Ori Gersht
Tel Aviv native and London resident Ori Gersht’s artwork is sometimes deeply personal, sometimes political, but always innovative. Three words: exploding floral arrangements. Working across multiple photographic mediums—from photos of the Golan Heights,
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David Horvitz
Photographer? Conceptual artist? Walking partner? It’s not easy to label Brooklynbased David Horvitz. With a MySpace headline that reads “fly a kite,” Horvitz seems intent on enjoying the world and bringing along anyone who cares to join him. For $1, he
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Benjamin Levy
While the papers say he’s based out of San Francisco—a Berkeley grad, no less—choreographer Benjamin Levy’s roots as a Persian Jew whose parents fled Iran during the revolution don’t make him your average soak-up-the-sun Californian. His work, which
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Jill Magid
Jill Magid wants to cozy up to society’s prickly pears. That’s why she’s working with the police, secret services, CCTV and forensic identification experts to find the “softness and intimacy of their technologies.” Magid has made love letters of
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Rachel Mason
There are traces of Gonzo journalism in Rachel Mason’s work. The Brooklyn-based artist recently chronicled the visual rhetoric employed by the main players in the 2008 primaries. Produced while she was following John Edwards and other Democratic candidates on
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Joey Roth
Quick—name the last teapot that created an international stir (and no, the Teapot Dome scandal doesn’t count). If you can answer that question, it’s almost guaranteed that you said Joey Roth’s Sorapot. The stunning streamlined glass and stainless steel
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Abe Rybeck
Under the supervision of founder and artistic director Abe Rybeck, Boston’s Theater Offensive has grown from an unruly gaggle of guerrilla artists to include the whole blinding spectrum that is queer culture. Drawing from the success of the United Fruit
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Robin Schwartz
If the image of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dangling his one-month old son near the mouth of a drooling croc still haunts you, photographer Robin Schwartz may not be your cup of tea. In a recent collection, Schwartz captures searingly sharp snapshots
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Agathe Snow
Agathe Snow could be considered a post-media artist. For her installation “No Need To Worry, the Apocalypse Has Already Happened,” she created a post-apocalyptic Manhattan refuge/bunker built inside the stomach of a model whale. Her other works, which have
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Sarah Walzer
Peres Projects gallery director Sarah Walzer was born and bred in Los Angeles and studied studio art at UCLA. Getting in at the ground level as an intern when the Chinatown gallery was in its flagship phase, she rose through the ranks, and Peres Projects took
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