Last week we wrote about our upcoming 20×200 print giveaway at Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturday, and we wanted to send you a quick reminder to cancel all your other plans, because it’s happening this Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.! All 200 8”x10” prints from Valerie Hegarty’s gorgeous forthcoming edition, First Harvest in the Wilderness with Pileated Woodpecker are packed, our brand new 20×200 banner has arrived, and we’re uhhh…still brainstorming on our apparel. We hope you’ll join us for what is sure to be an awesome evening full of talks, music, film, dancing and art.

Ms. Jen Bekman will be speaking, exclusively to 1stfans, about 20×200 and JBP’s approach to supporting artists. So, after you’ve started or renewed your 1stfans membership (and picked up Valerie’s print!), join us for a talk!

We’ll be giving away 10”x8” prints by artist Valerie Hegarty to new and renewing 1stfans members and Ms. Jen Bekman herself will be speaking to an intimate group of 1stfans at a meetup. Meetups are an opportunity for 1stfans to interact exclusively with the Museum’s staff, its collections, artists, and other members every month at Target First Saturdays.

Bierstadt with Holes, 2007 by Valerie Hegarty

20×200 has been collaborating with 1stfans founders, Shelley Bernstein and Will Cary, and artist Valerie Hegarty over the last few months to produce this unique benefit edition. For the first time ever, collectors will be able to pick up a print in person and become a 1stfans member all for the ridiculously affordable cost of $20! 1stfans is the Brooklyn Museums’s socially networked membership. Valerie Hegarty and 20×200 have donated the prints for this event.

If you can’t make it to the event, you’ll have another chance to pick up one of Valerie’s prints plus the 1stfans membership. We’ll release the prints in two larger sizes, 14”x11” and 20”x16,” the following week on 20×200. Every print from Valerie’s edition will include a one-year membership to 1stfans and the proceeds from the print will benefit the Brooklyn Museum as well. The prints are gorgeous and we think they’ll go fast, make sure you’re signed up for Jen’s newsletter to get first dibs on one!

Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 | 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Jen’s talk | 8:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY

Laundromat, 1997 by Colleen Plumb

Jen Bekman Gallery artists Ian Baguskas, Colleen Plumb and Sarah McKenzie have generously donated pieces to the Sixth Annual BAMart Silent Auction at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

From the website:

With opening bids starting around $100, there is something for everyone! Works can be viewed and bid upon right here once the live exhibition and bidding both begin on March 18th and you can visit this site to place and track your bids, and keep on top of exciting auction news from BAM. Best of all, every dollar earned will go to support BAM’s dynamic and innovative programs. So click, bid, support!

BAM brings a lot of vitality to the arts in New York, and they’re an organization that we’ve supported through collaborating with them on a 20×200 benefit edition. Proceeds from the sale of Greg Lindquist’s edition Embers of the Maritime are donated to BAM.

We’re also thrilled because the three artists involved truly represent the breadth of Jen Bekman Projects. All three have had exhibitions at the gallery, all three have released limited-edition prints through 20×200, and the two photographers came to our attention by entering Hey, Hot Shot! As they develop new bodies of work and their accomplishments accrue, we’re reminded about how happy we are to work with such talented and generous artists.

Don’t miss this opportunity to bid on an all-star roster of artists in support of a great organization. More details on lots and bidding are available at the BAMart Auction website.

Exterior 1 (Plastic Trees), 2009 by Sarah McKenzie

Traces, Ocotillo Wells, California, 2008 by Ian Baguskas

Happy Sunday! We have an exciting announcement: we’re extending the 20% more ridiculous event until tomorrow, Monday at 2:00 p.m. EST! You still have plenty of time to browse and collect for 20% less — stock up today during your Sunday leisure, or squeeze in a mad dash during lunch at the office tomorrow.

** Enter RIDONK at checkout for 20% off your prints till 2:00 p.m. EST Monday, February 1st! **

The sale extends to purchases $40 and greater; now’s the time to jump for the larger print you’ve been eying. The savings really start to stack up and many of these editions are on the edge of the forever-disappeared from 20×200: They’re going, going and likely to be gone when this event ends.

