An Art Exhibit 100 Feet Below Sea Level. Life Below The Surface by Andreas Franke.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5y9szYGbnCSscm6zEid9vtKHiTQuAYs9ETiIiXT1a96XR3c4MwYBpd2WobwygUjFVokzKAOwx0zvFyH5Bda4X5pDXOsg59ApL4wh17_CsMWsXovgORpr-i2GncD0dA0aVt5-f9mvhgn7-/s1600/exhibit+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650546363488920018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5y9szYGbnCSscm6zEid9vtKHiTQuAYs9ETiIiXT1a96XR3c4MwYBpd2WobwygUjFVokzKAOwx0zvFyH5Bda4X5pDXOsg59ApL4wh17_CsMWsXovgORpr-i2GncD0dA0aVt5-f9mvhgn7-/s400/exhibit+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 368px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCvbSbs6tiEWxRG9Z9HxfKr0457gl7yUyqVx5vHNCzPGVk2ozBpav_2GGMaAbJsqBYJrjA7lyno_cFtDfjQ14o50OtlKN5ImyBnenZ6Q79iRNMeP_xqWgTnlJsJ5M_fZO1BUPtCq2PmGT/s1600/vandenberg+exhibit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545719099192114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCvbSbs6tiEWxRG9Z9HxfKr0457gl7yUyqVx5vHNCzPGVk2ozBpav_2GGMaAbJsqBYJrjA7lyno_cFtDfjQ14o50OtlKN5ImyBnenZ6Q79iRNMeP_xqWgTnlJsJ5M_fZO1BUPtCq2PmGT/s400/vandenberg+exhibit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 369px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">100 feet Below Sea level - The Exhibition</span><br />One Year after Andreas Franke's visit to the Vandenberg his images of the wreck were filled with charming stories and now they are exhibited on the most relevant place possible, where the project began.<br /><br />Since August 4th 2011 divers can benefit from a very special experience and find a package of 12 images placed on the hulk of the artificial reef General Hoyt S. Vandenberg located 100 feet below sealevel and approximately seven miles south of Key West.<br /><br />Andreas Franke's exhibition contains the twelve works below, showing everyday scenes from past times. The stage of those scenes is the very place the pictures are now exhibited, on the Vandenberg.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 12 Photographs:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO5hrlF1qFoAfa8Ny3kgGUkeZKTTCIoikLfUjcoasc52if4v2YzZNh4QC5XILq1UrU-4iZxmjF4iSPxc6KJum79g5_NrqbBx7iE32H78xFq3A-ES3_AsLqAi5IRj5ybNmRRRiUvNoV9TY/s1600/vandenberg+exhibit+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650548762223499682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipO5hrlF1qFoAfa8Ny3kgGUkeZKTTCIoikLfUjcoasc52if4v2YzZNh4QC5XILq1UrU-4iZxmjF4iSPxc6KJum79g5_NrqbBx7iE32H78xFq3A-ES3_AsLqAi5IRj5ybNmRRRiUvNoV9TY/s400/vandenberg+exhibit+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 366px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYbV_qy3n1qQ1utsuLp2qUipObyz8Vxo2WtpmjDXJv-rAOxZAdrrmdKTU-vkUHWGKT8OwGZ_jTA1yFTGI0xdZO4ejlJ8hYiDoz3dywOESaBmwRbOWpcI2xOM2fU_QTxWisZJ2gVBLzUKF/s1600/vandenberg+exhibit+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650548606260661682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYbV_qy3n1qQ1utsuLp2qUipObyz8Vxo2WtpmjDXJv-rAOxZAdrrmdKTU-vkUHWGKT8OwGZ_jTA1yFTGI0xdZO4ejlJ8hYiDoz3dywOESaBmwRbOWpcI2xOM2fU_QTxWisZJ2gVBLzUKF/s400/vandenberg+exhibit+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 536px; height: 369px;" /></a><br /><br />The images are encased between sheets of Plexiglas with a stainless steel frame. A silicone seal keeps out the water. The images are attached to the ship by strong magnets which grants a damage free removing after the end of the exhibition.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kHQuP4uleaE?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="328" width="530"></iframe><br /><br />Andreas says that the images are <span style="font-style:italic;">"Mystified scenes of the past that play in a fictional space. Dreamworlds, where you can get lost or you can identify with. This makes a new and unexpected atmosphere."