Definitely walk by and spend some time with Jordan Tull’s art in the PDX Window Gallery…

Jordan Tull in the PDX Window Gallery

Ethan Rose Reflection at PDX Contemporary Art(925 NW Flanders, Portland OR)

Ethan Rose Reflection PDX Contemporary

Detail of speakers on opposite wall at PDX contemporary…

Ethan Rose Reflection PDX Contemporary - speaker detail opposite wall

I really enjoyed the work of Yoshihiro Kitai “Inscribe 01″ at Pulliam Gallery (929 NW Flanders, Portland, OR 97209)

Yoshihiro Kitai Inscribe 01 Pulliam Gallery

… you need to get close… yeah that’s what we like…

Yoshihiro Kitai Inscribe 01 Pulliam Gallery - detail image

Yoonhee Choi’s work at Blackfish Gallery (420 NW 9th Ave, Portland, OR)

Yoonhee Choi Blackfish Gallery

definitely spend time with Scott Wolniak’s “Flash Art” at Chambers Gallery @ 916(916 Flanders, Portland OR)

Scott Wolniak Flash Art Chambers 916

Sally Finch at Froelick Gallery (714 NW Davis, Portland OR). Sally also gets a well-earned nod in “Art in America” Jan 2012 edition with a review of her solo show in 2011 at the Froelick Gallery.  Sally, thanks again for you work on the Visual Art Exchange.

Sally Finch Froelick Gallery

Laura Ross-Paul’ Remote also at Froelick Gallery (714 NW Davis, Portland OR).

Laura Ross-Paul Remote Froelick Gallery

Two good shows at Blue Sky Gallery (122 NW 8th Ave, Portland OR), Robert Frank’s “Painkiller” and Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira “Bliss Street.”

Robert Frank Painkiller Blue Sky Gallery

Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira Bliss Street Blue Sky Gallery

Eva Lake’s collage is on target at the  Augen Gallery (716 NW Davis, Portland OR)

Eva Lake Augen Gallery

Also at Augen Gallery (716 NW Davis, Portland OR), is Trish Grantham’s work.

Trish Grantham Augen Gallery

The only thing I wish this month was that there were a few less group shows. Now that 2012 is rolling, I expect that will change soon.

The talk at Aperture coincided with his new book, “The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious”(Aperture).  The nearly 400 images are in his private collection and contained masterworks by the well-known as well as images he collects from flea markets.  The one thing that ties them all together is that they all capture heart and stop his feet — they have impact on him personally.

This was special performance piece for Bill which had projections and video which covered his many years of collecting photography — his life in photography. “This is a photography of me,” he joked during many of the portraits in his collection.  The connections to his images are deep and what he collects is a way of exploring his different sides.

For more insights, buy the book, then read this great interview of Bill Hunt on At Length Magazine by Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching of the Klomp Ching Gallery.

Bill Hunt vs. Houston - Brad Carlile 2010

Above is an image I took of Bill at FotoFest 2010 in Houston. (not in his collection)

Show:
“The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection,” is being shown at the George Eastman House International Museum (Rochester, New York) through Feb 19. His book can be found in bookstores worldwide.

To invite a narrative: Brad Carlile discusses photographing hotel rooms around the world

The Independent
530 NW 12th, (12th & Hoyt) Portland Oregon
Show: July 7- August 14 (Just Extended!)
Fri-Sun 12-6PM & by appointment

Recommended.

The Independent
530 NW 12th, (12th & Hoyt) Portland Oregon
Show: July 7- August 14 (Just Extended!)
Fri-Sun 12-6PM & by appointment

Eva Lake, the gallery owner/curator writes…

The Independent is pleased to present photographs by Brad Carlile as our inaugural exhibition. Carlile was one of the winners of the 2009 Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial, an international competition for emerging photographers. The Hearst Biennial judges Peter Lindbergh, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, & John A. Bennette, III. chose 8 photographers from over 1,000 entries. Works from Carlile’s Tempus Incognitus series will be on view from July 7th through August 7th.

