preview: august 3-11
*SILENT AUCTION: august 12, 6-9pm
artists: Harvey Finkle, Tim Lynch, Steven Powers, Ray Abary, Melissa Farley, Anthony Smyrski, Amy Hodges, Squire Fox, Tim Wright, Sara Macel, Liz Ronk, Leslie Kroeger, Gael Abary, John Breiner, Marilee Sweeney, Ian Baguskas, Peter Goldman, Yuko Kitajima, John Francis Peters, Serge J-F. Levy, Kristen Merola, Natalie Avakian, Leigh Klonsky, Hugh Gran, Jonathan Hounshell and Michael Konrad. Susie Bergquist, Judy Glantzman, Patrick Maisano and Melinda Stickney-Gibson (not shown).
fundraising committee: Mark Webber, Leo Fitzpatrick, John Buffalo Mailer, James Ransone, Brendan Sexton III & William Upski Wimsatt
curators: Gael Abary & Liz Ronk
Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities
64 Grand Street, ground floor, SoHo, NYC
(between Wooster & West Broadway)
gallery hours: tues-sat 1-6pm
www.dactyl.org
all major credit cards accepted
your donations are tax-deductible
harvey finkle
click here to view works
silver gelatin prints
16" x 20"
minimum bid (each): $100
Harvey Finkle is a documentary photographer who has produced a substantial body of work concerned with social, political and cultural issues. His work has been extensively exhibited and published. Three books of his work have been published: "Urban Nomads", a documentation of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a poor people's movement emanating from the poorest neighborhood in Pennsylvania and evolving into a spearhead of human rights organizing throughout the nation; "Urban Mosaic: New Immigrants in America"; and "Readers". Finkle continues his long standing involvement with KWRU. His other longterm involvements include The Abolitionists (an anti death penalty movement), ADAPT (a disability rights organization) and Deaf Culture, at this specifically photgraphing in the Deaf-Blind community. His work has been exhibited in Museums and cultural institutions as well as universities, major libraries, churches and union halls.
tim lynch
not this...not this 0004-04, 2004
oil and gouache on paper
10" x 10"
Tim Lynch received a BFA from School Of Visual Arts 2001. Solo Exhibitions: 2004 Gallery Eleven50, Atlanta, GA; 2003 Bernar Venet Studio, New York, NY. Group Exhibitions: 2003 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, "Unframed First Look" curated by Ross Bleckler, Peter Halley and Sue Williams; 2002 Artist Space Gallery; 2002 Visual Arts Gallery; 2001 "On Six" curated by Lynton Wells. Collectors include: Stuart and Judy Schecter, Dionigi Cossu and Rebecca Cort
tim lynch
not this...not this 0002-04, 2004
oil and gouache on paper
10" x 10"
minimum bid: $300
tim lynch
man with child 0001-02, 2002
oil on canvas
50" x 50"
minimum bid: $1000
steven powers
untitled, 2004
mixed media
12" x 12" x 12"
Steve Powers is a West Philadelphia native that has lived and worked in Manhattan for 10 years. He has shown at Deitch Projects in the "Street Market" exhibition with Barry McGee and Todd James, and in the group exhibition "Session The Bowl". He currently has a solo show at Deitch Projects from June 25- August 7.
ray abary
untitled, 2002
oil on canvas
16" x 24"
Ray Abary was born 1980 in Philadelphia. He graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2002 with a BFA in illustration. His work was in the group show "Playful Drama" curated by Rachel Gugelberger at the SVA Eastside Gallery.
melissa farley
fire, 2004
archival digital print
11" x 17"
Melissa Farley is a 21 year old photography student who will be attending the School of Visual Arts in NYC in the fall. She has been studying photography for the past 6 years. She feels that her environment, experiences, and visual imagination are her inspiration for photography. Melissa is also the Co-Editor of WORK Magazine along with Tony Smyrski. For more of Melissa Farley's work, go to www.melissafarley.com.
anthony smyrski
front street, 2004
digital print
each 9" x 11"
Anthony Smryski is a visual artist and graphic designer. He is a Philadelphia native and was raised in the working class neighborhood of Port Richmond. He currently has a studio at Space 1026 in Philadelphia and works in digital and traditional mediums. He is co-editor of WORK Magazine (www.workmag.net) and recently had a solo installation show at Space 1026 entitled "Empty" as well as an installation piece for the "Sub-Urban" group show at the 1300 Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. More work can be found at www.tonysmyrski.com.