</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgFo5TS94WOYIQYw9wKh7N4vpnCTFQ7imEvo_HoUK-Sb3pxwcfrsDHwnFtAoLBiBJHHX7PQI2k9cHNAwWIsCHrJn64aKu0jL3TnjvwD57b6EPXnqyWdkeyNKhgVvmpleNncP0A1mOnOdT/s1600/exhibit+3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650546195269168546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgFo5TS94WOYIQYw9wKh7N4vpnCTFQ7imEvo_HoUK-Sb3pxwcfrsDHwnFtAoLBiBJHHX7PQI2k9cHNAwWIsCHrJn64aKu0jL3TnjvwD57b6EPXnqyWdkeyNKhgVvmpleNncP0A1mOnOdT/s400/exhibit+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 280px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sqPjDzYWJ5i4MvwfBal22w9J_DI_OWNGLPNsCkgQDxx2fj0VmIsLV2VZqLX7jBXtdI7EzqgB6mIKfupA4We9_n7TOF2DdBECBnIMePPTPeGCsgqKmgGeyjdtC0v2m9lCAreTdhaZ7ZZD/s1600/exhibit+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650546280335319410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sqPjDzYWJ5i4MvwfBal22w9J_DI_OWNGLPNsCkgQDxx2fj0VmIsLV2VZqLX7jBXtdI7EzqgB6mIKfupA4We9_n7TOF2DdBECBnIMePPTPeGCsgqKmgGeyjdtC0v2m9lCAreTdhaZ7ZZD/s400/exhibit+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPnCAcPdIn28L1os0tT3xY8ZLhXWfCVRcgijCBDjTAgU8HpRspLEWEbwWgQQeoMoVwCzQaygi4-5mCh0VTdXs1hrIWnXTB9POWYE2KEoJ4a1b8WrO2eNRDAQhnTynIMwTk4wqqXFmGd6a/s1600/exhibit+4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545980142221058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPnCAcPdIn28L1os0tT3xY8ZLhXWfCVRcgijCBDjTAgU8HpRspLEWEbwWgQQeoMoVwCzQaygi4-5mCh0VTdXs1hrIWnXTB9POWYE2KEoJ4a1b8WrO2eNRDAQhnTynIMwTk4wqqXFmGd6a/s400/exhibit+4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWHS-VV6SD3MqJtrM1c7QGPwG-CC_r5i_NbeaU6dOICOKQ3gz9FdglXEhLWeKoEzvUfGILFDvUGMYP5ItUFfDcQZYEOSS_nknf1fc9YtWK6hLHqK8WuYvCqUQ-bZ66pHb10OZCTyPryAJ/s1600/exhibit+5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545908995002994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWHS-VV6SD3MqJtrM1c7QGPwG-CC_r5i_NbeaU6dOICOKQ3gz9FdglXEhLWeKoEzvUfGILFDvUGMYP5ItUFfDcQZYEOSS_nknf1fc9YtWK6hLHqK8WuYvCqUQ-bZ66pHb10OZCTyPryAJ/s400/exhibit+5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 375px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyu7IYcbvQVAyC_RqYmqK1ik2_bSvH56TKpC21F-R5vnTNA66RyLUWX0lb0gV_9jwW9aI6dv0pZuN_2mTp6CPmM9fGQmPSJHTCAiJ6Q3IFGpZygHagYz8CYahpOzWxb5rSmgeoxTZnlx2/s1600/exhibit+6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650545831482417378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyu7IYcbvQVAyC_RqYmqK1ik2_bSvH56TKpC21F-R5vnTNA66RyLUWX0lb0gV_9jwW9aI6dv0pZuN_2mTp6CPmM9fGQmPSJHTCAiJ6Q3IFGpZygHagYz8CYahpOzWxb5rSmgeoxTZnlx2/s400/exhibit+6.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 309px;" /></a><br />Visiting the exhibition with chartered Boats is possible out of Key West.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About The Ship:</span><br />The Vandenberg - From Troop Transporter to Art Gallery<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQAjt_iUaKWbATZy9QCBNpJpa7q2Cekv605es_-k-vQQAXm_s5-8P29ue7zSaSgQr7GAZm1BOOuqKGcjJhj8b2rMG7BjOaIntf57haR-sEj27uFbJIvEDjvWZWOXyIS5Vl_jb3hSJqKLm/s1600/vandenberg+ship.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650549656141490018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQAjt_iUaKWbATZy9QCBNpJpa7q2Cekv605es_-k-vQQAXm_s5-8P29ue7zSaSgQr7GAZm1BOOuqKGcjJhj8b2rMG7BjOaIntf57haR-sEj27uFbJIvEDjvWZWOXyIS5Vl_jb3hSJqKLm/s400/vandenberg+ship.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 350px;" /></a><br />The ship later known as General Hoyt S. Vandenberg was launchend in 1943. Initially it was named USSGeneral Harry Tayler and acquired by US Navy as a troop transport ship for WW II.