Reviews:
"One artist here -- the most compelling of the lot -- offers androgyny as an alternative to gender codes. Brooklynbased Amy Elkins photographs two shirtless young men in half-length portraits that mimic historical modes of female portraiture. As we look at these men, we're reminded of a long tradition of Venuses as well as the Greeks' love of a luscious boy. The subject of "Kyle" proves an especially rich muse, his arm crossed over his chest in a gesture suggesting both protection and flirtation. What works about Elkins's pictures is their lack of clear-cut agenda. Yes, they participate in the preconceived -- and sexist -- modes of art history. But they never, ever replicate them."
- Washington Post
"In her series of portraits, Amy Elkins creates an environment and a dynamic that allow us to observe an expression of self. They are portraits of introspection and assertion, of alienation and belonging, of confrontation and surrender. She puts her male subjects into a feminine space, undresses them, and watches them as they come to terms with what they are feeling and experiencing. Then, when they give a clue, through a gesture, or a look in the eye, she clicks the shutter."
- Jimmy Moffatt for NY Arts Magazine
"I first saw Amy Elkins' Wallflower series of male portraits against colorful flowered wallpapers in the project room at Yancey Richardson a year or so ago, and as the months have passed and I have encountered them again in other contexts, they are growing on me. Even though we are not portrait collectors, I am liking the mixture of feminity and masculinity they explore more and more, as well as the subtle openness and vulnerability she has deftly captured."
- DLK collector
"We pour over women’s faces all the time – they stare back at us compliantly from magazines, posters, and even on the street or in an elevator, accustomed to being looked at, perhaps even taking pride in the attention. But it’s not often that we’re given the opportunity to look into men’s faces in this intimate way. The object of an unrelenting gaze becomes vulnerable – not a traditionally flattering role for a man. Elkins' series of portraits of men could best be described as beautiful rather than rugged or handsome."
- EyeMazing Magazine, Amsterdam
"Amy Elkins portraits of men, [from the series] Wallflowers playfully sets cultural expectations of masculinity in front of floral backdrops. These extraordinarily beautiful images are simple in execution but wholly complex under their surface, often pointing towards a sense of vulnerability that is so frequently culturally masked."
- We Can't Paint
"The underlying component in the exhibit is the evident nostalgia conveyed throughout the work. The ambiguity of our memory is clearly communicated in powerful visual narratives.... [as shown in] the mysterious murkiness of Brooklyn-based artist Amy Elkins’ prints that incorporate text abundant with layered meaning."
- Place, time, house and home (Review of Carnegie Art Museum exhibition)
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"One artist here -- the most compelling of the lot -- offers androgyny as an alternative to gender codes. Brooklynbased Amy Elkins photographs two shirtless young men in half-length portraits that mimic historical modes of female portraiture. As we look at these men, we're reminded of a long tradition of Venuses as well as the Greeks' love of a luscious boy. The subject of "Kyle" proves an especially rich muse, his arm crossed over his chest in a gesture suggesting both protection and flirtation. What works about Elkins's pictures is their lack of clear-cut agenda. Yes, they participate in the preconceived -- and sexist -- modes of art history. But they never, ever replicate them."
- Washington Post
"In her series of portraits, Amy Elkins creates an environment and a dynamic that allow us to observe an expression of self. They are portraits of introspection and assertion, of alienation and belonging, of confrontation and surrender. She puts her male subjects into a feminine space, undresses them, and watches them as they come to terms with what they are feeling and experiencing. Then, when they give a clue, through a gesture, or a look in the eye, she clicks the shutter."
- Jimmy Moffatt for NY Arts Magazine
"I first saw Amy Elkins' Wallflower series of male portraits against colorful flowered wallpapers in the project room at Yancey Richardson a year or so ago, and as the months have passed and I have encountered them again in other contexts, they are growing on me. Even though we are not portrait collectors, I am liking the mixture of feminity and masculinity they explore more and more, as well as the subtle openness and vulnerability she has deftly captured."
- DLK collector
"We pour over women’s faces all the time – they stare back at us compliantly from magazines, posters, and even on the street or in an elevator, accustomed to being looked at, perhaps even taking pride in the attention. But it’s not often that we’re given the opportunity to look into men’s faces in this intimate way. The object of an unrelenting gaze becomes vulnerable – not a traditionally flattering role for a man. Elkins' series of portraits of men could best be described as beautiful rather than rugged or handsome."
