday Edition: Raul Gutierrez

Travels Without Maps
11" x 14" PORTFOLIO EDITION ($300)

The Travels Without Maps portfolio is comprised of 11" x 14" prints of all four images, presented in an archival portfolio folder. Produced in an edition of 30, the portfolios are priced at $300 each. Also: they are awesome.*

Wednesday greetings, my collector friends! I'm super duper excited about today's editions, but I'm telling you right now: writing about the photographer in question makes me awfully nervous. As you're probably aware, Raul Gutierrez is the good-wizard version of our man behind the curtain here at JBP HQ. He's the first person who thought the whole 20x200 concept might just be crazy enough to work, and has been a tireless contributor to its success since I first pinged him (over IM, but of course!) back in January of 2007.

Our mutual friend, Eliot Shepard, introduced me to Raul in 2006, but I was already a fan. I'd been following Raul's blog since 2004. His words told the story of the journey that brought him and his wife, Jenn, to Brooklyn; reading from afar, I was amazed by his eloquence, smarts and versatility. One only needed to click over to his portfolio of photographs to discover that he has the rare gift of being able to tell amazing stories in twofold: with words and images.

Shortly after meeting, Raul was selected for the Spring 2006 edition of Hey, Hot Shot! and sometime after that, we started talking about the idea of working together. We weren't sure exactly what we'd do, but it seemed like our respective checkered-career-pasts had the potential to harmonize in interesting ways. To be honest, I was totally flattered that he'd even consider it! Sure, we both started doing internet stuff very early on, but his life has been significantly more adventurous than my own. We've been sitting across from each other in a very small room for a couple of years now, and Raul still strikes me as a bit of a mythical creature. (I can also tell you that he hates that I just wrote that!)

It's hard to believe that this one person, of whom I am so very fond, is all the things he is. He's had a lot of lives in his lifetime: after growing up in East Texas and getting educated in the ivy-est of leagues, he went out to LA. Out there, he lived a life like you see in the movies while working with big producers to make them. He's an uber-nerd (and I mean that in the best way) and a collector and a husband and a dad and a photographer. He's all those things, and he's also someone who's traveled — alone, without maps — through the furthest reaches of a land that I'm unlikely to ever see with my own eyes.

The photographs you see here today represent a small slice of his journeys, and they stand out as some of my favorites. They give form to the stories that he shares with us, which are interspersed throughout our days in the office together. We often repeat them to each other in the elevator afterwards, incredulous as we try to imagine the sweet, sentimental person we know trekking alone along mountainsides, a stranger in a strange land. (Inevitably, there is an "I had NO idea!" conversation with every new person that joins the team. Usually this happens after they've spent a long afternoon alone with Raul at HQ, and it's most likely to coincide with their discovery of his prodigious skills as a DJ.)

It's an honor to be able to share these photographs with all of you. As for the stories, well... those are for his family and friends, and for those of us who are lucky enough to work with Raul.

*Please note: The portfolios are custom orders and might not ship as quickly as our other prints normally do. Orders placed today will be shipped within 7-10 days.

Deux more reasons to love Todd St. John!

2009-06-23T23:06:59Z

20x200 artist, Todd St. John, has collaborated with Incase to design an iPhone 3G slider case and computer sleeve in faux bois splendor:

HunterGatherer Sleeve and Slider Case available here

St. John's design, illustration, animation and production studio, Hunter Gatherer, was invited to take participate in Incase's exclusive Arkitip line -- "a project aimed at delivering artistically embellished Apple products to users who have an appreciation for the creative arts and technology". Other artists who have designed for Arkitip include KRINK, Steven Harrington, and Parra.

Amazingly, we still have prints of Todd's stylish faux bois 20x200 edition Untitled (Black Blocks) available in all sizes.

Todd's sites:
http://www.toddstjohn.com/
http://www.huntergatherer.net/
http://www.greenlady.com/
http://www.iglooshop.com/

Tuesday Edition: Jessica Eaton

2009-06-23T20:03:27Z

Tuesday Edition: Jessica Eaton

Roy G. Biv-tastic Tuesday greetings, my collector friends! Our NYC sunshine is still somewhere over the rainbow, and considering what a stranger clearing skies have been to these parts lately, I don't expect we'll be finding it any time soon. Rather than singing an off-season SAD song — which would undoubtedly be delivered off-key — I've been cheering myself up with the fictive rainbows of today's edition-maker, Jessica Eaton.