<br /><br />In 1961 the ship was transferred to US Air Force, converted to a missile range instrumentation ship and renamed to Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. In this function the Vandenberg served US Air Force and US Navy till its military retirement in 1983.<br /><br />The Vandenberg Its second career started in 1998, when the ship became the stage for the science-fiction movie "Virus". It substituted the Russian vessel Akademik Vladislav Volkov. Some of the cyrillic lettering is still visible on the hull today.<br /><br />In 2008 a group of investors auctioned the Vandenberg. The vessel was transferred to Key West to get sunk and convert to an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. In 2009 all necessary preparations were done and finally the Vandenberg got sunk on 27th May 2009. The 523 feet long ship is the second largest artificial reef in the world. More information at <a href="http://www.bigshipwrecks.com/">www.bigshipwrecks.com</a><br /><br />In 2010 was Andreas Frankes first visit to the Vandenberg. He did several dives and shot loads of pictures which should give new food to his thoughts. This was the beginning of "Life Below The Surface" and Vandenbergs last conversion so far, the conversion to an underwater art gallery.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About The Photographer:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI7KhqVFk2jgGN_vMZoUYDKpXoEqae-cb-T7vmzkJO0qmwvLomeAJFxBcL8QNXFxh2Q9kelAAwKgkCrZxhHdHhKs-rCxG_0ThJerKunskcxjWlWHG-vd24v5-LUgZLNjlGQJ7SN5rz2QD/s1600/Andreas+Franke+Vandenburg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650549818534956082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCI7KhqVFk2jgGN_vMZoUYDKpXoEqae-cb-T7vmzkJO0qmwvLomeAJFxBcL8QNXFxh2Q9kelAAwKgkCrZxhHdHhKs-rCxG_0ThJerKunskcxjWlWHG-vd24v5-LUgZLNjlGQJ7SN5rz2QD/s400/Andreas+Franke+Vandenburg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 549px;" /></a><br />Andreas Franke is in business for more than 20 years and nowadays one of worlds most respected advertising photographers. For Luerzer's Archive he is listed several times in "200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide" and his work is honoured with the most important awards in business. Andreas Franke in Key WestClienst like Ben&Jerry's, Coca Cola, Ford, Heineken, Visa or Nike are just a few of global brands which trust on his abilities.<br /><br />Additionally to his commercial work Andreas worked on several personal projects. "Life Below The Surface" is his freshest and most sensational.<br /><br />Andreas Franke on his work <span style="font-style:italic;">"In my photography I try to construct illusionistic worlds. I like to see things from a different angle and I try to create new kind of views. Thereby taking images of a sunk ship and bringing life back to the ship by filling these images with stories was always very interesting for me. By diving the Vandenberg I finally found the perfect stage and the last obstacle to realise my idea was removed.<br /><br />My work is always based on a strict concept, which is photographically and technically perfectly implemented. Every little detail is part of a precisely arranged production. There is no space left for fortuity."</span><br /><br />images and information courtesy of <a href="http://www.staudinger-franke.com/">the artist</a> and <a href="http://keysnews.com/node/33686">KeyNews</a>

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Nina Levy Compels Us With More Creepiness at the Salamatina Gallery

