Sonnenzimmer, the Chicago based art practice and studio of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi, was commissioned to further explore, through planar interventions, the destruction of my photographs from the Chemical Alterations series.
New Memories Video
Images and sound by Doug Fogelson
Video editing by Micah James Zayner
The Od Review
I am thrilled to be featured on Collier Brown and 21st Editions The Od Review blog!
Here is an excerpt:
“And while I know the best results are usually found in the tension between representation and abstraction, my mind is still pulled toward complete obliteration,” says Doug Fogelson.
Fogelson’s reflections recall for me a line from Wallace Stevens’ “Sunday Morning,” where death “strews the leaves / of sure obliteration on our paths,” and yet, she “makes the willows shiver in the sun / For maidens who were wont to sit and gaze / Upon the grass.”
I’m no maiden, alas—but do I sit and gaze at these photographs as if they were willows shivering in the sun? Yes I do. Yes I did. Yes I will.
And here is the link: https://theodreview.com/2016/10/01/issue-10-doug-fogelson-the-leaves-of-sure-obliteration/
Dark Mountain Gathering at Embercome
I recently attended a weekend retreat gathering in the UK for the followers of Dark Mountain. It was quite an interesting time, read my recap here:
https://environmentalcritique.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/dark-mountain-gathering/
Rule Breakers / Don't Take Pictures
I was happy to be a Rule Breaker and loved the words from Kyohei Abe, who is the Executive Director of the Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography and a cool photographer himself.
Guest Blogger
I was recently asked to write something as a guest blogger for the Artists and Climate Change website, here's the final result:
https://artistsandclimatechange.com/2016/07/05/we-plastic/
Visual Feature
THISISPAPER recently contacted me for a feature on the Potpourri series, here's the link:
http://thisispaper.com/doug-fogelson-potpourri/
Doug Fogelson: On Climate
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
June 12 - September 4, 2016
This solo exhibition brings together two of the artist's recent photographic projects. In Broken Cabinet Fogelson explores the compulsion to collect, document, and study diverse specimens while addressing the roles humans play in facilitating extinction. In Creative Destruction the artist chemically alters photographs of lush natural landscapes, an act that produces new forms and meanings, reflecting the impacts of climate change on the environment.
In addition to these two bodies of work, the artist will create a new, site-specific, outdoor installation.
Curated by Franck Mercurio
Gallery hours:
Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sundays 1 - 3 p.m. or by appointment.
http://www.brushwoodcenter.org/Programs/Art/ArtExhibitions/Fogelson.html
Camera - less
Group Exhibition at Richard Levy Gallery
June 4 - July 29
Gallery Reception: Saturday, June 18, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present Camera-less, a group exhibition including works by Thomas Barrow, Kate Breakey, Marco Breuer,Richard Caldicott, Caleb Charland, Doug Fogelson, Adam Fuss, Matt Gray, Lotte Jacobi, Glenn Kawabata, Jenna Kuiper, Leigh Anne Langwel,Klea McKenna, David Ondrik, Alison Rossiter, Thomas Ruff, Gayle Stevens, Dr. Dain Tasker, Pablo Zuleta Zahr, and others. These artists put the camera aside to explore avant-garde approaches in photographic image making. Light-sensitive paper is exposed to chemicals, wax, sparklers, X-rays, rain, flowers, digital processes, and a variety of other materials and methods. This exhibition shows a historical and contemporary sampling of techniques found in camera-less photography. Camera-less is part of PhotoSummer 2016 programming.
Historically, camera-less photography began as an experimentation and was used to record the physical world. Inspired by the X-ray machine, Dr. Dain Tasker began applying his knowledge of the this process to record flowers in the 1930s. Contemporary artist Klea McKenna makes photograms of raindrops to study rainfall patterns in different regions, and Leigh Anne Langwell uses sparklers and handmade glass objects to recreate a microscopic world.
Some of these artists employ an alchemist's approach to image making. German photographer Marco Breuer exposes silver-gelatin paper to heat and physical abrasion by burnishing, sanding, and scraping with razor blades. Allison Rossiter creates painterly abstract photograms by dipping and pouring different chemicals on expired photo paper from the 1940s, and Caleb Charland exposes light-sensitive paper to wax and lit matches.
A shared theme in this show is the notion of drawing with light. Albuquerque-based artist Jenna Kuiper uses a painterly approach to compose abstract still-lives in the darkroom using dodging and burning techniques to build her imagery. Chilean artist Pablo Zuleta Zahr arranges prismatic compositions manipulating photographic filters of magenta, cyan, and yellow on a scanner. Dusseldorf School legend Thomas Ruff also uses digital techniques to create colorful light abstractions. Thomas Barrow and Richard Caldicott visually describe the methodology of camera-less photography by including process information in their final presentations.