Filter Samples is the photographic artifact of an admirably obsessive endeavor. As Jessica describes it in her statement, "hundreds of swatches from Lee Filter sample packs were arranged on the window, by spectral wave transmission, to turn my living room into a ROYGBIV light box." While I can only wonder what it might be like to dwell in such a living room, I'm very grateful that I get to live with the resulting imagery.

Jessica's a Canadian artist who I've been admiring from afar for a while now via the interwebs. Her high-concept, appealing imagery has made appearances on the websites and blogs of some of my favorite photography friends — Tim's tinyvices features two portfolios of her photographs and Laurel's I Heart Photograph looked twice too.

A blogger herself, Jessica incited a flurry of keyboards tapping with her recent critically acclaimed solo debut at Toronto's Hunter and Cook. I was tipped off to the show by Horses Think; like its author, the talented-his-own-self Ofer Wolberger, I wanted to be able to check it out in person, especially after reading We Can't Paint's enthusiastic review. Daily Value was similarly impressed and had this to say about the exhibition:

Eaton's work re-imagines '70s-era minimalist and conceptual art: a time when artists aimed to strip the aesthetic object down to its most essential state and concept took precedence over traditional aesthetic concerns (a serial work of Eaton's—a diamond pattern captured mid-liftoff from its foundation of grid paper—especially invokes Sol LeWitt). Like her predecessors, Eaton uses a purist's palette, but, rather than baring the aesthetic object, she reveals it in the process of undressing.

Speaking of her predecessors, one of the things that I love about Jessica's work is the long list of associations it generates, connecting her to some of my favorite image-makers. We'll start close to home with 20x200's very own Penelope Umbrico, who shares a kinship of palette and post-photographic practice, and while Michael Lundgren's work is about something quite different, his obsession with the photographic object makes me want a seat at any table that they might gather around together. Another person I'd want to invite to that meal is the amazing Lisa Oppenheim, who I have a huge photo-crush on.

Delving further into Jessica's colorful abstractions, my mind alights on many of the artists included by our friends at Aperture as part of their stunning Edge of Vision initiative. Speaking of photo friends, Blind Spot has offered editions from several other kindred spirits — from Jonathan Lewis and his candy-colored rainbows to John Baldessari and Hannah Whitaker — they've got quite a range of talented, smart photographers considering light, image and object.

Enough about all of them, though! Let's talk about Jessica's recent westward expansion. She's still north of the border, but now clear across the continent; her latest solo exhibition, Variables, just opened at Vancouver's LES Gallery. Filter Samples is included in this reportedly awesome exhibition, which remains on view through July 12th.

Phew, that was a seriously link-tastic email. And now: I am done, although not for long. I'll be back tomorrow with a very special set of images from a very special fella. Look for me then!

Jason Polan Book Launch and Party

2009-06-19T23:22:00Z

Image of Jason's very own typewriter from his book, Eleven of My Things and One of Yours

Good news for a rainy day! Jason Polan has a new book!

From the press release:

Eleven of My Things and One of Yours is a new zine by Jason Polan that features eleven drawings of the artist’s favorite things and a blank space at the end for one more thing. Adding a performative twist, Jason will complete the book for each new buyer, drawing the buyer's favorite thing on the extra page. The book is not complete until the artist draws an image of the buyer’s favorite thing. After the additional drawing, the book becomes One of My Favorite Things and Eleven of His. On Saturday, Printed Matter will act as a stage for Polan to carry out the final production of this zine. Lemonade and snack cakes will also be served in celebration. Please come and bring one of your favorite things for Jason to draw!

Lemonade, snack cakes and Jason? Um, yes please! I'll see you there!

The books will be sold for a mere $20!
Saturday, June 20, 2009 @ Printed Matter, Inc. | 195 10th Avenue
2:00 to 4:00pm

Jason Polan's 20x200 editions:
Insects and Myriapods at The American Museum of Natural History
Sea Creatures at The American Museum of Natural History
Dinosaurs at The American Museum of Natural History
132 Birds at The American Museum of Natural History
Every Person in New York
Hand Project

Jason Polan's sites:
Jason Polan
The Drawing Project
Every Person in New York
The 53rd Street Biological Society

20x200 Artist Hosang Park selected for PDN Photo Annual 2009

2009-06-19T17:00:50Z

Howon-Dong by Hosang Park

Hosang Park, talented 20x200 artist whose two images Uman-Dong and Howon-Dong were released on our site in March has just received another much deserved accolade. In addition to being selected as one of two Hey, Hot Shot! Ne Plus Ultras to receive representation at Jen Bekman Gallery at the beginning of this month, we just received word that his work has been chosen for the PDN Photo Annual 2009!

