Entries from 20x200 Blog tagged with 'Jen Bekman'

Hey, Hot Shot! Deadline THIS Friday, 10/23!

Untitled (Nymphenburg) by 2007 Hot Shot Gregory Krum Holy smokes! The deadline to apply to Jen Bekman Projects' photography competition, Hey, Hot Shot! is this Friday, October 23rd @ 8 p.m (EDT). Hey, Hot Shot! offers photographers at all...

Browsing the Archives with Don Hamerman Part 2

Thread 2 by Don Hamerman Happy Friday, collectors! Following the success of Don Hamerman's thoughtful selections from last week, I am delighted to offer you his second installment of doubled images from our archives. You'll recall that Don found...

Opening TONIGHT: Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition

San Sebastian, 2008 by Michelle Arcila Ciao collectors! Tonight, Wednesday, September 9th, from 6–8 p.m., Jen Bekman Gallery will open the Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition! Come see photographs from: Michelle Arcila Daniel Cheek Mike Sinclair...

Steve Heller interviews Jen Bekman for Print Magazine

The Heller interviews our one-and-only Jen Bekman in the October 2009 issue of Print magazine. The two dish about art, design and collecting in this economy. Also gracing the magazine's glossy pages are think-make-think by Clifton Burt and Verlag...

Jen + Gina Talk Shop Part Two

Brooklyn Morning by Youngna Park Picking up where we left off last week, Jen and Gina Trapani delve into Brooklyn nostalgia, circuitry and swimming as they wrap up their chat and Gina's stint as guest curator. Thanks again to...

To Do: Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition

Victor's Table, 2008 by Michelle Arcila Pull out your calendars and circle Wednesday, September 9th Thursday, September 10th, for on this day from 6–8 p.m. Jen Bekman Gallery will open the Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Group Exhibition!...

Jen + Gina Talk Shop Part One

As promised, here is the first installment of Ms. Jen Bekman + Ms. Gina Trapani's conversation about art, computers, geeks and collecting. We'll follow up next week with the rest of their chat—the two discuss swimming and other sports, Brooklyn...

Vote For Jen Bekman Projects!

A powerful JBP triumvirate, Jen, Sara and Youngna, are all vying for panel spots at SXSW '10. You can help them secure their places by casting a vote for their proposals on the SXSW 2010 Panel Picker. Jen's panel...

Jen + Taj Talk Shop

cover of Threefold Sun by Taj Forer Jen: Hi there. Love your editions so! I am excited! Taj: Oh, shucks. Thanks for doing this. I'm very psyched myself. Jen: Sure thing, I am sorry that we didn't connect sooner....

Megan Whitmarsh @ Riverside Art Museum

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...

Gather + listen + collect in Brooklyn

A selection of artworks from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection Jen Bekman of Jen Bekman Projects, Inc., will be crossing the river to join artist and collector Danny Simmons, Joe Amrhein from Williamsburg's Pierogi Gallery and Steve Weintraub of...

To Do: Christian Chaize @ Jen Bekman Gallery THIS Wednesday

Praia Piquinia 14/08/06 16h04 Bonjour New York collectors! Photographer Christian Chaize will open a solo show, Praia Piquinia, at Jen Bekman Gallery this Wednesday, May 20th. There will be an opening reception from 6 - 8pm, so be sure...

JBG in Art in America

JBG booth at NEXT featured paintings by Sarah McKenzie Earlier this month Jen Bekman Gallery participated in Chicago's NEXT invitational exhibition of emerging art. JBG's efforts were praised in a recent Art in America review (whose title echoes our...

To Do: Coke Wisdom O'Neal Exhibition

David Renk 2009, from the series The Box (Texas) by Coke Wisdom O'Neal Rainy Monday greetings, collectors! Not so long ago I wrote about 20x200 photographer, Coke Wisdom O'Neal's visit to Texas to make new work for his ongoing...

Absolutely Confabulous!

Sara and Youngna! Image by Steve Rhodes Chronicle CEO, Nion McEvoy introduces Jen Image by Steve Rhodes The second Collectors Confab, held at at Chronicle Books, went off swimmingly! The soiree for 20x200 and our esteemed East Coast admirers...

See you tonight, San Francisco!

Live With Art by Little Jacket Hello San Francisco collectors! Tonight is the night! Jen Bekman and the 20x200 team are looking forward to meeting Bay Area collectors tonight, Monday April 6th, from 6-8pm. We'll be serving up some...

Collecting Art Without Breaking the Bank

Image of Jen Bekman by Zach Klein The one and only Jen Bekman is in California for a short interlude, and immediately she's been interviewed by 7x7, a San Franciscocentric culture magazine. Read the interview here, and if you...

Reminder: Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 Competition Now Open!

Image from Winter 2007 Hot Shot Kirby Pilcher Happy Monday! Jen Bekman Projects, Inc. has been accepting entries for Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 for a few weeks now, and as the deadline looms I wanted to urge you apply...