Empty hotel rooms from all over the world form the basis of these works, all shot in multiple exposures over time in slide film, with no post-exposure or digital manipulation. The rooms are electric with acidic color, yet spare and detached by virtue of their transient energy and occupation. The perimeters of shifted space and time are blurred, giving a result both classic and contemporary.

Gallery on Google Maps: (Across from Oba’s — where the “Cultured Pearl” used to be)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=530+NW+12th,+Portland+Oregon&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.360684,87.451172&z=16

The Independent, 530 NW 12th (12th & Hoyt), Portland OR
http://www.bradcarlile.com
(When you go to my website on your iPhone, iPad, etc, you will be asked if you want the mobile-optimized website — simply touch “OK”. On the first page link to map for you mobile device.)

My new work
http://www.bradcarlile.com/newsletter

THANKS!
Brad

My show was reviewed and recommended in the Willamette Week’s Visual Arts section

recommended. Brad Carlile

BRAD CARLILE This month, two local artists wrestle with divergent but equally mythic conceptions of the great American road. In Tempus Incognitus, photographer Brad Carlile’s striking exhibition at Eva Lake’s new popup, the Independent, the artist conjures a psychedelic nightmare of corporate hotels across the country. Carlile takes photos inside hotel rooms using slide film in multiple exposures that last from a scant 1/500 of a second to a languid 96 seconds. He keeps his camera on a tripod and exposes film throughout the day, which yields fantastical effects, superimposing wildly varying lighting conditions onto the same frame. As the hues overlap, they produce acidic lime greens and chartreuses, fuchsias and ruby reds in wholly unnatural combinations as light emanates from lamps and television screens and bounces off mirrors and windows. Except for the occasional rumpled sheet, there is no trace of human life in any of the prints, lending a dissonance between compositional starkness and chromatic oversaturation.

The hotels themselves are neither skanky nor swanky; they are the kind of middlebrow pabulum palaces that corporate drones deposit themselves in night after night. They are not going to win any awards for design or decor, but they are conveniently located near the airport and the convention center. Carlile is able to intuit and convey the vulgar neon desperation underneath the banal veneer of contemporary business travel. Where are you, America, and who are you—the Marriott or the Mustang Ranch? The only difference, Carlile suggests, is in the length of your exposure.
- Richard Speer, Willamette Week, page 43.

Link to online version:
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17723-brad_carlile_rio_wrenn.html

You can see the scanned print edition here:
http://npaper-wehaa.com/willametteweek/2011/07/20/s1/#2011/07/12/?page=42

My CONGRATS to them!!!! The 8 winners were chosen out of 4,600 winners and the exhibition will be open January 11 through May 2011 in the Hearst Town in midtown Manhattan.  I know they will have a wonderful show, I was a 2009 Biennial winner.

Winners below and press release below that…

2011 Award Recipients:

• Nicholas Mendise (New York, NY)
• Devin Tepleski (Victoria, Canada)
• Christoph Engel (Karlsruhe, Germany)
• Jonathan Smith (Brooklyn, NY)
• Gareth Kingdon (Cardiff, Wales, UK)
• Victor Yuliev (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
• Rena Effendi (Baku, Azerbaijan)
• Thomas Stanworth (Deeside, Wales, UK)

2011 Honorable Mentions:

• Christopher Vongsawat (Brooklyn, NY)
• Ivo Rafailov (Burgas, Bulgaria)
• Ryan Obermeyer (Austin, TX)
• Brandon Schulman (Brooklyn, NY)
• Jenny Johannesson (Pacifica, CA)
• Julie Soefer (Houston, TX)
• Alix Smith (New York, NY)
• Ariel Bernades (Minneapolis, MN)
• Nils Orth (Brooklyn, NY)
• David Wright (Syracuse, NY)

Press release at:
http://www.hearst8x10.com/press_release.pdf

When talking about my new work “Tempus Incognitus,” John described it as “Technicolor Noir.”  I love that description and asked him if I could use it when talking about my work.  He graciously agreed.