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX4XQ5hkNXlHj9c8oPI17JtLSlPSN3zjuH63G8PJaUVe-ktG46JL9GjlP5fnBnDTAZh8ULltHcfcd9knYXvFvBHQhqZJTlMBsCCtwSV5fKuqiH9j6dbV2kAanD3XHAhv6ngo7Lh4laXk/s1600/nina+Levy+exhibit+hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629003606333489634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX4XQ5hkNXlHj9c8oPI17JtLSlPSN3zjuH63G8PJaUVe-ktG46JL9GjlP5fnBnDTAZh8ULltHcfcd9knYXvFvBHQhqZJTlMBsCCtwSV5fKuqiH9j6dbV2kAanD3XHAhv6ngo7Lh4laXk/s400/nina+Levy+exhibit+hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 532px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Nina Levy, Boy With Eyes, 2011 (cropped)</span></span><br /><br />Artist Nina Levy recently exhibited “Related Forms” at the <a href="http://www.salamatina.com/"> Salamantina Gallery</a> in New York. Her first exhibition in New York in five years, it featured two new sculptures, a new series of photographs, and a selection of Levy’s work from the last ten years.<br /><br />This has prompted me to reprise a post I wrote on her work a few years back and share the new pieces with you along with much of her work.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhnFWmRQOxENxBbY51ZQrfiaNbyzoeonQqyK8Xg7MdR3dkp67Sbell-rNhJ57Td_Wdun3AkBbJfyQQWSbcs99LjHxZQYVYaul651Op9wnglIGYTBFXLfajYsBJcqXZck9dfKQIIKKr9k/s1600/Nina+Levy+BoyWithFist40x30.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627935036664792258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhnFWmRQOxENxBbY51ZQrfiaNbyzoeonQqyK8Xg7MdR3dkp67Sbell-rNhJ57Td_Wdun3AkBbJfyQQWSbcs99LjHxZQYVYaul651Op9wnglIGYTBFXLfajYsBJcqXZck9dfKQIIKKr9k/s400/Nina+Levy+BoyWithFist40x30.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 700px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Nina Levy, Boy With Fist, 2011</span></span><br /><br />Artist <a href="http://www.ninalevy.com/">Nina Levy</a> has been living and working in Williamsburg, Brooklyn since 1996. A prolific photographer and sculptor, her work has been widely exhibited across the United States, including The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. where her life-sized portraits of four artists' heads hung as part of the gallery reopening in 2007 (shown below):<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV4MxXmsAUVzhN1NHe2xu0jwG7Ark3Bl5V-8zev712g9pZBdGXN9MLuI2fyMpar4BCJRRopN81CPubVtoywOE7sJZ-9zTZm6sJwOdQABeB6VEVUOT5WNNHlBjDQKdezur_fDMAkJlo4sv/s1600-h/HeadsSpectatorWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343366355451492562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCV4MxXmsAUVzhN1NHe2xu0jwG7Ark3Bl5V-8zev712g9pZBdGXN9MLuI2fyMpar4BCJRRopN81CPubVtoywOE7sJZ-9zTZm6sJwOdQABeB6VEVUOT5WNNHlBjDQKdezur_fDMAkJlo4sv/s400/HeadsSpectatorWeb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 352px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a view of the installation in the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian, 2007</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG_nN0Rk1xb7Z-vFmFr4S05JMmfH2whCQLIo0PgnpL_37OZDHcamCsHh7k87j4EghEBXnyVhyphenhyphen8i5AaJOlK-TSoLM5RKLvvolAb4o8B6cvhmfv-S4BJ9QKrkUtK0SQpAfY4Whyd9ydbvy5/s1600-h/Picture+2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343364024724301090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG_nN0Rk1xb7Z-vFmFr4S05JMmfH2whCQLIo0PgnpL_37OZDHcamCsHh7k87j4EghEBXnyVhyphenhyphen8i5AaJOlK-TSoLM5RKLvvolAb4o8B6cvhmfv-S4BJ9QKrkUtK0SQpAfY4Whyd9ydbvy5/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 357px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: life-sized self-portrait sculpture Spectator, 2002 (also used in the 2007 National Portrait Gallery installation)</span></span><br /><br />An artist who has long worked with body parts made of oil-painted resin, gypsum or clay, fiberglass, cast polyurethane and other materials for over a decade to create large outdoor sculptures, indoor installations, portrait heads, and self-portraits in many forms, created her own series of family portraits or 'family resemblance' from 2006-2008.