amy hodges
untitled, 1998
c-print
11" x 14"
Amy Hodges, a native of Aberdeen, Maryland holds a BA in photography from Virginia Intermont College. She has been living and working in New York since 1999 and is currently based out of Brooklyn. The work included in the auction is from a series she shot in 1998 while living in Baltimore. The series represents the various textures of inner city life and the subsequent deterioration unfolding daily.
squire fox
untitled, 2003
archival digital print
11" x 14"
Squire Fox is a New York based photographer originally from South Carolina. He received his BFA from the Savanah College of Art and Design. He is currently represented by Mary Dail at Big Leo Productions and is a regular contributer to magazines such as Glamour, Lucky, Martha Stewart Living, New York Magazine and Smart Money among others.
tim wright
kerr lake, north carolina, 2003
c-print
16" x 20"
Tim Wright, born 1974, was raised in Sonora, CA and began taking photographs at age thirteen with his fathers camera. After a brief stint at the San Francisco Art Institute he became a touring musician and throughout numerous cross country tours began to document the deserted and forgotten American roadside. The current series began in 2000 during a brief tour with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and most recently with The Eaves.
sara macel
man at the house of pies, houston TX 2003.
c-print.
11" x 14"
Sara Macel was born and raised in Spring, TX, a small town near the Houston city limits, in 1981. She received her B.A. in Photography and Imaging from New York University in 2003. While a student at NYU, she received the Tobias Award for her project titled "Kiss + Tell". Currently, she is the assistant and studio manager for Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson. Her work will be included in the "Unframed / First Look" show held at the Sean Kelly Gallery, NYC July 28-August 6. Sara Macel currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
liz ronk
fog, 2002
limited edition silver gelatin print, #2/3
11" x 14"
minimum bid: $200
Liz Ronk holds an MFA in Visual Culture from the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY and a BFA in Photography from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has spent the past 3 years shooting a documentary in Saratoga Springs NY, working on the backstretch of the Saratoga Racetrack. Her interest in countercultures goes back to her days as a skateboarder in the 1990s, documenting the surroundings of the downtown scene. Liz has exhibited nationally and has been featured in various publications including The Saratoga Special, The New York Thoroughbred Horseman's Association NewsLetter, and Dysfunctional. She is currently documenting the Backstretch Educational Program at Belmont in Elmont, Long Island and teaching a workshop at The National Musuem of Racing and Hall of Fame.
leslie kroeger
clarks point #1-3, 2002
gold-toned silver gelatin print
12" x 15" each
Leslie Kroeger holds an MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop and a BA from Suny College at Brockport. She lives and works in upstate New York. She is currently working on a series concerning Native American historical sites using historical documents that show original land claims. Her work is in the collections of private individuals.
gael abary
trista, 2000
mixed media on canvas
36" x 60"
Gael Abary is a NY based visual artist born in Philadelphia. She attended Parsons School of Design for metalsmithing and worked as an illustrator for six years. Her paintings have been featured in the film "Bomb the System". She is currently the Director of Art and Culture for the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign.
john breiner
untitled, 2003
spray paint, ink on paper
6 1/2" x 8 1/2"
John Breiner, born 1980 outside of Poughkeepsie, NY, received his degree in Illustration from the School Of Visual Arts. He has shown his work in the P.P.O.W. gallery and curated the Annual Grand Champions Forever art show. In the past few years he completed several large scale murals throughout the borough of Brooklyn as well as organized events for Room Service Productions and completed several Album Covers for various Hip Hop musicians.
marilee sweeney
untitled, 2004
mixed media on paper
16" x 13"
Marilee Sweeney is a painter and clothing designer based in Venice, California. Trained at Parsons in New York, she has her own clothing line, Ostinato (ostinatoclothing.com), and sponsors several woman atheletes, musicians, writers, painters, and b-girls. She looks to women bullfighters, skateboarders, and flamenco dancers for inspiration.
ian baguskas
undesirable (infected tree marked for removal & indoor ski-slope being disassembled), 2004
c-prints
each 30" x 30"
minimum bid: $500
Ian Baguskas, born 1977 in Philadelphia, received a BFA from Cooper Union. He is currently living and working as a photographer in New York. Selected exhibitions: Downtown Arts Festival at Macy's 34th St., NY, Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, NY, Tom and Jerry's, NY, Max Fish, NY. Collectors: Alvin Glass, James Drew, David M. Cox.
peter goldman
smoke detector from the series parallels, 2003
c-print
20" x 24"
Peter Goldman, a native of Australia received his BFA in photography from the Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology. He worked as a commercial photographer from 1993-2000 with clients such as Vogue Australia, Oyster Magazine and Pavement Magazine. The work included in the auction is from the series "parallels" which deals with scientific theory.