30”x40” prints with only 1 of 2 remaining for $2,000 $1,600:

Untitled (Hanoi no.2) by Kelly Shimoda

The Faceted Couroucou by Carrie Marill

Katarina by Karolina Karlic

Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Carts #1 by Kate Bingaman-Burt

Unleaded, Unleaded, Premium Unleaded by Eric Graham

Towards Christiana (Copenhagen) by Rachel Sussman

Site by Sarah McKenzie

Fortune (will be successful in…) by Kirby Pilcher

ny.07.#32 by Jennifer Sanchez

Auditorium by James Rajotte

White and Grey Canary #1 by Luke Stephenson

House Plant 2 by Carrie Marill

House Plant 3 by Carrie Marill

132 Birds at The American Museum of Natural History by Jason Polan

The Weight of the Bridge by Amy Park

Untitled (elephant) by Don Hamerman

In One Ear, Out the Other by Jessica Snow

Burning Down the Second House by Ann Toebbe

Waiting for Hand Grenade Practice, Southern Israel by Rachel Papo

16”x20” prints with 6 (or fewer!) of 20 remaining for $200 $160:

Running Track by James Deavin

Embedded by Aili Schmeltz

Mossball by Don Hamerman

Idaho Springs, Colorado by Justin James Reed

Untitled #46 from “Stories” by Jessica Bruah

Bonaparte 9 by Superdeluxe (Adrienne Wong and Karin Spraggs)

Hank Williams’ Bed, Georgiana, Alabama by Scott Eiden

Berry by by Kevin Cyr

Houndstooth Pattern in Parking Lot, at Disney World, FL by Alex MacLean

Color Study #4 Dustin Amery Hostetler (UPSO)

Monk by Mark Ulriksen

Stricken by Don Hamerman

Untitled (You’re Impossible) by Mike Monteiro

Space and Illusion by Carrie Marill

The Office by Rebecca Loyche

Palm Aire by Tema Stauffer

Powerhouse Gym, 2008, by Brian Ulrich

Photographer, 20×200 edition-maker and 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Brian Ulrich will be giving a talk and signing books from 5:30 – 7 p.m. tonight at Hous Projects Gallery, and yes, you are invited!

Much of this work is part of the larger project Copia for which Ulrich is currently working on a Guggenheim Fellowship and planning to continue across the country making pictures for a compilation of photographs to culminate in a book that examines 100 years of consumer culture in the US.

Besides talking about his current body of work, Brian, also will talk about the works in the show Versus and the perspective of the new generation of photographers.

The event coincides with Brian’s inclusion in the Versus show at Hous Projects, on view through March 8th.

In the months since the summer, when Brian’s photograph [above] appeared in the Summer Reading exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery, Brian has continued to photograph, exhibit and participate in various projects at a rapid pace. So rapid, in fact, that he has another opening tonight.

Instruments of Empire, a two-person exhibition also featuring works by Amy Stein, is also on view at Caption Gallery in Brooklyn. Together, their work presents “powerful, dystopic visions of global capitalism’s flipside.” If you’re in town, these are two shows you will not want to miss.

Instruments of Empire: Brian Ulrich and Amy Stein
On View: January 28 – March 25, 2010
Caption Gallery
55 Washington Street, No. 802
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Brian Ulrich Signing + Lecture
Tonight: January 29, 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Hous Projects
31 Howard St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013

Rothko Sunset, 2007 by Valerie Hegarty

On Saturday, February 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., team 20×200 will be at the Brooklyn Museum for a Target First Saturday event with 1stfans — won’t you join us? We’ll be giving away 10”x8” prints by artist Valerie Hegarty to new and renewing 1stfans members and Ms. Jen Bekman herself will be speaking to an intimate group of 1stfans at a meetup. Meetups are an opportunity for 1stfans to interact exclusively with the Museum’s staff, its collections, artists, and other members every month at Target First Saturdays.