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLP3MKdLtr0a7jJVF_BvSzuzuwM0a4Lvb50JH7OgBAuiPRQkOnj8pDtdY4sTl7BpxMxYyQjFFpa_wDTJXoTyO3pnuJcw6nvDNdVWmyiVqZW6uU_65KPOMJL96QVdrIkyBGrn3TsFXqZAT4/s1600-h/Woman-huge-fist_1416240i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343245129859554690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLP3MKdLtr0a7jJVF_BvSzuzuwM0a4Lvb50JH7OgBAuiPRQkOnj8pDtdY4sTl7BpxMxYyQjFFpa_wDTJXoTyO3pnuJcw6nvDNdVWmyiVqZW6uU_65KPOMJL96QVdrIkyBGrn3TsFXqZAT4/s400/Woman-huge-fist_1416240i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 346px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Woman with huge fist (self-portrait) 2008</span></span><br /><br />She has a very impressive education, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale with a B.A. in English and Art in 1989 and she received a Masters in Fine Arts from The University of Chicago in 1993. She's also the mother of two young boys, whom are frequently the subjects of her recent photographs. But these aren't the kind of family photos you're used to seeing embellishing hallways and mantels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSTQ_rzVexm18PNDCyL4zRM0v5t5Czv7RoJrq-lot5xsaAxA9hUScGuGlujfeuRdNeAEzBaIlkq8Urg713rgxrftxo-0JqNWhjuo704ioW7r3mu_aQGBQzMdfhyphenhyphenQ1DIsCtbdQxJcpq1a7/s1600-h/FamilyRes1editedweb.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343374363381814882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSTQ_rzVexm18PNDCyL4zRM0v5t5Czv7RoJrq-lot5xsaAxA9hUScGuGlujfeuRdNeAEzBaIlkq8Urg713rgxrftxo-0JqNWhjuo704ioW7r3mu_aQGBQzMdfhyphenhyphenQ1DIsCtbdQxJcpq1a7/s400/FamilyRes1editedweb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 700px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: family resemblance, 30" x 24" EDITION OF 6 + A.P.</span></span><br /><br />To say that her portraits of herself and her family, consisting largely of her two sons, Archer, now 8 and Ansel, now 4, are bizarre is an understatement. Creepy and disturbing may be more appropriate descriptors for some viewers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieukUU2fusvi9UqXOHXvSZtkD79VO9m68afZytNMvSnd-28dq5XWcdQrmBaCmjupSYpEuinx7XH37dnJiubg7qoP5vxfP7xiHqu853alh-9AaPikUFYc1mmRH3Xi2glVtamkVjtXtlE5l9/s1600-h/ALBHWithHeadWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343253042206398514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieukUU2fusvi9UqXOHXvSZtkD79VO9m68afZytNMvSnd-28dq5XWcdQrmBaCmjupSYpEuinx7XH37dnJiubg7qoP5vxfP7xiHqu853alh-9AaPikUFYc1mmRH3Xi2glVtamkVjtXtlE5l9/s400/ALBHWithHeadWeb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Nina's older son Archer with giant prosthetic baby head,2007</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8-mWD4Zz4HrqZ1SEegIZSodL4NBSABm2_KKTAVLt0aE9goln18L7OQ7k1F4h-2cfMi0wggUqSpCpWcWgi6Ww02wus6bRS_Mw5ggm9AOt8BHMvFEzQBlWX8k58g5fYNxtcQ10c6KNv2lx/s1600-h/ALB2WithHead2Thumb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343243832776694946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8-mWD4Zz4HrqZ1SEegIZSodL4NBSABm2_KKTAVLt0aE9goln18L7OQ7k1F4h-2cfMi0wggUqSpCpWcWgi6Ww02wus6bRS_Mw5ggm9AOt8BHMvFEzQBlWX8k58g5fYNxtcQ10c6KNv2lx/s400/ALB2WithHead2Thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 427px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Nina's youngest son Ansel with giant prosthetic baby head</span></span>, 2007<br /><br />What's respectable, and certainly unexpected nowadays, is that there is no digital manipulation involved in her photographs. She actually sculpts the enlarged body parts or prostheses and then juxtaposes them with her subjects, so that the size relationships you see are actual real physical representations.