His image Howon-Dong was selected to the Personal Work category in the photography annual alongside Steven Wilkes, Lauren Greenfield, and Christoph Gielen. To view his work as well as many other talented winners, check out the PDN online gallery

A whole-hearted congratulations to Hosang! Also, you can still purchase this winning image, as well as Uman-Dong on 20x200.

20x200 Kindred Spirits

2009-06-19T01:03:00Z

Just a while ago I was walking through the archives and wrote about edition prints that shared similar themes. Our collection of art(ists) often have complimentary relationships with others -- be it a penchant for text, color palate, composition, or rhythm. So, in the spirit celebrating similarity (and contrast) I present you with three more twosomes:

Kent Rogowski and Chad Muthard

Untitled #10 by Kent Rogowski
Choose your print size here

The Drive with Christine by Chad Muthard
Choose your print size here

Dustin Amery Hostetler and Superdeluxe

Color Study #4 by Dustin Amery Hostetler (UPSO)
Choose your print size here

Diamonds by Superdeluxe (Adrienne Wong and Karin Spraggs)
Choose your print size here

Don Hammerman and Mark Ulriksen

Rawlings by Don Hamerman
Choose your print size here

The Babe in the Negro Leagues by Mark Ulriksen
Choose your print size here

Wednesday Edition: Sarah Spitler

2009-06-17T21:02:30Z

Sunshine-y Wednesday greetings, my collector friends, and an open-armed welcome to the newcomers among you, of which there are many. This might have something to do with our "striking, affordable artwork" being featured in the July issue of Martha Stewart Living, or perhaps you're here on the advice of Martha's crafts department? Or... maybe Jeff sent you? Jeff Hamada, that is — he being the energetic impresario behind the ever-inspiring Booooooom. (More on that later!) However you made your way here, I'm happy that you've joined us and look forward to sharing lots of amazing art with you in newsletters to come. Let's get started, shall we?

Talented Bay Area painter Sarah Spitler is making her 20x200 debut with today's fine art print, No One Can Live Outside of History. This piece has inspired an odd narrative that totally makes sense to me, and I've got my fingers crossed that Sarah will be pleased and flattered with the tale it tells.

It’s going to seem completely off-the-wall, but in its many layers and techniques I see unruly nature intermingled with tightly-controlled forms that are caught in the space between both graphic design and photography.

In this painting, Sarah's captured a moment in a very funny scene. I see the looseness of the background shades — the smoky blues and greens — as being the plates of the earth shifting, forming continents and roiling the ocean. It's a messy chaotic process, all in all. Then along comes the spirit of Ryan McGinness — seriously, stick with me here — attempting to bring order to the chaos.

The spirit of Ryan is all about order and consistency. It brings both precision and playfulness, adding a layer comprised of human-engineered forms over the messy organic process of nature's progress. The reason I see it as a photo is because the moment captured is an unresolved one, in the best possible way. Everything's still in motion; it's not clear who's winning and you're not even sure who to root for. There's the beautiful mess of splatters and drips, but they're so close to escaping, seemingly untameable. The steady hues and clean lines of the McGinness-like moments offer up the control, comfort and certainty.

I know it's wacky, but hopefully it makes a little sense. And if it doesn't, well that's cool too. You can make your own meaning, and I encourage you to do just that! Once you've got the story Sarah's painting all sorted out, I'll bet you'll be hungry for more inspiration. When that happens, you can do what scads of savvy surfers do and head on over to Booooooom. I'm generally proud of my appetite for imagery, but I have to say Jeff's curation on Booooooom gives me a bit of a complex. He finds so much great stuff, and shares it with unflagging enthusiasm.

We've been keeping an eye on his offerings for a while now, and just recently the eagle-eyed Ms. Distin noticed that he'd featured Sarah's work as well. With many new fans of her work tuning into his site, Jeff announced a give-away last week. I'm happy to announce its two lucky winners here today. Big congrats to readers Haley and Suzan, both of whom will be receiving 11" x 14" prints of No One Can Live Outside History!

With my tales told and prints en route to the lucky winners, my newsletter work for the week is done. I'm going to turn my attention to other things, like picking out a party dress and putting on some dancing shoes!

Tomorrow night Aperture is hosting their first-ever summer benefit, Some Like it Hot — flush with festivities, cocktails and art for all. I've been all about Aperture lately, thrilled to support their excellent programming with our recently-released editions from Penelope Umbrico. Her cyber-celestial works are stunning side-by-side, if I do say so myself.

