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e captives of history of political divisiveness systemic discrimination environmental degradation in response documentary photography provides some of the show s most compelling moments catherine rafferty a nation that forgets some of the work is unsettlingly detached walker bankson s documentary portraits like his untitled miles fighting explore an unsettling banality in contemporary masculinity the mordant anti landscapes of john bonetti fountain at the end of the dam and anna nuler ice cream castle reveal the barrenness of the modern built environment and mateo guevara lemeland s garishly surreal relic and neon boneyard suggest that the world itself has somehow curdled in place other documents are more visceral anna schupak takes us into the middle of a protest in her troy series in a pair of images catherine rafferty juxtaposes the overheated red white blue of a trump rally with the same palette in more somber tones her a nation that forgets places the blue dress and sandal of a black woman against red paint thrown like blood on the base of a public monument where the inscription warns a nation that forgets its past has no future the white of the image is represented visually by the paleness of the cement plinth and conceptually in the photo s implication of racism rainer turim tompkins square park inevitably the artists engage with the natural world in rainer turim s tompkins square park a tree growing through a chain link fence becomes a parable of humanity buckling under nature s force conversely gennaro vargas splendid peruvian mountains preserves a paradise of human labor in harmony with the earth i admit i can make no sense of the arbitrary nature of the exhibition s 16 26 age range except to muse somewhat cynically that the aim was to attract high schoolers to sage s art programs as it turned out there is no one under college age in the show the average age being about 22 the only teenager is xiaoxuan lisa li whose tense formal manipulations more than hold their own with the older exhibitors work rather than the weird high school to post mfa age swing why not a more traditional under 30 show a range that allows for a greater number of mature emerging artists the three jurors all of whom are under 26 have given a hybrid feel to the exhibition they organized while a call for entries opened the show to all one suspects some of the artists were hand picked by the jurors from among their friends and colleagues the final selection feels more curated than the typical juried exhibit xiaoxuan lisa li bat i this hybrid quality is heightened by the inclusion of the jurors own work in the exhibit this is a major departure from prior regionals in which the jurors functioned entirely as disinterested umpires not player coaches the show is organized to mitigate the confusion this might cause with the jurors work sequestered in the atrium of the opalka gallery separate from the main body of the show but it s unclear how exactly to read this separation is the juror s showcase part of the regional or an adjunct exhibition these are serious questions but ultimately they should not detract from the regional s comprehensive virtues its quality its presentation and above all its exhilarating diversity in what has too often been an exhibit of aging white dudes this year s 37 artists and 76 artworks provide in both surname and subject matter a purposeful look across racial gender and geographic boundaries yet the jurors obvious attention to identity never overwhelms the individual artists voices jahniah kum resilience it is especially thrilling to see the work of so many young black artists on view here tyler ki re s lushly extroverted unchained jahniah kum s intimate domestic documents marz and resilience the tender maternal portraits of jayana lafountaine s postpartum series singularly impressive are the portraits of six black sitters in khidr joseph s make afros great again series joseph gives us the backs of their heads emphasizing their hair styles and it s enough from this we get a smart and sensuous alt maga manifesto about black people s hair and its fraught history of political and social meaning the centuries of this struggle cannot be separated from the work s visual beauty nevertheless at a certain point i surrendered entirely to the artist s retinal stimulations the pleasure of the textures revealed by his studio lights and their kinship to the eros of color of hair flesh fabric even the chromatic seamless backgrounds the anonymity of the sitters yielded to their uniqueness the last and highest diversity is the inviolable individual timothy cahill has reviewed art in the capital region since 1995 he has exhibited his photography in the photo regional and other group and solo exhibitions his work is in the collection of the albany institute of history art khidr joseph make afros great again posted by david brickman at 2 00 pm no comments labels albany art capital region juried shows opalka gallery photography photography regional timothy cahill thursday april 8 2021 jamie rodriguez at the accr totenkopf die werbung the invisible enemy installation by jamie rodriguez jamie rodriguez is one of the more interesting artists to have emerged on the local scene in the last decade or so and his current solo exhibition at the arts center of the capital region in troy is a well earned showcase of his latest work a frequent prize winner in the annual mohawk hudson regional rodriguez has distinguished himself with challenging multilayered installations that combine painting drawing and sculpture often to a confounding effect and this show entitled warenfetischismus commodity fetishism is no exception montserrat landscape 1 oil paint on canvas 2019 i noticed from the first time i saw his work that rodriguez is a very skillful painter and this exhibition showcases that aspect of his art by featuring 15 oils on canvas most of them sun washed landscapes in an impressionist style that clearly evokes cezanne and van gogh the four large mixed media installations that comprise the remainder of the show all incorporate similarly executed paintings a stylistic innovation i don t recall having seen employed by any other artist so labels aside rodriguez is a creator who ably applies whatever materials he needs to make his statements and those statements are ambitious on a global scale these installations evoke international politics with references to nazi germany soviet russia communist