Barney Kulok /// Simple facts /// Rêves dystopiques

Barney Kulok’s Dystopic Dreams:

Some people meditate to connect with their muses. Others find an unsuspecting ingénue, cast off from a Seven Sisters college. However, photographer Barney Kulok is a much simpler man. "I smoke cigarettes and listen to Jimi Henrix really loud and drive fast." When looking at one of Kulok's pieces, the visceral reflection of his creative process is apparent in his finished piece. "I'm usually trying to answer some formal or conceptual question." Kulok's kinetic snapshots find inspiration in all sots of characters. "My brother Sam," Kulok says, "an incredible jazz guitarist and probably the best artist I know, so he inspires me in all sorts of ways -- visual and otherwise." But Kulok is in the enviable position of knowing his idols personally -- artists such as Sebastian Bear-McClard ("He's just an old friend from school -- far from my idol," Kulok cheekily corrects me) and Vik Muniz among others. "They've always challenged me to push harder." lire la suite
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Illustrations: Simple fact (extracts) 1_Untitled (stain) ///  2_Untitled (covered) ///  3_Untitled (of and)

Lucas Blalock /// patterns, mirrors, fake fruit: photography like algebra

 My work is engaged in the ways that falseness/mechanics in pictures can bring us closer to the world. I pursue this through a variety of overlapping strategies that in some way alienate the “natural” view in the hope that the viewer will, by engaging this alienation, come into more active terms with the picture.

entretien avec Luca Blalock

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Illustrations: 1_loop-loop (picture for NM), 2009 /// 2_untitled (3,1,4,1,5,9,7,2,3,6), 2009

Chris Wiley /// The surface of things

Artist's Statement

Sometimes when I look through the viewfinder and see the little corners of the world light up, they shimmer with such a suchness that my pupils dilate. Who knew that so much could happen in such small places, when they fill up with light and presence? Who could have overlooked them?

Bio/Resume

Chris Wiley is an artist and writer who lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He holds a BA in photography and art history from Sarah Lawrence College and an MA in contemporary art theory from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has shown his work in New York, Philadelphia, Germany, and in various online publications. He is a contributing writer to Kaleidoscope and has written for various other publications including Abitare and Cabinet. He has also previously worked on curatorial projects at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and is currently working in this capacity on the 8th Gwangju Biennial in South Korea.
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Illustrations 1 et 2: Chris Wiley "the surface of things" (extract)