Sons of Cain, written and directed by Keti Stamo, is set in a small village in northern Albania. In this place, time is suspended and the severe rules of an old code, Kanun, still dictate the life and death of the inhabitants.. (more…)
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Lauren Pisano
Photographer
Lauren was born and raised in Queens, New York. She studied photography at The School of Visual Arts in NYC. She currently lives in Altadena, CA with her husband and son, West. Her work has been shown in museums and galleries across the United States. Recently, work from her series, “Packaging Yourself” has been selected to be part of an upcoming show at Richard Saltoun Gallery in London and an image from her Quarantine series is on currently on view at The International Center of Photography in New York City.
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Quarantine
Since March 2020 I have been photographing myself and my family at home in CA. My main focus has been my son, West. As children often do, he has unabashedly been showing a wide range of emotions. Observing him has been a gauge of what we all have been collectively feeling. I’ve been photographing us, almost obsessively, as a way to come to terms with my own confusion and sense of loss. When I look back at the earlier work our life feels almost unrecognizable. I know that it felt as if we were existing on the cusp of a new way of life, but I can no longer distinguish the difference between what looks like hope and what is despair. The two seem to exist simultaneously as we take it day by day, putting one foot in front of the other.
Packaging Yourself
These are images from my ongoing self-portrait series illustrating the fashion “don’ts” John T. Molloy gives women in his 1977 book, “A Woman’s Dress for Success.” Under the guise of scientific research, Malloy instructs women on which outfits and accessories will “make or break” them in the professional world and beyond.
By photographing myself wearing the items that he warns against, I am drawing attention to the stiflingly sexist nature of not only this book, but the conversation which surrounds a woman’s appearance.
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Fred SandbackLong-term view
Using subtle methods and an economy of materials, Fred Sandback’s work creates striking perceptual effects in response to the surrounding architecture. (more…)
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Nan GoldinPhotographer
Nan Goldin is an American photographer known for her deeply personal and candid portraiture. Goldin’s images act as a visual autobiography documenting herself and those closest to her. (more…)
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Elmgreen & Dragset / Useless Bodies?Mar 31 – Aug 22, 2022
Spanning more than 3,000 square meters, Useless Bodies? is an exhibition by the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset and one of the most ambitious thematic investigations realized by Fondazione Prada to date. (more…)
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Robert Rauschenberg: Japanese ClayworksApr 8 – Jul 9, 2022
This comprehensive exhibition brings together rarely seen works from two of Robert Rauschenberg’s most innovative series. For a period of 15 years, Rauschenberg made several trips to Japan where he created ceramic artworks using a newly developed technique (more…)
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Doug Aitkenartist / filmmaker
Doug Aitken is an American artist and filmmaker. Defying definitions of genre, he explores every medium, from film and installations to architectural interventions. (more…)
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Emma PortnerDANCER / CHOREOGRAPHER
Dance is my life. It has kept me alive. Performance is a natural extension of it and through it. I’ve made my most cherished human connections. (more…)
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Hear You AthensPhotobook Publication
Hear You Athens is a series of 50 photographs and two letters, a correspondence between two friends, Georges Salameh and Alexandros Mistriotis. Their conversation, over the years, is summarized in this book. (more…)
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Mouse on Mars / Spatial JitterApr 9 – Sep 18, 2022
Mouse on Mars is one of Germany’s most eccentric and remarkable electronic music projects. With an anarchic hybrid sound swinging between uncontrolled chaos and meticulously arranged structures, Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner have created a unique musical idiom that nonetheless never settles into definite form (more…)