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyqy3HQSL0w0AGjtmixWbFk969LJJnluBGPhLPAF_MqjEN99Ws13aNsaxcGKZwH-JrihOPEkKpSiakBWqxNQjDNB758m2fP4-T-SHag9R57u3ZYtKKI1sVJR_rN4adtiHfaPuW97ay3Gt/s1600-h/Kid-ride-huge-fist_1416245i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343239713029149442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyqy3HQSL0w0AGjtmixWbFk969LJJnluBGPhLPAF_MqjEN99Ws13aNsaxcGKZwH-JrihOPEkKpSiakBWqxNQjDNB758m2fP4-T-SHag9R57u3ZYtKKI1sVJR_rN4adtiHfaPuW97ay3Gt/s400/Kid-ride-huge-fist_1416245i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 341px;" /></a><br /><br />Babies eating babies, children cradling what look like lifeless bodies and small-framed, vulnerable boys sporting hulk-like hands and steroidal limbs are the subjects of some of her these recent photos. Here's a look at much of her family portraits and family resemblance photographs, 2006-2008:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MM-APbOhyphenhyphenQWdGxAul9V_Jl2PwIxSiUGyVvZcIeFWYmtL03XF4yT0ic2Q7FUFtXG8wlOGrB8dYVhDhA1DYeT0Gcjqm6-KFjPuS4RbfPXksmbEYIeNLzhtDL8G1xS3fE6tX-DeMkIY-ZjN/s1600-h/07-12-03-026HeadThumb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343241927624661618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MM-APbOhyphenhyphenQWdGxAul9V_Jl2PwIxSiUGyVvZcIeFWYmtL03XF4yT0ic2Q7FUFtXG8wlOGrB8dYVhDhA1DYeT0Gcjqm6-KFjPuS4RbfPXksmbEYIeNLzhtDL8G1xS3fE6tX-DeMkIY-ZjN/s400/07-12-03-026HeadThumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 651px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8tQC9H0LvMV127tAA2yzsy2qSN92RktJAFXZa6RJies6ivWEdTp9tpXRXXjOMFJCaQgisfJ90StLSdTLXlpDUxti94pST__z7M6i3gmRmAd1oI79VtTW1G9zt5MQt0riCspIfewOehyo/s1600-h/TicklishRAWWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343372665457465218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8tQC9H0LvMV127tAA2yzsy2qSN92RktJAFXZa6RJies6ivWEdTp9tpXRXXjOMFJCaQgisfJ90StLSdTLXlpDUxti94pST__z7M6i3gmRmAd1oI79VtTW1G9zt5MQt0riCspIfewOehyo/s400/TicklishRAWWeb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 407px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuOUJYBoaXKQsC7DDZRRdAB1xjneek8qHhdDtU3kfX5ZIrgmwu1dBHew8noRNQAfY-xfm_tFaP1lQsbe66YcKk37f0dxmeCjohiOR8kEw9Y-S-UNjK02YiWwXBgew9sYaYqv9eOtJD5Ye/s1600-h/ALBHWithHeadFloorWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343239931784908146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEuOUJYBoaXKQsC7DDZRRdAB1xjneek8qHhdDtU3kfX5ZIrgmwu1dBHew8noRNQAfY-xfm_tFaP1lQsbe66YcKk37f0dxmeCjohiOR8kEw9Y-S-UNjK02YiWwXBgew9sYaYqv9eOtJD5Ye/s400/ALBHWithHeadFloorWeb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 659px;" /></a><br /><br />Nina explains: "I have been interested in using fragmentation and shifts in scale to explore both discomfort with the human body and with other people"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbReH_DKKpRnOmZgB4ydXMDv6RnqtZ6bdwN_PQiwmziIJyz7h49aR9tVT4BxEDETrjljfqVqS172MN8J89icfm2nhDlr5OEWjXweyJZdElzMNThbijc_TvNhXrbEUZ9AvG8FSQZ6xXERLQ/s1600-h/ALBHulkwithLittleBabyWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343239228508364082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbReH_DKKpRnOmZgB4ydXMDv6RnqtZ6bdwN_PQiwmziIJyz7h49aR9tVT4BxEDETrjljfqVqS172MN8J89icfm2nhDlr5OEWjXweyJZdElzMNThbijc_TvNhXrbEUZ9AvG8FSQZ6xXERLQ/s400/ALBHulkwithLittleBabyWeb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 526px; height: 