Armory Arts Week came and went again, this time in March of 2015. I go to absorb what's being created around me, so I might create something different, but derived from. As a photographer, I will speak about what I saw with photography.
Armory Week 2015 Photography Trends
Top Takeaways:
1. Collage is the new eerie portrait.
2. Pink is the new black-and-white.
3. People still don't know how to make new digital images look beautiful.
Pulse Fair March 2015
Collage post print
Collage pre print
First and this one from Uprise Art by Charlie Engman at Pulse fair.
Collage pre print from Waterhouse Dodd by JEAN-FRANÇOIS RAUZIER
Collage post-print via printing on tile by from Pavleye Gallery by Peter Kappa at Pulse Fair.
Collage pre-print, apparently many times. Images from De Soto Gallery by Laura Plageman at Pulse Fair.
Volta Fair March 2015
I'm calling multiple exposure a collage, because, in this case, it fits. This series is a collage in with the frames and colors too. Image from Catinca Tabacaru Gallery by Rachel Monosov at Volta fair.
I call this a collage post print, becuase to have just one of these suckers would look like a dot on your wall. You must collage a few of them.
Images from Mariane Ibrahim Gallery by Maïmouna Guerresi at Volta.
I'm calling these color collages. Most are pre-print, though the one directly above is post print.
Image Ge Galari by Sergio Belinchon at Volta.
Works by from Lynch Tham by Quisqueya Henríquez at Volta.
Collage done pre print. Works from Shulamit Gallery by Sanaz Mazinani at Volta fair.
Let's just take a moment to look at a horribly intrusive and selfish piece here. It's like a fake boobed woman with bleached hair in a crop top and mini skirt. You have to look, but not because it's beautiful. This is a collage made pre print, with a color combination and composition that makes me embarrassed to say I'm also an abstract photographer.
Ok moving on...
Collage done pre and post print. In a play with shadows and lights, these pieces are simple with so much to appreciate.
Works from Christiane Feser gallery by Anita Beckers.
At first glance, this looked like a collage, so I'm counting it. Same thing achieved. And, in a way it is. Only, instead of placing something on top of something, someone is holding something within something. In this case, someone is holding another photo within this photo. Kind of begs the question — Is every photograph just a collage of things?
Works from Galerie Trois Points by Anne-Renée Hotte at Volta fair.
Other Notable Armory Week 2015 Photography
Here are photographs from fairs that I thought were beautiful, and worth sharing, but didn't follow the collage thing.
The pieces above and below win for foreground texture leading into subtle hues.
They don't scream at you to come look at them, but pull you in to enjoy them. That is art.
Pieces from Pictura Gallery by Joe Johnson at Pulse fair.
The above and below pieces use rich, beautiful colors. Pink might be trending in the art world, but the only pink found here is in the soft light skin. The idea of photography being used to capture and share frames of thoughtful shapes and hues makes my heart feel happy.
Work from THIS IS NO FANTASY gallery by Petrina Hicks at Volta fair.
There was certainly more to see than what you see here, but you can't stay on this fucking blog forever. You get the idea, and the ideas. I didn't note every time pink showed up, like I did with pointing out collaging, because you can just look for the color yourself. Please see photos above to see some pink.