Exhibition Dates: June 4 - July 29, 2016
Gallery Reception: June 18, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com
http://levygallery.com/press_release/2016/cameraless_2.html
Minding Nature Journal
Minding Nature Journal
May 2016
Volume 9, Number 2
I am honored to have one of my images on the cover of the current Minding Nature Journal. Included inside is a lovely essay about my work by Allison Grant along with many other interesting articles pertinent to our times.
http://www.humansandnature.org/may-2016
http://www.humansandnature.org/doug-fogelson-the-earth-as-we-know-it (direct)
A nice Q & A:
I was recently photographed by Chester Alamo Costello for an ongoing project he is doing of Chicago's artists and he also interviewed me for the Comp Magazine, check it here:
Recently Published:
Creative Quarterly 100 Best of 2015
Chicago Transit Authority Public Art Collection
http://www.transitchicago.com/news_initiatives/art/69th.aspx
Recent Press:
Some recent press from the Creative Destruction exhibition at Sasha Wolf Gallery:
http://ny-photography-diary.com/review-doug-fogelson-at-sasha-wolf-gallery/
http://hifructose.com/2016/03/01/doug-fogelsons-vivid-chemically-altered-photographs-of-nature/
http://museemagazine.com/culture/art-out/doug-fogelson-sasha-wolf-gallery/
Creative Destruction: March 2nd - April 16th, 2016
Opening Reception: March 2nd, 6-8 p.m.
Sasha Wolf Gallery
70 Orchard Street
New York, NY
10002
Tel. 212-925-0025
info@sashawolf.com
http://sashawolf.com
Doug Fogelson Joins Sasha Wolf Gallery - Miami Projects Fair @ Art Basel
SASHA WOLF GALLERY at MIAMI PROJECT BOOTH H9
Return to Oblivion No. 10 © Doug Fogelson. From the series Chemical Alterations.
Sasha Wolf Gallery is excited to be heading back to Miami and this year we're doing two fairs, Miami Project and Art on Paper Miami. Both fairs open Tuesday, December 1st at The Deauville Beach Resort in the heart of Miami Beach. The co-located fairs will build on the resounding success of their previous editions.
"If you can only see one fair, make it Miami Project", said the Miami Herald of Miami Project 2014.
Now celebrating its fourth year as one of the most highly sought out venues for the acquisition of modern and contemporary art, Miami Project 2015 will present fifty top galleries from around the world and include a robust program of special projects installed throughout the grounds of The Deauville. Sasha Wolf gallery will be exhibiting large scale works by Doug Fogelson and Adam Katseff and some new, unique pieces by Caleb Charland.
Location:
Booth H9
The Deauville Beach Resort
Collins Ave at 67th St,
Miami Beach, FL
Preview:
Tuesday December 1, 2015
5:00pm to 10:00pm
Public Hours:
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015 - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 11:00am to 6:00pm
Exit Eden No. 10© Doug Fogelson. From the series Chemical Alterations.
We are pleased to announce that photographer Doug Fogelson has joined the gallery.
Doug Fogelson studied art and photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. His photographic manipulations are included in notable public and private collections such as The J. Paul Getty Center, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Cleveland Clinic, Palm Springs Art Museum and Elmhurst Art Museum. His work has featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and esteemed galleries and museums since 2004, including The Art Center, Illinois, Chicago Cultural Center, Walker Art Center, Chicago Urban Art Society, Linda Warren Projects, Kasher/Potamkin Gallery, The Arts Club of Chicago, Delta Institute and Museum Belvedere, Netherlands
He has been recognized by publications including Art News, Photo District News, Art Forum, and AfterImage, and has had work included in Harpers, Orion and New York: A Photographer's City (pub. Rizzoli, 2011). Additionally, Doug Fogelson founded Front Forty Press, an award-winning independent fine art publishing company, he has taught in the Photography Department of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and he is on the Board of Directors for Filter Photo Festival. He is an advocate for the fine arts and ecological sustainability, and he is currently based in Chicago.
Fogelson's first exhibition with Sasha Wolf Gallery will be on view from March 2, 2016.
Dirt (California No. 02) © Doug Fogelson. From the Photogram series .
STAY CONNECTED:
SASHA WOLF GALLERY
70 Orchard Street, LES, New York, NY
212.925.0025 info@sashawolf.com sashawolf.com
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 to 6 PM and by appointment
Cover Art for Zelienople's "Show Us The Fire"
I am honored to have provided an image for the cover of Zelienople's most recent album release, titled Show Us The Fire. Have a listen and read more about the band here:
Elmhurst Art Museum Biennial: Chicago Statements
DECEMBER 12, 2015 - FEBRUARY 21, 2016
Chicago artists have something to say. Taking on the role of cultural commentator, facilitator, advocate or activist, many artists in Chicago are actively engaged with their communities and the pressing and often highly-charged social issues of our day. Celebrating this artistic approach, Elmhurst Art Museum’s inaugural Biennial, Chicago Statements, provides nineteen artists with a wide-reaching public platform for their messages, their voices and their revelations that address imbalances of power, access and resources. Through drawings, sculpture, video, photography, text and documentation of public projects, the Biennial intends to raise awareness, encourage discussion and promote the power of individual and collective expression and healing.