20×200 has been collaborating with 1stfans founders, Shelley Bernstein and Will Cary, and artist Valerie Hegarty over the last few months to produce this unique benefit edition. For the first time ever, collectors will be able to pick up a print in person and become a 1stfans member all for the ridiculously affordable cost of $20! 1stfans is the Brooklyn Museums’s socially networked membership. Valerie Hegarty and 20×200 have donated the prints for this event.

If you can’t make it to the event, you’ll have another chance to pick up one of Valerie’s prints plus the 1stfans membership. We’ll release the prints in two larger sizes, 11”x14” and 16”x20,” the following week on 20×200. Every print from Valerie’s edition will include a one-year membership to 1stfans and the proceeds from the print will benefit the Brooklyn Museum as well. The prints are gorgeous and we think they’ll go fast, make sure you’re signed up for Jen’s newsletter to get first dibs on one!

Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Jen’s talk will be from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, BK, NY

Clare’s show is on view through February 27th, so if you’re in New York City, we hope you’ll stop by the gallery to see What You’re Told in person. We love spending the day sitting amongst these gorgeous works and invite you to enjoy them with us! For those of you who won’t be able to make it in, take a look at the installation views taken by Elizabeth Leitzell we just posted on Flickr.

Photographs ©Elizabeth Leitzell, 2010

We just posted some photos from the packed opening of What You’re Told by Clare Grill (smiling in the bottom photo!) on our Flickr. Thanks again to everyone who packed in to see the show, we hope you had a great time!

Check out the full set of images and see if you can spot yourself and as a reminder, What You’re Told remains on view through Saturday, February 27th, 2010.

Where will we be on February 28, 2010? At the annual powerHouse Books photography portfolio review!

The Sixth Annual powerHouse Portfolio Review event [is] a platform for all levels of aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of work to be reviewed and critiqued by leading experts in the fields of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance and mentoring for future artistic and commercial career development.

This year the panel of experts includes our own Jeffrey Teuton, Associate Director of Jen Bekman Gallery, and Sara Distin, Associate Director of Jen Bekman Projects. Each photographer who signs up will be assigned five one-on-one reviews of his or her portfolio. Reviews such as these are an extremely valuable way to develop your artistic practice, as well as get on the radar of experts like ours. We’ll make sure to keep reminding you about this awesome opportunity as it approaches, but for the early birds who do their research: the full list of reviewers, and much more information, is available on the powerHouse website.

The registration form (pdf) is available online, and we recommend that you sign up as early as possible because there is a 100 person cap on the event.

Coaster, from the series Ruins, by Beth Dow

Our very own Beth Dow, photographer of surreal ruinous landscapes, was recently interviewed by Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching of At Length. Beth talks about the origins of her Ruins series (which opened at Jen Bekman Gallery last year), the process behind her work and where she’s going next.

Here an excerpt from Beth on how Ruins began:

I was always fascinated by the work of Francis Frith and other expedition photographers, but Ruins began quite spontaneously. I was on a road trip working on a collaboration with my husband (the photographer and printmaker Keith Taylor) and we planned to reward our patient, long-suffering kids with some time at a water park at the Wisconsin Dells. It had just stopped raining one morning as we drove down the road, and the warm light was glowing on an odd structure that looked instantly like a Francis Frith photograph. It took my breath away, and I knew I had to postpone the original collaborative project. This first image became Coaster.

To read the rest of the interview and see images of Beth’s work, head over to At Length.

One of the most fun pieces in Mixtape (which runs through January 9th!) is the collection of five old-skool cassette tapes drawn by Kate Bingaman-Burt. ”Mixtapes are almost dead,” she writes, “Goodwills and Salvation Army stores don’t want them, small thrift stores sometimes have them, but not often. People either nostalgically cling to their handmade tapes or they dump them in the trash.”

