UNLESS YOU WILL

Quiet tension

By: admin
08-12-2011
Callum Ross

I have thought long and hard about it, but I think I need a holiday. This will be the last post for a little while, while I go out for big walks, swim in the lake, renovate our kitchen, drink g&t’s in the sun and generally try not to sit at the computer and think about other artists projects. I need to dedicate some time to my own work again, without distractions and test out a couple of ideas which have been swirling in my head, but never made it to film. Who knows, I might even get inspired to repair all the broken links on this blog, so that our archive will showcase a whopping 400 posts. In the meantime I wish you all a happy festive season, stay happy and enjoy your break.

But before I go I would like to share the work of Callum Ross, an Australian artist. With “Mountain” he takes us to places with sincere connections, making the small moments we all experience visible. While we are exploring the calm landscapes, a quiet tension is gathering in the background, opening up questions of where to next and what will we find there.





New UYW issue online

By: admin
05-12-2011

19 issues, 24 months, 130 artists presented in UYW. Another 398 artists on the blog and numerous more through twitter and facebook. I know these are not big number, but I am very excited to have made it this far. I still have big dreams of where I would like to take UYW. Next year I would like to implement a few new ideas and hope to push those ventures we started this year a step closer to the exhibition line. Thank you very much for being part of our small family and a big hug to everyone. Without you, you and you, your niece, your brother, neighbor – the artists & the reader, UYW would not be possible.

I am very excited to be sharing this issue with Fabio Severo all the way from Rome. In June we decided to share the work of artists working with alternative methods in photography, so may I present:
Binh Danh
Beth Dow
Curtis Wehrfritz
David Ellingsen
Galina Kurlat
Jesseca Ferguson
Lisa Elmaleh
Oliver Möst
Artur Kowallick
Sylvia Ballhause

You can find the new issue here.

And while I have your attention, make sure to check out the book and artists on collect.give (book & website designed by yours truly) and if you wish to buy a Romano to go with your Beckly, Blaustein or Sher – hop over to the great Fraction holiday print sale.










Multiply the possibilities

By: admin
11-11-2011
Will Nolan

As you know – I admire a minimal aesthetic – simplicity, combined with a good idea and brilliantly executed. These days we often view work only online and miss out on the exhibitions and the presentation of the work, due to living in a different city/country. I think we all agree it is one thing to be able to see the images online, but it is something altogether different – to stand in front of the artwork/project itself. While I did not see Will Nolan’s group exhibition (just finished), at Full Spectrum, I was able to explore it online, by the installation photographs. The open space gallery looks amazing and the artwork is stunningly installed for an engaging experience. And while I was not there, I feel like I have gained a better understanding of Will’s work, then if I would only have viewed his online folio.





Emotional charge

By: admin
09-11-2011
Juan Margolles

When I first saw Juan Margolles “No man’s land” I was not aware that these were photos of Berlin, but after reading his statement I was surprised to learn that indeed they were. “No man’s land” focuses on the portion of land next to the Berlin wall – the “border strip”, also known as Death Row or no man’s land. Since 1961 to 1989, 136 people died trying to cross it. Once an exclusion military zone – with watchtowers, fences with alarms and barbed wire. These days, only minimal parts of that history remain.





Controlled chaos

By: admin
08-11-2011
Ruben Brulant

When I came upon Ruben Brulant’s “Primates” I was amazed at how controlled the wilderness can look. Everything looks perfect, every stone is where it should be and every piece of ice floating as if it belongs just there and no other place. Rubens figures only add to the vastness. How small did that person feel lying there, surrounded by thousands and thousands years of creation?





Strong sense of weather

By: admin
04-11-2011
Joakim Eskildsen

Danish photographer, Joakim Eskildsen has so many amazing projects a on his website, that it was hard to choose which one to show. You most likely know his images from The Roma Journeys and IChickenMoon that I went left field and selected some of his older work. In these images you can almost feel the wildness, the wind and the strong forces of nature.





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