Curating the Crowd-Sourced World with Jen Bekman @ SXSW

Dear Collectors heading to SXSW, Please don't miss Curating the Crowd-Sourced World, Jen's panel discussion with Paddy Johnson, Nion McEvoy, Dustin Hostetler, and Gina Trapani. The distinguished panelists will wrangle with the topic of "good filters" and "who's best-suited...

Jen Bekman Gallery @ PULSE New York

Newfoundland 7 by Carrie Marill Ciao, collectors! Jen Bekman will be exhibiting work from 20x200, Hey, Hot Shot! and gallery represented artists at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair this Thursday, March 5 - Sunday, March 8, 2009. Featured artists: Carlo...

A new way to use Twitter: Crowd-sourced curation

If you were in the crowd at Ignite NYC III last Monday night, you would have heard Jen Bekman's talk about why "crowdsourcing is ruining everything." Well, maybe not everything. Last Thursday Jen tried an experiment. What would happen if...

Jen Bekman TONIGHT @ Ignite NYC

Image of Ms. Jen Bekman by Zach Klein Hey, hey! The charmingly inexhaustible Jen Bekman will be speaking TONIGHT @ Ignite NYC. Watch Jen magically click through 20 slides (in 5 minutes!). Jen promises she'll be "the fast-talking, nervous...

Sarah McKenzie Opening Reception Photos

Image by Joseph O. Holmes Hello beloved collectors! You know about our flickr account, right? I sure hope so! I recently uploaded images from our latest gallery reception, Sarah McKenzie's Building Code. Click on over to see photos of...

20x200 Feels the Love

Insects and Myriapods at The American Museum of Natural History by Jason Polan was featured on HGTV's blog today Buy one now Did Valentine's Day arrive early this year? It sure seems like it with the love that 20x200...

X Marks the Art: Art from 20x200 Closing Saturday (Today!)

The Mountain of Tomorrow's Sunrise by William Crump Buy one now Dear Collectors, The gallery will be closing X Marks the Art, Saturday, January 24th. X Marks the Art, is a unique opportunity for you to see original works...

Jen Bekman in Domino Magazine

Jen Bekman and 20x200 are the recipients of some very kind words in the current issue of Domino Magazine. Jen is lauded as one of the most innovative online shopping pioneers as a result of 20x200's success. Jen shares...

Coke is On The Road

Close Call by Coke Wisdom O'Neal Buy one 20x200 photographer, Coke Wisdom O'Neal, is making new work for his ongoing project which involves a 18-foot by 25-foot wooden specimen box. Yes, you read that correctly. To make things more...

A vision, better than sugarplums

A magnificent wall arrangement of 20x200 Carrie Marill edition prints Wishes do come true! Last week 20x200 debuted an AAA Edition by Carrie Marill. In Jen's newsletter about the release, she wrote about the possibility of a Marill dream...

Thrilla in Manila! Reception and 826NYC Benefit Sale Tonight!

Images of folks drawing at Jen Bekman Gallery Saturday night Happy Monday! All of you lucky enough to be in New York City should surely plan on swinging by the gallery tonight to see the results of the Thrilla...

Nina Berman on AlterNet

Image by Nina Berman from her series, Homeland Hello dear collectors! Good news! Photojournalist Nina Berman is getting more attention for her images of homeland security efforts. AlterNet has an interview with Nina Berman in support of her new...

Carlo's Aura Camera 6000

Image by Carlo van de Roer from his project, The Aura Portrait Machine 20x200 photographer Carlo van de Roer is curious about the most unusual things. You might recall my post about Carlo's Orb project. For those of you...

Thrilla in Manila, a Jen Bekman Project to benefit 826NYC

Ladies and Gentleman, the dream we've all dreamed of is about to happen at Jen Bekman Gallery: Artist vs. Artist in the World Series of Drawing! Get out your drawing materials and mark your calendars because Thrilla in Manilla...

20x200 Artist Interview: Joseph O. Holmes

november 27, 2008, columbus circle by Joe Holmes Happy day after Thanksgiving to you, dear collectors! Today is a fine day to relax and learn more about photographer (and Esquivel fan) Joseph O. Holmes, don't you agree? Joseph has...

Mickey Smith @ Invisible-Exports Today!

Detail of Collocation No.4 (Today) by Mickey Smith Happy Friday! I know I let you all know about Mickey Smith's opening this evening at Invisible Exports, but did you see that she also received some accolades over on the...

Mickey Smith @ Invisible-Exports

Collocation No. 7 (BLOOD), 2008 Hey, Hot Shot! winner and 20x200 superstar, Mickey Smith will be opening her first New York solo exhibition, You People, this Friday, November 14th at Invisible-Exports in the Lower East Side. The opening reception...

Saturday, November 8th: Nina Berman Artist Talk + Book Signing!

Image from Nina Berman's Homeland series Hello Collectors! Those of you lucky enough to live in NYC should swing on by the gallery this evening to hear documentary photographer extraordinaire Nina Berman talk about her current exhibition and sign...