To immortalize this dying art, Kate put out a call for mixtapes:

I need your help. I want to draw your mixtapes. I want your sad songs, your love jams, your sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs car tunes, your break-up tape, your make-up tape and your BFF-4evah cassette.

I am only drawing the tape. If you want to participate, please snap a picture of the best side of your favorite tape and email it to kate@obsessiveconsumption.com

Since then, she has been drawing away! Yesterday Kate put an awesome handmade zine of her mixtapes up for sale in her Etsy shop. The 14-page zine was produced in an edition of 30 and can be yours for a mere $6 + shipping. For a sneak peek, check out the full set of drawings on Kate’s Flickr.

This is a worthy addition to any shelf, but if you still can’t get enough, Kate’s got four fabulous editions at 20×200, and to inquire about her original drawings from Mixtape contact: sales [at] jenbekman [dot] com!

Velodrome, from The Games We Play by James Deavin

If you happened to miss the excitement, four new 20×200 editions by Jen Bekman Gallery’s own James Deavin were released yesterday! The editions all come from James’s series The Games We Play, which depicts “sporting environments portrayed as simply as possible.” Devoid of humans, these constructed landscapes reveal the strange and beautiful nature of modern leisure and competition.

The series also shows the fascinating scope of James’ work, which spans both the digital and physical worlds. Photographs from the New World, an exhibition composed entirely of screenshots from the computer game Second Life, had its acclaimed debut at Jen Bekman Gallery back in 2005.

Untitled, from Photographs from the New World by James Deavin

James writes:

Second Life is a place where people can live out their dreams. Some people’s dreams are to have a bigger version of what they already have. Others’ fondest wish is to be a talking elephant from Mars. Second Life is not a ‘game’ – there is no “next level,” no “level boss,” there is no winning or losing. Rather, characters enter into complex relationships, build things, earn and spend money. In fact, the world turns over ten million dollars a month. This money is spent in the market place and certain consumer products have become ubiquitous: grand pianos, waterfalls, boats, Japanese gardens. If money were no object, is this how real life would look?

Together, the two series raise an interesting contrast and comparison between what we imagine and what we make real. Taken out of their inhabited context, the environments from The Games We Play seem every bit as absurd and decadent as their virtual counterparts.

All five of James’s 20×200 editions have prints available for purchase.

To inquire about limited edition 30”x40” prints of the aforementioned series as well as other work by James Deavin, send an email to sales AT jenbekman DOT com.

Seam by Sarah McKenzie

Happy Monday! Sorry we’ve been amiss these last few days—we’ve been in Miami, busily manning our booth full of gorgeous Sarah McKenzie paintings at the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair. We had a great time exhibiting many of our talented artists, doling out 20×200 tote bags and browsing the other booths at the fair. But, we are extra excited to be back in New York sitting in between the walls of Mixtape, and encourage you to stop in and see the show.

Reading & Writing by Jason Jagel

As a reminder, many of the artists and editions in Mixtape are already available on 20×200—and many others will be available in upcoming days. We’re celebrating Festivus with twelve consecutive days of brand new editions and extra steals and deals. Sign up for the mailing list to get first dibs on 200-minute specials while you can!

Exterior 1 by Sarah McKenzie

In Miami? Come visit us at the PULSE Miami Contemporary Art Fair. We’ll be featuring paintings by Sarah McKenzie and also have work by Ian Baguskas, Mara Bodis Wollner, Christian Chaize, Beth Dow, Joseph O. Holmes, Gregory Krum, Holly Lynton, Carrie Marill, Brad Moore, Hosang Park, Colleen Plumb, Jason Polan, Kent Rogowski and Carlo Van de Roer on view. The fair opens with a VIP preview at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 3rd and remains open through Sunday, December 6th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Please come visit us!

Location: Booth I-107.
On View: December 3 – 6, 2009

PULSE Miami
Booth I-107
The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136

Hope to see you there!

Our founder, Jen Bekman, was on FOX Business News, speaking with Eric Bolling about Jen Bekman Projects. The clip is above and if you watch the whole video, the title of my post will make more sense.

