Jen Bekman. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—the lady is tireless. As if being a full-time gallerist wasn’t enough! Jen still manages to do a million other awesome things, like find the time to be a founding editor of the super hip blog on MediaBistro,  UnBeige.  The New York Times featured UnBeige in an article on Shopping With Design Bloggers.  Check out the full article here.

Also, in case you missed it, see the article on Jen that ran in the Times this past February, Easing the Pain of Collecting.

Image from Birth Piontek’s Sub Rosa series

Bom dia collectors, especially to all of you in Brazil. 20×200 photographer, Fall 2007 Hot Shot and Ultra, Birthe Piontek is currently showing work at São Paulo’s Galeria Leme in a group show, Portrait II. Selected images from Birthe’s Sub Rosa series are on view now through October 4th. The entire series was previously on view at Jen Bekman Gallery, and can be viewed here.

Galeria Leme
Rua Agostinho Cantu, 88
São Paulo, Brazil

Birthe’s edition print:
Untitled (from Sub Rosa)
Birthe’s artist page at Jen Bekman Gallery
Birthe’s site

 

Congratulations are in order for 20×200 photographer Beth Dow who was awarded the Grand Prize fromPhotography.Book.Now’s competition for her book In the Garden.

From the press release:

“I’m both humbled and thrilled by this achievement, and to have my work recognized by such a prestigious group of judges,” said Beth Dow, Grand Prize winner, Photography.Book.Now. “This award will allow me to finish a deeply meaningful project that I may not have otherwise had the chance to do, and I’m profoundly grateful. Congratulations to all the photographers who submitted their work to Photography.Book.Now.”

For those of you in San Francisco, there will be an awards ceremony this Friday, September 19th. RSVP here.

San Francisco Awards Ceremony and Meet-up
Bimbos 365 Club
1025 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut Street)
San Francisco, CA 94133

Beth is represented by Jen Bekman Gallery.
Images from her last solo show, Fieldwork, can be seen here.
Beth’s 20×200 edition prints:
Bags
Clearing, Wakehurst Place
Beth’s website

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 New American Paintings, Wired Magazine, and The New York Times. This will be her first solo exhibition in New York City.

The exhibition will be on view Friday, September 12 through October 18, 2008 at Jen Bekman Gallery, located at 6 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10012. An opening reception for the artist will be held on the evening of Friday, September 12 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the gallery.

In Carrie’s own words:

Doing a Lot with Very Little is the result of my endeavor to create a series of non-narrative work. I am using recognizable imagery and the language of systems to create a dialog; the mathematical and the organic cohabitate, creating a world of exploration and curiosity.

I chose to paint house plants after coming across some elegant images in a Japanese architecture book. I’ve painted them before and found myself returning to plants when I needed a break from the detailed birds I had been working on over the past year. I like the quiet and contemplative way drawings of ordinary house plants can say so much, through very little.

The abstract drawings are observations in color, value and composition, generating three-dimensional images in a two dimensional space. They act as pauses between the house plant paintings. It is an organic process, each color choice was in response to the previous color painted. Simple marks combine together to create an optical illusion, much like the subtle value changes and intricate lines that make up the images of house plants.

Read Carrie’s full artist statement
Read the full press release

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

Doing a Lot with Very Little will be on view view from September 12th – October 18th, 2008

20×200 and Carrie Marill were selected for the Hot List in Louisiana Homes & Gardens September issue.

Look for Carrie Marill’s solo show, Doing a Lot with Very Little, opening at Jen Bekman Gallery September 12th.

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
New York, NY

Opening Reception: Friday September 12th 6pm-8pm