Participants include Lise Haller Baggesen, Tom Burtonwood and Holly Holmes, Doug Fogelson, Maria Gaspar, Matthew Hoffman, Jesse Howard, Jenny Kendler, Kirsten Leenaars, Faheem Majeed, Billy McGuinness, Christopher Meerdo, Matt Morris, Cheryl Pope, John Preus, Alison Ruttan, Aram Han Sifuentes, Edra Soto and Amanda Williams. Topics explored by these artists include feminism and motherhood, new technologies, community building, race and power, gun violence, gentrification, poverty, war, environmentalism and immigration, among others.
Elmhurst Art Museum Biennial: Chicago Statements will fill the majority of the Museum’s building and will fittingly present Lise Haller Baggesen’s interactive installation Mothernism (a play on motherhood and modernism) in one wing of the Mies van der Rohe-designed McCormick House. Including a tent, silk banners, an audio component and a disco ball, Mothernism encourages conversations about identity, inclusiveness and art-making. Another participatory work includes Tom Burtonwood and Holly Holmes’ Copy Shop, an installation highlighting 3D scanning and printing and its transformative effect on object design and production. Jesse Howard’s new charcoal and watercolor portraits of African Americans and Kirsten Leenaars’ recent video #thisistomorrow respond to the current climate of violence, disenfranchisement and abuse of power and serve as a call to action to imagine a better future.
A lively roster of weekly public programs will include artist talks, performances, concerts, exhibition tours, a book discussion and unique workshops led by many of the Biennial artists, including Aram Han Sifuentes’ U.S. Citizenship Test Project, aimed at non-citizen immigrants to provide information about the process of gaining American citizenship and to sew samplers. Partnerships with schools and local institutions are also in the works. Elmhurst Art Museum Biennial: Chicago Statements is curated by EAM Chief Curator & Director of Public Programs Staci Boris.
Safelight Photographic Catalog
The Safelight Photographic Catalog is now available. High public demand for used analog photographic equipment (along with the boxes of said gear given to me by a friend departing the country, who got it from another photographer that had her father's old darkroom gear) necessitated the creation of this catalog. Divided into three sections of Paper & Film, Processing, and Darkroom the catalog showcases everything you need to do it the old way. Expired chemistry, film, and paper are on display as are the gear- even a few choice negatives found in the archive and one Kodachrome color portrait. Contact me for your copy today!
Designed by Russell Lord (http://optionl.net/)
Sunday EXPO Brunch at Broken Cabinet at Linda Warren Projects
Please join us for a morning mimosa and brunch at the gallery before you head over to Expo Chicago. Meet Doug Fogelson and Nina Rizzo and see their exhibitions "Broken Cabinet" and "You Are Here" (respectively).
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20th, 2015, 10:00 AM to12:00 PM
Linda Warren Projects
327 North Aberdeen Street
Suite 151
Chicago, IL 60607
Performance/Intervention at Expo Chicago NRDC Booth
PERFORMANCE/INTERVENTION AT EXPO CHICAGO "Water Works":
Water Works invites a select group of contemporary artists - Doug Fogelson, Jenny Kendler, Meg Leary, Aspen Mays, Linda Tegg, and Alex Wieder - to create ephemeral interventions at EXPO CHICAGO using water as their only resource. The series revolves around Water Light Graffiti, a digital surface that illuminates when touched by water. Created by Paris-based artist Antonin Fourneau, Water Light Graffiti merges the immediacy of street-art with the sophistication of digital technology and the movement of the cinematic screen.
Participating artists will use the surface of Water Light Graffiti as inspiration to showcase their unique perspectives. The resulting Water Works will trigger creative dialogue and encourage viewers to reflect upon the importance of art, technology, and the natural world in contemporary culture.
Curated by Giovanni Aloi and Elizabeth Corr, this special series is sponsored by the Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an international nonprofit environmental organization committed to raising awareness about the environment through robust interdisciplinary partnerships.
Doug Fogelson and Alex Weider "Set My Bow"
The rainbow is a much-loved symbol among many cultures. It is a meteorological phenomenon of light refracting/reflecting through water droplets in a spectrum of colors made visible to the naked eye. Fogelson and Wieder reference the rainbow arc and its relationships from the current anthropogenic era of "peak water." Working with the water activated LED lights created by Fourneau, the artists use stencils and gels to create patterns that foster consideration of the ephemeral.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2015 3:00 PM
EXPO Chicago / NAVY PIER
NRDC Booth #104
600 East Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611