Posts Tagged ‘kaufman’

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Joan Kaufman featured in the National Post and Now Magazine

Congratulations to artist Joan Kaufman on her recent press coverage in both the National Post and Now Magazine for her “Suspended” Series. This series is featured in two shows for the Contact photography festival, both as part of Illusion, Transformation, Creating the Impossible at Lonsdale Gallery as well as a solo show at Red Head Gallery in the 401 Richmond Art Centre.

For full copies of these articles, please click the following links:

Globe and Mail review: http://joankaufman.com/pdfs/dault_09.pdf

NOW review: http://joankaufman.com/pdfs/schechter.pdf

Joan Kaufman will be giving an artist’s talk at Lonsdale Gallery on Saturday, May 23rd from 2-4pm. Contact Festival programing will continue at Lonsdale Gallery until Sunday, May 31st.

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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Illusion, Transformation, Creating the Impossible

Artists Joan Kaufman, William Mokrynski, Mabel Odessey and Ilan Wolff use photography as a means of constructing still and moving images, for illustrating the fantastic and the bizarre. While photography has been viewed historically as a means of documentation, using a variety of technologies, these artists alter their subjects through photo manipulation, digital processes, or simple multiple pinholes to invent new realities.

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Contact 2009: Illusion, Transformation, Creating the Impossible

April 30 – May 31, 2009
Artist’s Talk: Saturday May 23, 2-4 pm

Joan Kaufman
William Mokrynski
Mabel Odessey
Ilan Wolff

The focus of this year’s Contact Photography Festival is Still Revolution, an attempt to address ideas of conceptual and technological advancements in photography. Since it’s conception, Lonsdale Gallery has strived to give representation to photographers who stretch the boundaries of their media through new processes as well as embracing and reviving obscure or obsolete technologies. As a response to this year’s theme we are proud to present Illusion, Transformation, Creating the Impossible.

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Saturday, May 1st, 2004

Joan Kaufman: Floatation Devices

MAY 1-22, 2004

JOAN KAUFMAN -In the Project Room-

Landscape is a subtle yet powerful element, which is inextricably bound with the way we live our urban lives. Landscape is not just the geographical terrain and location but also the combination of the climatic conditions and the architectural icons we reference. These international photographers give us a view of their worlds from Paris to New York from the garden to the river from private to imaginary spaces.

Joan Kaufman’s large-scale images construct a reality set in the stage of ancient baths. Kaufman depicts a lone figure teetering on the edge of the unknown and unpredictable.

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