339px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PVw7-bYcmUzztYrEdKjR8-JcKPNPcct9jSEGyEM4DiqJ2DeerPY0vs2UNecNY25JKqupGG1TeIi-fEgKczvoKMRewi0ZuxkEUuAavVr5rnXLJYy9AQShEa2Act5gkMKrEvHYnwJhJm7e/s1600-h/Mouth-toes_1416242i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343234346409963522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PVw7-bYcmUzztYrEdKjR8-JcKPNPcct9jSEGyEM4DiqJ2DeerPY0vs2UNecNY25JKqupGG1TeIi-fEgKczvoKMRewi0ZuxkEUuAavVr5rnXLJYy9AQShEa2Act5gkMKrEvHYnwJhJm7e/s400/Mouth-toes_1416242i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 340px;" /></a><br /><br />"I started to make photographs, mostly featuring myself interacting with a series of sculptural props and prosthetics that I modeled and fabricated from clay or plaster and cast in resin," she says.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtTOJX6YB-jccnChGnr34BcoR2lPnBpj1zqnKpf3tS64oMcBtOMPW96V9ZV4dW9YtySG3GzJfL7luarpZsQ5mrCY5yww-1eOvNOCFNuI3gTTrO0DViV2SrnponhwhgNCighT0Kg9oo0bd/s1600-h/07-12-03-034HeadsThumb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343243251014373170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtTOJX6YB-jccnChGnr34BcoR2lPnBpj1zqnKpf3tS64oMcBtOMPW96V9ZV4dW9YtySG3GzJfL7luarpZsQ5mrCY5yww-1eOvNOCFNuI3gTTrO0DViV2SrnponhwhgNCighT0Kg9oo0bd/s400/07-12-03-034HeadsThumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 422px;" /></a><br /><br />"I am now the mother of two small boys, and the primary subject of my work has become my own dysfunctional parenting and the often overwhelming intensity of small children"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sCd7XdFTfgZ5T2nv6P3LSbuj-oL3DkhKxz3TiAAWMZIE0usooOWh_yMxj097Pe7nUE53P8C9MD8b0rXL3ZwCXzyGaNQOs-DnZuiwitFCTJNdaTSQkGLU_NykjYZHuH5EcLNVjx8HjrRs/s1600-h/07-12-01-006AandAHandsThumb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343241800695764498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sCd7XdFTfgZ5T2nv6P3LSbuj-oL3DkhKxz3TiAAWMZIE0usooOWh_yMxj097Pe7nUE53P8C9MD8b0rXL3ZwCXzyGaNQOs-DnZuiwitFCTJNdaTSQkGLU_NykjYZHuH5EcLNVjx8HjrRs/s400/07-12-01-006AandAHandsThumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 421px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhTgD5R8R6K3JTJWz05Iztq-8FNMgqpytU9DPnTPztXr2bjlrlJpsIyeiV3AktlE_2XqJZ04lKLMuOQ7VETY1aRzkn3Sg-X6w5rsMTLo-5aNSg8_KOyz7HxmMFHp49SMwws95GzOySnB7/s1600-h/VF6C929ALB2HeadCompThumb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343244549876368450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhTgD5R8R6K3JTJWz05Iztq-8FNMgqpytU9DPnTPztXr2bjlrlJpsIyeiV3AktlE_2XqJZ04lKLMuOQ7VETY1aRzkn3Sg-X6w5rsMTLo-5aNSg8_KOyz7HxmMFHp49SMwws95GzOySnB7/s400/VF6C929ALB2HeadCompThumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 524px; height: 149px;" /></a><br /><br />"Ansel, however, boycotted my last photo shoot," says Nina, "and is under-represented... but thanks to the promise of a highly desirable set of action figures, Archer was willing to assist me"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJbDVfNX3xlJt7FyqnOY8yhYaH5KM9zGtGTqvgJ4f3UTuztIn1_E_ZlnfXzkW4OhBf545yylCytEcEszATni_T_QPsVakY0gQPoGHUZvKdAYGD2oa9d3TtKQWokENS9Khepos1FbJVErY/s1600-h/BoywithBigArm2Thumb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343246538837788258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJbDVfNX3xlJt7FyqnOY8yhYaH5KM9zGtGTqvgJ4f3UTuztIn1_E_ZlnfXzkW4OhBf545yylCytEcEszATni_T_QPsVakY0gQPoGHUZvKdAYGD2oa9d3TtKQWokENS9Khepos1FbJVErY/s400/BoywithBigArm2Thumb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 426px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2M87kxwZzYSF6LsRRvQkoWTZRpV8NGVvbmy8bBfqTvrmuZ_WtJv-quT7NMpRO9CgfqBUR47yHaVzFrmoetjQt71XW-ViSzrqbZ98emlzsvh4GNk2gRS0Cab6NzAAJ5pT9rHiRkMILLuL/s1600-h/Kid-Big-hands_1416247i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343240433925772370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2M87kxwZzYSF6LsRRvQkoWTZRpV8NGVvbmy8bBfqTvrmuZ_WtJv-quT7NMpRO9CgfqBUR47yHaVzFrmoetjQt71XW-ViSzrqbZ98emlzsvh4GNk2gRS0Cab6NzAAJ5pT9rHiRkMILLuL/s400/Kid-Big-hands_1416247i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 