what's on in NYC

Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sat, 27 Apr 1996 18:05:01 -0400 (EDT)

I have been asked, honest, I'm not making this up, what to see next
weekend photowise in NYC besides the Sudek show by a person who has opted
for NY over Paris! Yes, someone on this list.

He says he goes to Strand Books & Barnes & Noble sale outlet at
18th Street, also A Photographer's Place on Mercer St. Excellent
excursions, plus bookstores at MoMA, the Metropolitan & ICP, of course.

And the Sudek show. That's at ICP uptown, 5th Ave at 95th St,
212-860-1777, open tues 11-8, wed-sun 11-6. Josef Sudek Pigment Prints
thru July 7.

ICP midtown has Horst P Horst, 43 St & Av of Americas.

MoMA has excellent Roy de Carava show. Also at MoMA, interesting Tony Roma
photographs of African-American church-goers in Brooklyn. Beautiful
people, surprisingly intimate portraits, but not in league artistically
with the de Caravas.

Arthur Tess at Houk Friedman, I didn't see, but an interesting "crooked"
photographer.

William Klein at Howard Greenberg, 120 Wooster, thru May 11, proving that
wide-angle lens makes ordinary people look ugly, ugly people look
subhuman, but you knew that.

That's all I see now -- but pick up a guide called "Photography in New
York" either free or a couple of dollars at any photo gallery. Also by
all means get Gallery Guide, complete listings of all art in area
(including photography), free at many galleries (tho sometimes you have
to ask for it) or a couple of dollars in similar handy pocket size.

However, to come to NYC & see only photo would be like going to the opera
& listening only to sidewalk guitar. The Metropolitan Museum has got
sublime show of Chinese art -- treasures from Taiwan, not soon to be seen
again. Ditto a marvelous (reputed, didn't get there yet) show of Hispanic
American religious art at the Brooklyn Museum. A zillion galleries (see
Gallery Guide.) A friend highly recommends Kienholz at the Whitney, not
my slab of wood, but very highly regarded.

Outdoor flea market on weekends at 26th Street & 6th avenue, I'm told has
old photos for sale in bunches, early AM best -- not my time of day.

Look at it this way -- the differential between the real thing and the
reproduction of a photo is less than differential in other types art, in my
humble opinion, so see the art.

Enjoy,

Judy