Birthe Piontek @ Gallery Kominek

Image from Birthe Piontek's Sub Rosa series Congratulations to Birthe Piontek! Birthe will be opening a solo show at Gallery Kominek in Berlin today. The romantic series, Sub Rosa will remain on view through December 13th. From the press...

GQ Shows 20x200 (and Dustin Amery Hostetler) Love

GQ throws the spotlight on 20x200 and Dustin Amery Hostetler in their October issue. 1 Hund(red) sneaker for CONVERSE (PRODUCT) RED by Dustin Amery Hostetler Dustin also recently designed a sneaker for CONVERSE (PRODUCT) RED. You can check out...

Beth Dow Wins Grand Prize from Photography.Book.Now.

Gazebo, Wakehurst Place Platinum Palladium 18.5x16" Congratulations are in order for 20x200 photographer Beth Dow who was awarded the Grand Prize from Photography.Book.Now's competition for her book In the Garden. From the press release: "I'm both humbled and thrilled...

Laura Levine @ Varga Gallery

Madonna, 1982 by Laura Levine I was assigned to photograph Madonna for Interview Magazine. Her first single (Everybody) was about to be released and no one really knew what she looked like. She (like most of my subjects back...

Carrie Marill: Doing a Lot with Very Little @ Jen Bekaman

Carrie Marill's 16 Cubes Jen Bekman is pleased to present Doing a Lot With Very Little, an exhibition of new paintings by Carrie Marill. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and featured in publications such as...

20x200's First Anniversary Party

Last Friday we brought you a super special double edition from Superdeluxe to commemorate our one year anniversary here at 20x200. We also had a very lively party here in New York filled with lovely faces and lots of...

Christina Muraczewski in Venus Zine and @ fakespace

Image from Christina Muraczewski's Woodgrain series VenusZine's Jamie Elizabeth Hall has a nice article on 20x200 artist Christina Muraczewski this month. Christina was also in our last group show, Ornithology, where she showed work from her Woodgrain series. Christina...

Vote for Jen Bekman at SXSW '09!

Jen Bekman is vying for a panel spot at SXSW '09. You can help her secure this place by casting a vote for her proposal: Curating the Crowd-Sourced World Type: Panel Presenter: Jen Bekman, 20×200 | Jen Bekman Projects,...

20x200 Artist Interview: Carrie Marill

Artist Carrie Marill alongside a detail of Violet Green Swallow 2007, gouache on paper with collage, 5" X 7" Friday is here again, and so that must mean another glimpse into the life of a 20x200 artist. Today we...

Viva Synchronicity!

Image by Andrew Hetherington Rachel Hulin, the blog stewardess of the effervescent Shoot! The Blog has some perfect timing. Yesterday Jen introduced us to Andrew Hetherington, and seemingly simultaneously Rachel posted this interview with him. Huzzah! Andrew's edition print:...

Hey, Hot Shot! Opening Today! @ Jen Bekman

Sleeping Lion by Hey, Hot Shot! winner Colleen Plumb It's opening time again at Jen Bekman Gallery! The Hey, Hot Shot! winners are ready to have their time in the spotlight! The opening is this very night, August 8th...

20x200 Artist Interview: Jennifer Sánchez

Jennifer Sánchez'sny.08.#7, 2008 Mixed mediums on canvas 30" x 40" x 1 1/2" Ciao amici! For this week's artist interview I bring you some insight into 20x200 shining star Jennifer Sánchez. It's clear from you participation in 20x200 that...

Hey, Hot Shot! Winners Announced!

Le Hermitage Painting by HHS! winner Roc Herms Pont Holy Cannoli! The winners of the first edition of Hey, Hot Shot! 2008 have been announced: Juliane Eirich Derek Henderson Roc Herms Pont Kate Orne Colleen Plumb The opening reception...

Jen Bekman Walks You Through Ornithology

Jen Bekman Gallery Presents: Ornithology from Derrick Tan on Vimeo. Hello! Today I'm happy to share a special little video with you. It is a guided tour of Ornithology, the show that is hanging now in the gallery, by...

20x200: When Art Meets Commerce, An Industry Shifts

Ginger Tulley has some kind words about the 20x200 website on the Movable Type blog: Less than a year after 20x200 launched, the site has been an unqualified success: over 14,000 prints have been sold to date, to a...

20x200 in the Houston Chronicle

Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle was one of the lucky people who got to Carlo Van de Roer's Astoria Park swimming pool 20x200 edition before it sold out in December; she caught up with Jen while she was in...

20x200 in New York Magazine!

New York Magazine, in their prestigious annual Best of NY issue, named us Best Starter Art Collection, which is wonderfully flattering. Thanks NY Mag!...

20x200 in the New York Times: Easing the Pain of Collecting

Julie Scelfo's Easing the Pain of Collecting in The New York Times is a great long feature about our Jen Bekman and how she came to start both her gallery and 20x200: "The whole thing was crazy," she said. Opening...

20x200 in Wired!

Lest you think only newspapers love us, there are some rather lovely shout outs in magazines, too! Wired shows us some love in this month's issue, calling 20x200 the best choice for "art patrons who want gallery quality without gallery...

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