524px; height: 337px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEWeNSDfjycZUOTwJkzHPuEEBbpD6ePKqUJ6v_3QOpejbBu3Vv8uanB_ATXrtazTOldIopHrPPMCNuakK2pPfJdRlzdmmHPIwQCR9MH1DVkL9sf8hdy-OMp3rdXZk1ipZPuEaq3Ptiifu/s1600-h/Big-arm-kid-palm_1416238i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343234531542128466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEWeNSDfjycZUOTwJkzHPuEEBbpD6ePKqUJ6v_3QOpejbBu3Vv8uanB_ATXrtazTOldIopHrPPMCNuakK2pPfJdRlzdmmHPIwQCR9MH1DVkL9sf8hdy-OMp3rdXZk1ipZPuEaq3Ptiifu/s400/Big-arm-kid-palm_1416238i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 337px;" /></a><br /><br />"The photographs were, and still remain, very low tech - there is no digital manipulation," says Nina. "All of the objects and people in the images exist exactly as they appear."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66dmRSn5ajCuYtHyPe_BTMXPHkyANnot0D5zWqeuZuK53j_1MKu1BY8UKU3Q-w-aGIjcODB9Ls7lQ9OK6AGhFkzTBpzk9-Fo9Nr-Z7NQ5HljiioBt0tGjSpgOOW_WLE8D-rQwQjqc6C2d/s1600-h/Womans-head-mouth_1416239i.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343236054948959506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66dmRSn5ajCuYtHyPe_BTMXPHkyANnot0D5zWqeuZuK53j_1MKu1BY8UKU3Q-w-aGIjcODB9Ls7lQ9OK6AGhFkzTBpzk9-Fo9Nr-Z7NQ5HljiioBt0tGjSpgOOW_WLE8D-rQwQjqc6C2d/s400/Womans-head-mouth_1416239i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 339px;" /></a><br /><br />Special thanks to the UK's <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/">Telegraph</a> for the quotes from the interview with Nina.<br /><br />HER PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4cW8PyZsY-GQIdbkcON0OUcTkTWWemzXJHjDuF4SzMMYWlGf8yVWT7zXq5piDnaRncpfCvm1GnLT6BkX2GD7StzLIQ0wEh0OqY9A-qqT0Qljz_RiiJ4o0ubqXQXo_PuuGJH4JLvuqAHW/s1600-h/darknatureportraitsweb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343364939414231346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4cW8PyZsY-GQIdbkcON0OUcTkTWWemzXJHjDuF4SzMMYWlGf8yVWT7zXq5piDnaRncpfCvm1GnLT6BkX2GD7StzLIQ0wEh0OqY9A-qqT0Qljz_RiiJ4o0ubqXQXo_PuuGJH4JLvuqAHW/s400/darknatureportraitsweb.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 398px;" /></a><br />Her commissioned portrait heads are available cast in resin, ultracal or gypsum painted with oils and in more traditional treatments and materials (bronze, plaster, cement). Please contact <a href="mailto:nina@ninalevy.com">Nina Levy</a> for more information.<br /><br />See her <a href="http://www.ninalevy.com/">website here.</a><br />To check out her work prior to 2002, <a href="http://www.ninalevy.com/imagescontentspage.htm">go here.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.salamatina.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627935662945848530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnnq2HpPffNEurURClpiiJAs0te_cHROzfMDQs5Rwef91hquw_KyOROlcWdXx52fAMrVn1UYCSOittUX3h5DKIS5PRWapsUt02LDlG8i8a0FmEjyT0CG4lQY6zMOZ94Cfylf9oa0Xsd4/s400/salamatina_logo.gif" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 149px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.salamatina.com/">SALAMATINA GALLERY</a><br />2210 Northern Boulevard<br />Manhasset, NY 11030<br />AMERICANA MANHASSET<br />GALLERY HOURS: Mon - Sat 10-6/Thur 10-7/Sun 12-6<br />T: 516 439 4471

Nina Levy Compels Us With More Creepiness at the Salamatina Gallery

above: Nina Levy, Boy With Eyes, 2011 (cropped) Artist Nina Levy recently exhibited “Related Forms” at the Salamantina Gallery in New York...

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