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Reka Reisinger, Untitled
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Reka Reisinger, Yosemite
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Reka Reisinger, Untitled (Taxidermist)
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Reka Reisinger, Street Portrait
Reka Reisinger
Artist talk Thursday, October 2, 6PM
Reka Reisinger makes life-size cardboard cutouts (often self-portraits) and re-photographs them out in the world. She does not use any digital manipulation to composite the pictures, but makes the cutouts by hand and re-photographs them in a specific location or situation using a view camera. While the pictures are direct documents, their space appears collaged and altered, often resembling an image from the early days of photoshop. Her photographs explore the sometimes indistinguishable relationship between the real and fake to question the logic of image-making.
Reka Reisinger was born in Budapest, Hungary. She attended Bard College and received her MFA in photography from the Yale University School of Art. Her work has been included in many group shows, most notably the Greater New York 2005 exhibition at the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center. She currently lives in New York City.
- Reka Reisinger Official Site
- Reka Reisinger is represented by InterUrban Art
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Brian Burkhardt, Pisaster Techno-Parasitic Adaptus
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Harriet Caldwell, Vellum (9 piece installation)
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Javier Pinon, Theseus and the Minotaur
Archaeology of Wonder
Archaeology of Wonder brings together two disparate approaches to the past – archaeology with its meticulous discipline, and wonder with its radical subjectivity – to examine contemporary works of art. This exhibition was conceived and is being curated by Kristina Newman-Scott, Real Art Ways’ Director of Visual Arts.
Central to the concept of the exhibition is the symbolic significance of archaeology: Freud used archaeological excavation as a metaphor for the process of remembering experiences in therapy. Indeed, such language has worked its way into our daily parlance; we often speak of “unearthing” facts and memories. Archaeology of Wonder posits questions about the way we use artifacts and art to approach those relationships to the past that are difficult to pin down, yet evoke inescapable reactions in the mind of the viewer, thus linking them to the world of wonder.
Artists include Tom Bogaert, Julia Brown, Brian Burkhardt, Harriet G. Caldwell, Chad Curtis, Valerie Garlick, Heather Hart, Jennifer Knaus, Simone Leigh, Brian Lund, Justin McAllister, Sally B. Moore, Julia Gail Oldham, Javier Piñón, and Yuko Suzuki. Each of these artists incorporates historical items and facts—objects of existence—in ways that stimulate a lasting, emotional response in the viewer in his or her effort to decode their meaning.
Click on the links below to see more information about each of the participating artists.
Step Up '08
A series of up to six solo exhibitions, open to emerging artists living in New York or New England.
We are pleased to announce this year's Step Up selectees.
- Laura Nova (New York, NY)
- Jayson Keeling (Long Island City, NY)
- Chris Taylor (Centerfalls, RI)
- Emma Wilcox (New York, NY)
- Corey D'Augustine (New York, NY)
- Beth Krebs (Brooklyn, NY)
STEP UP '08 is made possible with the generous support of our Members, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Alexander A. Goldfarb Memorial Trust, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
