Sarah Schmerler » Contemporary Photography

Annette Kelm

sarah — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:49:28 +0000

Am loving the work of this artist. She has a show up now at Kreps in Chelsea.
Also shows at Marc Foxx in L.A.

"American Portrait" 2007

"Art Cara" 2007

Lives in Berlin. Very much about objects viewed in series. I sort of feel like her new work is where photography is going.

current show at Andrew Kreps, installation view

Untitled (Flower) 2010

Untitled (Cards) 2010

Photos don’t need to say things anymore. Photos need to do things.

(Images courtesy of Marc Foxx and Andrew Kreps galleries.)

Logrolling. 101.

sarah — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:39:29 +0000

This, from one of the best editors I’ve ever had, Jean Dykstra, in her November column.

Thanks, Jean.

I write a column for these guys, profiling important photo dealers.

I want to give a shoutout to one of the blogs that Jean recommends, The DLK Collection. Collector advocacy; it’s important. And DLK will let you get a bead on what photo collectors want to know when they walk into a show.

Contrasts: Is your life full of them?

sarah — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:05:34 +0000

On my way Uptown to finally take in the posh Hans P. Kraus Gallery show, psyched to see 5- and 6-digit photos from Photography’s Esteemed Past like this:

I got a little dose of reality, in the subway:

The 86th Street Subway Stop of the 6 Train

An ad-hoc contemporary photo show — well, digital printouts — but totally cohesive in content. All for sale, of course.
O-Bar (did I get the name right?) was the African-American artiste in attendance, and he gave me his story of why he makes the work. He was pretty ambitious in his outlook. But would have taken 35 bucks for one image.

I downed two champagne flutes full of Veurve Cliquot at the opening; chatted briefly with a Photo Curator from the Met (who has great taste and is fun to talk to); then went back down to that subway and rode it back to Brooklyn.
No upbeat postscripts here. Just that lingering Recession feeling that pretty much permeates everything I see these days.
The NYC photography market is what it is.
Whatever it is.
Well, at least it is.