- EyeMazing Magazine, Amsterdam
"Amy Elkins portraits of men, [from the series] Wallflowers playfully sets cultural expectations of masculinity in front of floral backdrops. These extraordinarily beautiful images are simple in execution but wholly complex under their surface, often pointing towards a sense of vulnerability that is so frequently culturally masked."
- We Can't Paint
"The underlying component in the exhibit is the evident nostalgia conveyed throughout the work. The ambiguity of our memory is clearly communicated in powerful visual narratives.... [as shown in] the mysterious murkiness of Brooklyn-based artist Amy Elkins’ prints that incorporate text abundant with layered meaning."
- Place, time, house and home (Review of Carnegie Art Museum exhibition)
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Winter Shows and News
Larry Sultan Memorial show
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
January 2010
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VERSUS- Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Hous Projects
Jan 07-March 08, 2010
Artists include: Mickalene Thomas, Brian Ulrich, Cara Phillips, Zoe Strauss, Hank Willis Thomas, Matthew Pillsbury, Amy Elkins, Molly Landreth, Eric Ogden, Alex Leme, Kris Graves, Jen Davis, Gina LeVay, Phil Toledano, Ruben Natal-SanMiguel, Michael Wolf, Elizabeth Fleming and Nadine Rovner.
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Fourth Annual Benefit Auction for CCNY
December 2nd, 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm,
at Calumet Photographic,
22 West 22nd Street
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Galerie Anita Beckers, (Frankfurt, Germany)
@ Pulse Miami
Dec 3-6, 2009
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Homesick
curated by Joaquin Trujillo
Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street
Oxnard, CA.
December 12, 2009- February 21, 20010
Opening December 12, 2009 | 4p- 7p
Artists include: MALÚ ALVAREZ, JEFF BECK, LIVIA CORONA, JEN DESSINGER, EDWARD DOTY, AMY ELKINS, EDUARDO R. GARCIA, FEDERICO GUTIERREZ SCHOTT, STEPHANIE HALMOS, DENNIS McLEOD, DERICK MELANDER, BRIAN PAUMIER, KELLY REEMTSEN, JOAQUIN TRUJILLO, SOPHIA WALLACE and TONY ZEPEDA
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Larry Sultan Memorial show
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
January 2010
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VERSUS- Curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Hous Projects
Jan 07-March 08, 2010
Artists include: Mickalene Thomas, Brian Ulrich, Cara Phillips, Zoe Strauss, Hank Willis Thomas, Matthew Pillsbury, Amy Elkins, Molly Landreth, Eric Ogden, Alex Leme, Kris Graves, Jen Davis, Gina LeVay, Phil Toledano, Ruben Natal-SanMiguel, Michael Wolf, Elizabeth Fleming and Nadine Rovner.
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Fourth Annual Benefit Auction for CCNY
December 2nd, 2009, 6:00-8:00 pm,
at Calumet Photographic,
22 West 22nd Street
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Galerie Anita Beckers, (Frankfurt, Germany)
@ Pulse Miami
Dec 3-6, 2009
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Homesick
curated by Joaquin Trujillo
Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street
Oxnard, CA.
December 12, 2009- February 21, 20010
Opening December 12, 2009 | 4p- 7p
Artists include: MALÚ ALVAREZ, JEFF BECK, LIVIA CORONA, JEN DESSINGER, EDWARD DOTY, AMY ELKINS, EDUARDO R. GARCIA, FEDERICO GUTIERREZ SCHOTT, STEPHANIE HALMOS, DENNIS McLEOD, DERICK MELANDER, BRIAN PAUMIER, KELLY REEMTSEN, JOAQUIN TRUJILLO, SOPHIA WALLACE and TONY ZEPEDA
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November Shows
Commercial Paper
Barbara Walters Gallery
Sarah Lawrence College
Opening November 2, 2009
Artists include: Ben Degen, Peter Deevakul, Amy Elkins, Daniel Gordon, Matthew Monteith, Sveltana Rabey,Ruby Sky Stiler and Mamie Tinkler.
