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‘Mono’. Pigmented ink print, 14″ x 14″, 2009.

Quick Italian lesson: ’studio’ means ‘I study’ (conjugated from ’studiare’). I’ve been trying to study as much as possible lately, but I feel my efforts have born little fruit. But a couple nuggets have emerged–for instance–I created a new site-specific piece at the Camera Club of New York. Parts of it are continually exposing throughout the course of the exhibition. It’s up until October 30th, but if you can’t make it–here’s a quick pic of what it looks like (nicely coupled with Dan Estabrook’s images on the left):

Installation view at the Camera Club of New York’s exhibition ‘First Impression’

I’ve also been working on some new work in my own studio—a new suite of prints titled ‘Ultra Violet‘, as well as a couple one-off’s (continuing my interest in the crossover between sound and vision):

Ultra Violet work prints on the walls of my studio–each print is 20″ x 20″

Are you an artist living and working in New York? Let’s arrange some studio visits!

I’m not sure what angle the ad-execs at J. Crew are trying to play, but for October’s 2009 J. Crew catalog, they’ve enlisted photographer Jason Schmidt to shoot artists modeling J. Crew garb. Included are the ever-fashionable Ryan McGinness, Chris Dorland, Lucien Smith, Vito Acconci, Glenn Ligon, Billy Sullivan, and most hilariously, Stephen Shore. PDN also chips in.

Untitled, 2008 © Michelle Kloehn

Just a heads-up that I’ll have a piece in the upcoming exhibition ‘First Impression’ at the Camera Club of New York. This would make my first public exhibition in New York City, pretty much within a year to-the-day of moving here. I installed my piece over the weekend and just saw the rest of the work today–it’s going to be a conceptually tight and visually stimulating show. Read the press release here.

The opening is this Wednesday, September 16th, from 6-8PM. The Camera Club is located at 336 W 37th Street, 2nd Floor. Come out, show your support, and be part of the art (part of my piece will be exposing throughout the course of the exhibition).

Also, there will be a panel discussion with the artists, the curator Michael Mazzeo, and Russell Lord, a Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The talk is at the School of Visual Arts Amphitheater on Tuesday, September 22nd, at 7PM. The admission is $10 for the general public (but I’ll buy you a beer afterwards)–otherwise get to work on your fake SVA student ID.

So, to recap, there are two dates you should be aware of:
* Wednesday, September 16th, 6-8PM @ Camera Club of New York (336 W 37th St) – First Impression exhibition opening
* Tuesday, September 22nd, 7PM @ School of Visual Arts Amphitheater (333 W 23rd St) – Panel discussion with artists, curator, and resident smart-guy