I'll be attending the party with the talented and charming, Gregory Krum, perennial star on 20x200 and Summer 2007 Hot Shot. Krum was selected as a Hot Shot with the help of HHS! panelist, Aperture's book publisher, Ms. Lesley Martin.

I encourage local collectors to join us, and not just for cocktails and conversation. If you spring for the $150 ticket you'll leave with a limited-edition print from Thomas Allen in hand. Allen, one of several super book-smart artists whose work we'll be exhibiting at the JB Gallery's upcoming Summer Reading exhibition, is a wonderful and highly collectible photographer. So spend some smart money on a good cause and meet us there!

T-11 Hours to Live With Art for Less

2009-06-16T20:30:23Z

Live With Art by Little Jacket/Mike Burton

11th hour greetings, my collector friends! As I mentioned this past rainy Sunday morning, our 20% More Ridiculous Sale has been extended through the stroke of midnight tonight. That means you've got less than 11 hours to get your art on at even more ridiculouser than usual prices.

You know the drill by now: enter the code RIDONK at checkout for 20% off any of the beee-you-tiful, limited-edition archival prints available in our inventory. Once the clock strikes 12, we're back to being our normal ridiculous selves again.

I've also got an especially special small-batch list-only bonus to share with you — our most faithful collectors — today. The lovely Live With Art* letterpress you see above was created especially for 20x200 by our friends at Little Jacket, in honor of our one year anniversary last September. We have just 50 of these gorgeous little hand-printed babies available, so if you likey (and what's not to like?) you'd better snap one up quick!

Once you've put one in your cart, I suggest that you mosey on over to the Going, Going, Gone page to see which other editions are dwindling down to a precious few. That page is always changing and monitoring its offerings is a new distraction of mine. (As if I need more distractions!)

I've also been keeping a close eye on the choices made by others who have mentioned the sale — I'm definitely not the only one all a-twitter about it! It's really interesting to see who loves what, and the sale has inspired a lot of well-curated selections from our archives.

Starting closest to home, we've got the selections of Ms. Distin, posted to Flavorwire yesterday. She's got her eye on both of our Echo Eggebrecht editions, The Time Machine and Birds of a Feather along with Michael Lundgren's gorgeous Yuha Basin and Penelope Umbrico's luminous 79 Moons from Flickr - 51 Visible.

Creative Commons tweeted a reminder to grab one of Matt Jones' popular Get Excited And Make Things editions, the proceeds of which benefit their fine organization.

Greg Allen points dads towards Jason Polan's Dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History on daddytypes and picks Jorge Colombo's iSketch084 among his personal favorites on greg.org, mentioning that they were "famously created, like his recent New Yorker cover, with the Brushes iPhone App."

Our friends at Aperture note that it's prime time to get your hands on Penelope Umbrico's benefit edition, the aforementioned 79 Moons from Flickr - 51 Visible, which is even better when paired with its companion 87 Suns from Flickr - 29 Visible. Penelope's work is currently on display at the Aperture Gallery as part of The Edge of Vision.

Paddy Johnson at Art Fag City picks Brad Moore's Dutch Club, Anaheim, California as a must-grab before the sale ends tonight.

Last but not least, the wonderful 7x7 takes a local angle in their blog post. They've got their eyes on the Bay Area's best, singling out Jessica Snow's colorful Cascade and Mike Monteiro's sage advice: Let's Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, we've cooked up some fun with our blog-friend Jeff Hamada from the always inspiring Booooooom. Once you're done with your RIDONK shopping, pay him a visit and be sure to check us out tomorrow when we're back with some fresh art!

*[Sign up for the mailing list and browse the newsletter archive for a link to the print!]

Abstraction @ Aperture tonight

2009-06-16T17:07:38Z

79 Moons From Flickr - 51 Visible and 87 Suns From Flickr - 29 Visible by Penelope Umbrico

If you caught Lyle Rexer's panel at NYPH'09, you know he's uber-knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subject of his new book, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, so tonight's talk and book signing at Aperture should be a treat!

Join Rexer at Aperture, 547 W 27th Street, 4th Floor, at 6:30 p.m. tonight.

If you're so inspired after meeting/listening to Rexer and seeing the accompanying exhibition, you should still have time later this evening to bring a little bit of the show home with you, support Aperture and their amazing programming AND save 20% — all at once! Before the stroke of midnight tonight, you can collect two works, created by Penelope Umbrico, exclusively for 20x200, in support of Aperture, at 20% off with the code RIDONK at checkout. Proceeds from the sale of 79 Moons From Flickr - 51 Visible benefit Aperture.

We're into the final hours of the 20x200 site-wide sale. Don't miss out!