John is currently curating a show about the South. If you are in the Atlanta area you should see this show. http://slowexposures.blogspot.com/2010/05/southern-memory-part-i-inside-and-out.html.

John is busy working on the 2nd edition of the Hearst Biennial.  He also teaches a course in collecting at the New School in New York City.

James Turrell - The Light Inside 1999 Houston Museum of Fine Arts

I, of course, was particularly drawn to “The Light Inside,” which is a site-specific installation of neon lights, gypsum board, plaster, and glass by James Turrell (1999) it is located in the tunnel between the two main buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

James Turrell - The Light Inside 1999 Houston Museum of Fine Arts

James Turrell - The Light Inside 1999 Houston Museum of Fine Arts

If in Houston, I also recommend seeing the show ” Light of the Sufis: The Mystical Arts of Islam” – fantastic show.

In addition this is the last week of “Alice Neel: Painted Truths”.

Alice Neel - Houston Museum of Fine Arts

Alice Neel - Robert Smithson 1962

This past weekend was the opening of my show at the De Santos Gallery in Houston.  Gemma and Luis de Santos hosted a vernissage dinner one night and a public opening the next night. Both were well attended.

During the opening weekend, Douglas Britt of the Houston Chronicle interviewed me about “Tempus Incognitus.”  On June 9th, the Houston Chronicle published the interview in their print edition, “Photographer Brad Carlile sheds new light on hotel rooms.”  the online version can be seen here.

The press release for the show is also online here.

Brad Carlile - Installation at De Santos Gallery

Show details:
When: now Through July 24, 2010
De Santos Gallery
1724 Richmond Ave.
Houston, TX 77098
www.desantosgallery.com
Contact: Gemma de Santos,
info@desantosgallery.com

When asked to describe this new body of work, I often say, “Think Edward Hopper interiors awash in James Turrell colors with David Lynch directing.

“Tempus Incognitus” records the day’s transitional times and shows them existing concurrently. The Cubists painted individual scenes from several different perspectives at once. In this series, I photograph individual rooms at several different times of day from a single perspective during the course of 1-3 days.

In the coming posts I’ll write more about my thoughts on the physical, psychological, and emotional detachment of hotel rooms and other ponderings on this work.

In 2009 I was one of the eight winners of that Biennial — The premiere biennial garnered more than 1,000 entries from 47 countries. I can tell you it is a high-profile well-run competition that has helped my career in fine art photography.  It was great to have my work on display at the Hearst Tower (West 57th st) in NYC.

Details at: www.hearst8x10.com.  The 2011 contest is open to all U.S. and international freelance, amateur and professional photographers and students, aged 18 to 35 years of age.

An international competition saluting the next generation of talent, which will play an important role in the future of magazines, media, the web, design and photography. Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial is a competition to identify and promote new and emerging talent among photographers in the United States and abroad.

Selected works will be showcased in an exhibition under the title, “8×10″ in the Alexey Brodovitch Gallery and the Hearst Gallery at Hearst Tower in New York City. Winners will be published in the accompanying “8×10″ catalog and on www.hearst.com and www.hearst8x10.com.

There is no entry fee for the competition.

Hearst Corporation’s history of working with photography’s pioneers and rule breakers continues with the 2nd Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial – an international competition saluting the next generation of talent, which will play an important role in the future of magazines, media, the web, design and photography.

Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2010.

Details for submission at: http://www.hearst8x10.com/contest.php

The ten judges for 2011 are:

* Lillian Bassman, photographer
* Bonni Benrubi, owner, Bonni Benrubi Gallery
* Michael Clinton, EVP/CMO & publishing director, Hearst Magazines
* Stephen Gan, creative director, Harper’s Bazaar, co-founder of Visionaire, and editor-in-chief of V Magazine
* Oberto Gili, photographer
* Jean-Paul Goude, graphic designer, illustrator and photographer
* Howard Greenberg, owner, Howard Greenberg Gallery
* Willis “Buzz” Hartshorn, director, International Center of Photography
* Simen Johan, photographer
* Mary Shanahan, creative director, Town&Country magazine