china and capitalist america environmental issues including water shortage habitat loss and pollution economic matters such as the commodification of food religion via icons and altars and historical references in the form of architectural elements decorative tilework and weaponry argumentum ad baculum fact check to the unhinged and useful idiots the revolution has been canceled as part of culture no justice no peace for wendy s the rubicon has been crossed 2021 detail view of installation the last item is perhaps the crux of this work which openly concerns itself with war and conquest but the naturalistic concerns are also central as rodriguez deploys multiple animal figures foxes lambs raccoons and various rodents among them as avatars his statement accompanying the show offers clear insights into his intentions while welcoming viewers to make their own interpretations of the work in part it says these narratives can draw attention to many different topics that can be interpreted in any way the viewer connects i want to evoke emotion and awareness of the individual to confront the issue of how art functions within a particular set of social and cultural patterns historical perspectives and belief faith systems while maintaining a sense of humor and humility that s a lot to pack into any work of art and rodriguez gives it a good shot my overriding response to this show is that it has a potent sense of urgency the sprawling highly detailed tableaux incorporate a great many carefully constructed elements which undoubtedly have taken a lot of time to create yet they still feel improvised even slapdash in a way as though the artist feels too pressed to add even the slightest extra bit of finish to his product only the paintings appear polished serving as a counterpoint to the roughly representational sculptures into which they are integrated it s enough to make you breathless warenfetischismus commodity fetishism artworks by jamie rodriguez will remain on view through april 16 polarity integration the universal game zwischenzug spiritual algorithm end game transcension think think tank paradigm shifts mixed media installation by jamie rodriguez 2021 posted by david brickman at 11 09 am 1 comment labels art arts center of the capital region environmental art history installation art jamie rodriguez mixed media painting political art sculpture troy saturday april 3 2021 we went to the spectrum here s the evidence you can see our assigned seats highlighted in yellow by the box office attendant i ve been regularly attending movies at albany s spectrum 8 theatre since it opened in 1983 and its progenitor third street theater for years before that so you can imagine the excitement my companion and i felt last night as we set out to see minari on the first day this venue was operating in more than a year it was like being a kid again you also may be surprised to learn that i do not have netflix nor amazon prime nor hulu etc not even cable tv so with the theaters shut down since last march and the library prohibiting on site browsing until a week or two ago the last year has had its challenges for my movie viewing habit this was somewhat alleviated by the following compromises netflix et al at a friend s house a few of my friends and i came to an understanding early in the pandemic that we would trust each other s behavior enough to remain in each other s pods thankfully with perfect results i e none of us got or transmitted covid and one of those couples has a bunch of streaming services and a generous heart so from time to time we d make a movie date and the four of us would cozy up in their living room to watch something special among them my octopus teacher borrowing from the library in my case albany public this has always been a primary source for me both to pick up on recent stuff that i d somehow missed often due to too short local runs and to fill in any of the many gaps in my viewing history once the library began to accommodate curbside pickup i began to regularly request and then borrow whatever i could think of to ask for that they had available trickier than browsing as you have to know what to look for but still quite useful hoopla another library service this is a free streaming platform well free to use i assume the library pays something for it that has a very big selection of not always very desirable movies from what i ve heard kanopy is better but albany doesn t offer it through that we haven t seen any current or recent hits but in a pinch it proved to be a lifesaver and we discovered some really cool stuff especially documentaries such as one about the thousands of rabbits that flourished in the no man s land between the two sides of the berlin wall pay per view streaming some films that probably would have come to the spectrum had it been open were not available on any of the other services and could only be seen by paying a fee considering that we would have gladly forked over a twenty to see the best of these in the theater paying 12 to watch them at home was well worth it that s the usual rate for good stuff though some movies are cheaper depending on the source this was great once we got it going but there were a couple of hitches at first due to our not being hooked up for streaming to begin with the really tricky part was finding an adapter to connect my new ish laptop to our 12 year old unsmart tv and then waiting several weeks for it to be delivered back when global commerce was totally disrupted by the wuhan virus but it worked out pretty great in the end highlighted by our viewing of my favorite movie of 2020 martin eden by the way last night was the fourth time i ve been to the actual movies since the pandemic re openings began and my recent experiences seeing two films at the madison theatre in albany and one at criterion cinemas in saratoga springs were very good i will gladly return to either of them as needed but now we have our favorite spectrum again and i am stoked both for the sheer pleasure of it and because it means it won t be long before i ve seen enough of the best films of last year to be able to write my annual roundup maybe even before they announce 2020 s belated oscar winners note for the potentially nervous at all three theaters i ve attended you get an assigned seat there s plenty of distance between groups and masks are required so it s as safe as you re going to get in this world posted by david brickman at 2 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