We have all been busy here at Jen Bekman Gallery (and all of JBP). Here are some quick links to keep you posted on all that has been going on.

Over at We Covet blog—well, they covet the work of JBG artist Carrie Marill!

Mixtape is open. You can check out install shots and photos from the opening on the gallery Flickr page.

Brad Moore over at ACAD Photo.

Driver steals and deals an Andy Warhol work.

Coolio has a cookbook and The Village Voice is on it, providing the best quotes.

Dan Flavin’s work is up at David Zwirner through December 19th. As always, it is rad.

Painter Allison Schulnik did an awesome video for the band Grizzly Bear.

Lastly, Jen Bekman Gallery will be at PULSE Miami so come by and see the paintings of Sarah McKenzie in booth I-107.

Album 01 by Paul Madonna

Don’t forget to come to the gallery tonight, November 20, 2009! Jen Bekman Gallery will proudly open Mixtape, a group exhibition featuring forty-five original works and limited-edition prints from 20×200, by thirty-six artists. In the spirit of what Geoffrey O’Brien declared the “most widely practiced American art form,” Mixtape brings the studio soundtrack to the gallery walls.

Participating artists include: Michelle Arcila, Ian Baguskas, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Christine Callahan, Christian Chaize, Jorge Colombo, William Crump, Jessica Eaton, Scott Eiden, Clare Grill, Chad Hagen, Nick Hardeman, Joseph O. Holmes, Jason Jagel, Roel Knappstein, Gregory Krum, Liz Kuball, Jeff Lewis, Yijun (Pixy) Liao, Scott Listfield, Paul Madonna, Sarah McKenzie, Mike Monteiro, Jane Mount, Tommy Perman, Gary Petersen, Colleen Plumb, Jason Polan, Tyson Anthony Roberts, Mike Sinclair, Jessica Snow, Trey Speegle, William Swanson, Amy Talluto, Ann Toebbe and Matthew Tischler!

See you soon! If you are out of town, please visit the Mixtape exhibition page here.

Mixtape
Opening Reception: Friday, November 20th, 2009, 6 to 8 p.m.
On View: November 21st – January 9th, 2010*
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York, New York 10012

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6 p.m.*

*The gallery will be closed for the holidays: Nov. 26 – 27 | Dec. 24 – 26 | Jan. 1, 2010

Bird on Stairs by Colleen Plumb

Colleen Plumb is featured on the NYMPHOTO blog today, in an interview where she discusses her work and her aspirations.

When asked how she discovered photography, Ms. Plumb replies: 

I had a job at a graphic design firm after college and I was restless, I felt like I was not doing what I was supposed to be doing. One day after work I was driving home and it literally struck me all at once: ‘I will go to grad school in photography’ ...I do feel like I still am discovering photography all the time. It keeps getting better and more interesting to me. It is such an intricate language and my goal is to become fluent.

Colleen’s Tiger Rug, Cabrini Green will be featured in our upcoming group exhibition Mixtape. The show opens Friday, November 20th and will be on view from November 21st through January 9th.

Howon-dong | 40” x 50” | Edition of 5 | Digital C-Print
Larger views and image details are available on our Flickr page

Jen Bekman Gallery is pleased to announce the extension of  A Square through November 14th. Hosang Park is one of two artists to be awarded representation by Jen Bekman Gallery in 2008 through the international photography competition, Hey, Hot Shot!

Park, a Korea-based artist, began taking aerial photographs of parks that are often developed alongside luxury apartment buildings in Seoul. His resulting images in A Square flatten the spaces into geometric surfaces reminiscent of modernist abstraction.

Recently DLK Collection posted a review of the exhibition; there is more to Park’s photographs than meets the on-screen eye. Associate Director of the gallery, Jeffrey Teuton, also talks about the subtle details of Park’s work in the 20×200 reprise of the artist’s two editions.