yuko kitajima
kitchen, 2002
c-print
11" x 14"
Yuko Kitajima is a photographer originally from Yuki, Japan. She came to New York in 1992 to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology and has been based here since. She had a solo show at the James Fuentes Gallery in New York, has been published in various Japanese magazines and her work can currently be seen in the art magazine, Arkitip. The photograph included in the auction is from a series about her small hometown outside of Tokyo.
john francis peters
untitled, 2003
silver gelatin print
20" x 24"
John Francis Peters holds a degree in Graphic Design from SVA in New York. While a student, he studied documentary photography with Meril Levin. He has worked as a designer for Def Jam Records and his work has appeared in The Village Voice, Fader Magazine, and Mass Appeal. In 2001 he had a solo show at The School of Visual Arts titled BQE which focused on the homeless community along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.
serge j-f. levy
untitled, 2004
c-print
16" x 20"
Serge was born and currently lives in New York City and works as a freelance fine art and magazine photographer. In November of 2004 Serge will have a solo-exhibit at the Leica Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. His work has also been featured in a solo exhibition at The Half King Gallery (NYC), The Gen Art Emerging Artists Show (NYC), and several other group exhibits in New York City. His photography has been published in the The New York Times Magazine, The London Sunday Times Magazine, Life Magazine, ESPN The Magazine and many others and is included in the collections of The Buhl Collection, The Museum of the City of New York, and several private collections. Serge is also member of the faculty at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City. You may view some of his work at www.sergelevy.com.
kristen merola
war bride #2, 2004
digital print
24" x 30"
Kristen Merola is a photographer and artist book maker who resides in Western New York. In May, she completed work on her Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Studies at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. July 19, 1969 is a new body of work that is part of an installation entitled Album that contains photographic prints, artist books and digital video. Her work is held in several public and private collections throughout the United States and is being exhibited this summer in Colorado and Virginia.
natalie avakian
space, 1998
silver gelatin print
16" x 20"
Natalie Avakian, a native of California and self-taught artist holds a BA in English from UC Berkley. Her clients as a photographer include Volkswagon, Virgin Records, MCA Records, FX Magazine and Whole Life Times. Her most recent work can be found at www.badassjackson.com where she expresses her story through images. music and performance.
leigh klonsky
brownsville: parents, 2002
mixed media collage
8" x 8"
Leigh Klonsky is an artist and designer working in Brooklyn. Born in Chicago, graduated with a BFA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, her work has been strongly influenced by her involvement in social justice movements. Her prints have been shown recently in Chicago as well as in the streets of Brooklyn. The piece shown here is part of a series inspired by the community control movement in Brooklyn and the resulting teachers strike of 1968.
hugh gran
liberation from above, 2002
limited edition indigo print, #4/25
11" x 17"
Hugh Gran, a native New Yorker and Parsons School of Design graduate received a BFA in Illustration in 1996. Since finishing school, he has worked primarily as a freelance artist/designer/photographer/ videographer. He has worked for independent news groups dedicated to reporting non corporate views of the news including Independent Media Center of NY, DCTV, FSTV, MNN and Konscious Media. He is currently teaching at Parsons while he continues his freelance work.
jonathan hounshell
grafton street, dublin—35 seconds between 7:12 and 7:13 p.m., 2004
photocopy transfer
30" x 10.5"
Jonathan Hounshell holds a BA from Virginia Intermont College and is working towards his MFA in Printmaking at East Tennessee State University (December 2004). He is currently an adjunct teacher at ETSU and his work can be seen in an upcoming one man exhibition, February 2005 at Virginia Intermont College. "Derived greatly from the eye of the camera, my artwork explores the intricacies of time and the specificity of place, the now and the historical, and how my experiences, especially in traveling the world, are like cogs in the larger mechanism of both personal and global history. My current series has an aesthetic link to the media of video but each piece is like a frozen echo of a moving moment trapped on paper." This is Jonathan's first appearance in a New York Gallery.
michael konrad
down and out, 2004
8" x 6" x 7"
spare change?, 2004
10" x 6" x 7"
concrete, used coffee cup
Michael Konrad was born in Essex County, New Jersey in 1979. He received his Bachelor’s degree in studio art from New York University in 2001. Drawing inspiration from the industrial landscapes of New York and New Jersey, his work has addressed issues related to traffic, construction, and the urban environment. His work has been exhibited in the United States and Europe. He currently lives and works in East Harlem in New York City.