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Commercial Paper
Barbara Walters Gallery
Sarah Lawrence College
Opening November 2, 2009
Artists include: Ben Degen, Peter Deevakul, Amy Elkins, Daniel Gordon, Matthew Monteith, Sveltana Rabey,Ruby Sky Stiler and Mamie Tinkler.
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Summer News
The Portrait. Photography as a Stage
From Robert Mapplethorpe to Nan Goldin
Curated by Peter Weiermair.
July 03 - October 18, 2009 -
When the history of photography began to unfold with portraiture in the nineteenth century, one’s own image was cause for astonishment, shock, and rapture. Since its discovery, the photographic medium has satisfied people’s desire for their likeness and largely replaced the more demanding and costly painting. Considering the new technologies available today, with which it has become possible to manipulate any image easily, inexpensively, and quickly and to change and improve the appearance of the human body as desired, the role of the portrait as a mirror of the subject’s personality and as a medium of identification has to be aesthetically questioned and recontextualized.
Starting with Robert Mapplethorpe’s formalist studio photography, Peter Hujar’s intimate pictures, and Nan Goldin’s visual diary, the exhibition explores the changes of portrait photography since 1980. Searching for beauty, authenticity, and a personal visual language, artists have since then developed an unconventional art of portraiture encompassing glamour and mise-en-scène, naturalism, snapshot, irony, and documentary objectivity. The selected works combine to form a panorama of today’s image of man, where icons of society appear next to unknown individuals.
Participating artists: Roger Ballen, Tina Barney, Valérie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Clegg & Guttmann, Anton Corbijn, Rineke Dijkstra, Amy Elkins, JH Engström, Bernhard Fuchs, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Luigi Gariglio, Anthony Gayton, Nan Goldin, Greg Gorman, Katy Grannan, Jitka Hanzlová, Peter Hujar, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Leo Kandl, Barbara Klemm, Gerhard Klocker, Andreas Mader, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hellen van Meene, Judith Joy Ross, Thomas Ruff, Stefano Scheda, Beat Streuli, Wolfgang Tillmans
Press images: please find attached
Opening: Thursday, 2 July, 2009, 7 p.m., hall 2
Introduction: Gerald Matt, director
On the exhibition: Peter Weiermair, curator
KUNSTHALLE wien, Vienna Austria
The Portrait. Photography as a Stage
From Robert Mapplethorpe to Nan Goldin
Curated by Peter Weiermair.
July 03 - October 18, 2009 -
When the history of photography began to unfold with portraiture in the nineteenth century, one’s own image was cause for astonishment, shock, and rapture. Since its discovery, the photographic medium has satisfied people’s desire for their likeness and largely replaced the more demanding and costly painting. Considering the new technologies available today, with which it has become possible to manipulate any image easily, inexpensively, and quickly and to change and improve the appearance of the human body as desired, the role of the portrait as a mirror of the subject’s personality and as a medium of identification has to be aesthetically questioned and recontextualized.
Starting with Robert Mapplethorpe’s formalist studio photography, Peter Hujar’s intimate pictures, and Nan Goldin’s visual diary, the exhibition explores the changes of portrait photography since 1980. Searching for beauty, authenticity, and a personal visual language, artists have since then developed an unconventional art of portraiture encompassing glamour and mise-en-scène, naturalism, snapshot, irony, and documentary objectivity. The selected works combine to form a panorama of today’s image of man, where icons of society appear next to unknown individuals.
Participating artists: Roger Ballen, Tina Barney, Valérie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Clegg & Guttmann, Anton Corbijn, Rineke Dijkstra, Amy Elkins, JH Engström, Bernhard Fuchs, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Luigi Gariglio, Anthony Gayton, Nan Goldin, Greg Gorman, Katy Grannan, Jitka Hanzlová, Peter Hujar, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Leo Kandl, Barbara Klemm, Gerhard Klocker, Andreas Mader, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hellen van Meene, Judith Joy Ross, Thomas Ruff, Stefano Scheda, Beat Streuli, Wolfgang Tillmans
Press images: please find attached
Opening: Thursday, 2 July, 2009, 7 p.m., hall 2
Introduction: Gerald Matt, director
On the exhibition: Peter Weiermair, curator
KUNSTHALLE wien, Vienna Austria
May News
Domesticated: Men and the Domestic Interior, curated by Al Miner.
