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Sunday, March 20, 2011

AIPAD New York - March 19, 2011

I have been going to AIPAD - The Association of International Photography Art Dealers - for many years and I was very pleasantly surprised to see a lot more contemporary work this year, or so it seemed to me anyway. Philadelphia's own Paul Cava was back at AIPAD after an absence of 18 years and apparently doing very well. Paul was one of SIlicon's first customers back the the heady IRIS days.
Paul Cava's back (and his back) at his booth at AIPAD


















There was some very good contemporary work and, of course, I was interested in some of the more interesting prints like these prints from Jaques Bedel at Galeria Vasari from Buenos Aires. They were printed on thin clear acetate and mounted so that they were around 3/4" off the wall - a very interesting effect. We have printed a lot on clear acetate but this i the first time I have seen anything displayed quite like this and they looked good.
Jaques Bedel images on clear acetate


















Of course Silicon's prints were in evidence from our friend and good customer Tetsugo Hyakutake, late of the University of the Arts (one of our ex students) and UPenn graduate program.


Martin of Gallery 339 with Tetsugo Hyakutake's work in the background



















He is currently an artist-in-residence in Rotterdam and is coming back to Philadelphia for a major show of his work at Gallery 339. The artists reception is on April 9th. His work was also on Alan Klotz Gallery's booth Tetsugo's New York presence.



Another Tetsugo Hyakutake at Alan Klotz gallery's booth 


















My personal favorite at AIPAD were prints from Sohei Nishino, represented by London based Michael Hoppen Gallery. They really defy description but basically he wanders around cities taking hundreds of images which he then prints as, I guess 8 x 10's, then arranges then as massive collages, photographs them again and makes large prints which he calls (and they look like) dioramas. They have to be seen to be believed and I urge you to check out his web site http://www.soheinishino.com but as with most great prints they have to be seen in person to be really appreciated.

Sohei Nishino - diorama 


















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