Les, Amber, Honeybees, New Mexico, 2008, from Holly Lynton’s series Bare Handed wass donated by the artist and Jen Bekman Gallery for SF Camerawork’s 2009 Benefit Auction

SF Camerawork is a non-profit artists’ organization and gallery for photography. Each year an auction is held to raise funds to support SF Camerawork’s exhibitions and educational programs. This year, five JBG artists, Nina Berman, Christine Callahan, Holly Lynton, Joe Holmes and Colleen Plumb, have donated work to be auctioned. Preview the catalog of vintage and contemporary photographs online. For those of you lucky enough to call San Francisco home, mark your calendars for the exhibition viewing being held from November 10th – December 4th. The auction will commence Saturday, December 5th at 1 p.m.
More details available here.

 

Michael Mandiberg will have an installation on view at Eyebeam this Friday, October 23, and Saturday, October 24, from 3–6 p.m. as part of Eyebeam Open Studios .

The central piece featured, FDIC Insured, is a collection of cast-off investment books from the Strand’s dollar racks, engraved with the logos of all of the failed banks of the Great Recession. Mandiberg explained that it is a monument to the current economic crisis. In a sense, Mandiberg has excavated our country’s past misfortunes and brought them to life through his use of laser-cutting technology, at a time when it hits home to so many of us. After viewing the show, I got the chance to sit down with Michael and we spent a good deal of time throwing around ideas for future installations of this piece. I can’t say too much but if you have a few-stories-high atrium, give me a ring. 

Along the right side of the wall are laser-cut drawings of security patterns from the inside of security envelopes, that were scanned, created into Illustrator files and then laser cut.

 

Before and After is made from 1982 and 1992 World Book Encylopedias, enscribed with things that were (Free Love, Analog, Prisoner of War) and things that are (HIV/AIDS, Digital, Enemy Combatant).  For me, the vacillation between ironic humor and current social/political issues does not curb the effectiveness and impact of the works but instead highlights the scope of Mandiberg’s artistic ideas and visions. Michael says he ”likes taking dictionaries and turning them into memorials”, and so throughout the installation there are altered reference books acting as “memorials” to the books we have all seemed to stop using, opting for today’s technology to instantly provide us with answers. 

This piece (below) in the World Book Dictionary expresses his reaction to seeing dictionaries actually in use.

In a video by Graham Parker, Michael speaks for himself, eloquently describing his techniques and influences on his work:

Michael Mandiberg studio visit from Graham Parker on Vimeo.

Eyebeam Open Studios
Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, from 3-6 p.m.

Guided tours of artists’ work will be given every hour.
Work on view from Fellows and Resident Artists:

Ayah Bdeir
Jeff Crouse
Steve Lambert
Michael Mandiberg
Diana Eng
Scott Kildall
Ligorano/Reese
Rashaad Newsome
Marina Zurkow

With the deadline for this edition of Hey, Hot Shot! competition looming just around the corner, next Friday, October 23rd @ 8 p.m. (EDT), I thought I would take a peek at the contenders. The resulting pairing features images by contenders Magda Biernat and Gregoire Pujade Lauraine.

I don’t know why yet but the pairing has stuck with me all day and so I thought I would share it. From both I get a feeling loneliness and sense of something being wrong. Something that everyone may not know just yet. Perhaps it is the eerie awkwardness that I feel radiates from both images that brings them together in my mind.

Souche by Gregoire Pujade Lauraine

Waiting room, Alishan, Taiwan. 2008 by Magda Biernat

Don’t forget to submit your photos to HHS! Apply now:
We only accept submissions online, via this website.
The deadline for entries is Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 8 p.m (EDT).

Hot Shots will be announced on Monday, November 30, 2009.

There is a $60 handling fee for your entry.

Submissions are open to everyone, from anywhere in the world!

Questions?:
Check out our informative FAQ, follow us on Twitter or find us on Facebook.

Interested in seeing work from previous Hot Shots? Check out the index for all previous Hot Shots, visit the Hey, Hot Shot! blog or look at our photo sets on flickr.

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