Yolanda del Amo, Dru Donovan, Amy Elkins and Jamil Hellu
Tranformer Gallery, Washington DC: May 16- June 20, 2009
Domesticated: Men and the Domestic Interior, curated by Al Miner.
Yolanda del Amo, Dru Donovan, Amy Elkins and Jamil Hellu
Tranformer Gallery, Washington DC: May 16- June 20, 2009
February News
Aesthetics in Photo History Class Lecture- School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Aesthetics in Photo History Class Lecture- School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
January Exhibitions
The House Was Quiet And the World Was Calm, Curated by Christopher Y. Lew
Opening Reception Friday, January 23rd, from 6-8pm
January 23 - February 21, 2009
Artists: Robert Booras, Julia Chiang, Amy Elkins, Jeff Feld, Leslie Hewitt, Amy Kao, Marc André Robinson, Kiki Smith
Tina Kim Gallery
545 West 25th Street 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
The House Was Quiet And the World Was Calm, Curated by Christopher Y. Lew
Opening Reception Friday, January 23rd, from 6-8pm
January 23 - February 21, 2009
Artists: Robert Booras, Julia Chiang, Amy Elkins, Jeff Feld, Leslie Hewitt, Amy Kao, Marc André Robinson, Kiki Smith
Tina Kim Gallery
545 West 25th Street 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
December Exhibitions
December 03- December 07
Art Miami: Yancey Richardson Gallery Booth
The Miami Midtown Arts District
Miami, FL
December 11- January 24, 2009
Bare: curated by Jörg Colberg
Michael Mazzeo Gallery
New York, NY.
Artists: Rachael Dunville, Amy Elkins, Ethan Aaro Jones, Richard Learoyd, Jennifer Loeber, Hellen van Meene, Josh Quigley, Richard Renaldi, Jessica Roberts, Alec Soth, Shen Wei, Carmen Winant
Women in Photo Holiday Party
Daddy's 7pm till..
Brooklyn, NY. 11211
December 03- December 07
Art Miami: Yancey Richardson Gallery Booth
The Miami Midtown Arts District
Miami, FL
December 11- January 24, 2009
Bare: curated by Jörg Colberg
Michael Mazzeo Gallery
New York, NY.
Artists: Rachael Dunville, Amy Elkins, Ethan Aaro Jones, Richard Learoyd, Jennifer Loeber, Hellen van Meene, Josh Quigley, Richard Renaldi, Jessica Roberts, Alec Soth, Shen Wei, Carmen Winant
Women in Photo Holiday Party
Daddy's 7pm till..
Brooklyn, NY. 11211
November 2008 News
Third Annual Benefit Auction for CCNY
November 10th, 2008, 6:30-8:30 pm,
to be held at Calumet Photographic,
22 West 22nd Street
November 21, 2008, 7:30pm
'Unseen Photography Slideshow Night':
Backlit Gallery & Studios
Nottingham, England
Third Annual Benefit Auction for CCNY
November 10th, 2008, 6:30-8:30 pm,
to be held at Calumet Photographic,
22 West 22nd Street
November 21, 2008, 7:30pm
'Unseen Photography Slideshow Night':
Backlit Gallery & Studios
Nottingham, England
October 2008 News
Solo Show, YANCEY RICHARDSON - Project Gallery, NYC.
On View from Oct 23-Dec 6
Reception Oct 23rd, 6-8pm
Photo Symposium Class Lecture- School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Image published in Water Stone Review
Solo Show, YANCEY RICHARDSON - Project Gallery, NYC.
On View from Oct 23-Dec 6
Reception Oct 23rd, 6-8pm
Photo Symposium Class Lecture- School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Image published in Water Stone Review
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the careers of emerging fine art photographers by way of exhibition and
publishing opportunities, limited edition print sales, twice–annual artists grants
and educational programming. I am happy to announce my recent addition
to the limited print selection they offer at:
hafny.org.
Summer and Fall 2008 News
Solo Show, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China, Sept 2008
Women in Photography Panel Discussion with Elinor Carucci, Robin Schwartz
and the women behind wipnyc.org, Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips.
Aperture Gallery, Sept 30th, New York, NY
(Time to be announced)
NY Arts publication on Women in Photography, Fall issue 2008
The 2008 Alumni Society Auction Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC. Sept 12-20
Auction held on Sept 23rd, 6p-9p
CCNY Residency for the month of August
Regarding Intimacy Class Lecture- ICP, New York, NY. July 2008
Solo Show, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China, Sept 2008
Women in Photography Panel Discussion with Elinor Carucci, Robin Schwartz
and the women behind wipnyc.org, Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips.
Aperture Gallery, Sept 30th, New York, NY
(Time to be announced)
NY Arts publication on Women in Photography, Fall issue 2008
The 2008 Alumni Society Auction Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC. Sept 12-20
Auction held on Sept 23rd, 6p-9p
CCNY Residency for the month of August
Regarding Intimacy Class Lecture- ICP, New York, NY. July 2008
Spring 2008 News
CCNY- Residency Runner Up Award, 2008
Represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY 2008
Artist Talk- Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. April 2008
Photo Symposium Class Lecture- School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY. April 2008
2008 Exhibitions
31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. March 2008
(Untitled) u = ____ [a photographic group show], Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. January 2008
CCNY- Residency Runner Up Award, 2008
Represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY 2008
Artist Talk- Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. April 2008
Photo Symposium Class Lecture- School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY. April 2008
2008 Exhibitions
31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. March 2008
(Untitled) u = ____ [a photographic group show], Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. January 2008
2008 Publications
NY Arts Magazine: Jan/Feb Issue, 2008
Corduroy Magazine: Emerging Talent, Feb 2008
NY Arts Magazine: Jan/Feb Issue, 2008
Corduroy Magazine: Emerging Talent, Feb 2008
Exhibitions (2005-2007)
2007
Aqua Art: Wywood Fair, Miami, FL. December 2007
Degrees of Separation, PEER Gallery, NYC. July 2007
The New American Portrait, Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC. June 2007
Affordable Arts Fair, NYC. June 2007
The Mentor Show, The Visual Arts Gallery, NYC. March 2007
2006
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Pinned Up- New to the Neighborhood, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. December 2006
PIP International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China. September 2006
Young Artists Festival, Gallery Elsa, Heawoondeagu, Busan Korea. July 2006
Young Artists Festival, Gallery Gagopa, Heawoondong, Masan Korea. June 2006
2005
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Portraits, National Arts Club, NYC. June 2005
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2007
Aqua Art: Wywood Fair, Miami, FL. December 2007
Degrees of Separation, PEER Gallery, NYC. July 2007
The New American Portrait, Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC. June 2007
Affordable Arts Fair, NYC. June 2007
The Mentor Show, The Visual Arts Gallery, NYC. March 2007
2006
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Pinned Up- New to the Neighborhood, 3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. December 2006
PIP International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China. September 2006
Young Artists Festival, Gallery Elsa, Heawoondeagu, Busan Korea. July 2006
Young Artists Festival, Gallery Gagopa, Heawoondong, Masan Korea. June 2006
2005
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Portraits, National Arts Club, NYC. June 2005
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Publications
American Photo: Images of the Year Issue, New York, Jan/Feb 2007
EyeMazing Magazine: Featured portfolio, Amsterdam, February 2007
A Field Guide to the North American Family, an illustrated novella, April 2007
PDN: Annual, New York, May 2007
Dear Dave Magazine: Featured portrait work, New York, Launch issue, 2007
NY Times Magazine: Bronxville Story, Sept 2007
OUT: OUT100 issue, Oct 2007
POP Photo: Launch Issue, Nov 2007
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American Photo: Images of the Year Issue, New York, Jan/Feb 2007
EyeMazing Magazine: Featured portfolio, Amsterdam, February 2007
A Field Guide to the North American Family, an illustrated novella, April 2007
PDN: Annual, New York, May 2007
Dear Dave Magazine: Featured portrait work, New York, Launch issue, 2007
NY Times Magazine: Bronxville Story, Sept 2007
OUT: OUT100 issue, Oct 2007
POP Photo: Launch Issue, Nov 2007
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