Painted Palms, California City, by Ian Baguskas, 2007 30×37.5″ C-print

Ian Baguskas was a Spring ‘06 Hot Shot, a 2007 Ultra, and his “Kamping Kabins” is available now at 20×200.

Sweet Water, Baguskas’ debut solo exhibition in New York City, is comprised of thirteen color photographs of failed oases of the American West. Please join us for the show’s opening tomorrow, Friday, March 21, from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sweet Water will remain on view at Jen Bekman Gallery through Saturday, April 26, 2008.

Baguskas is skilled at juxtaposing the refuse of habitats of modern aspirations with the vast land and otherwise open skies that those constructs interrupt. His images are quiet and still, non-snarky meditations on man’s remaking of nature. In Sweet Water, he captures development (and attempts at development) of the land, and also the subsequent decay of much of that development.

He says, “…This lifestyle was only temporary, ending when the aquifers were depleted and the water ran out.” He explores a dyed lake in Antelope Valley, 80,000 acres of desert known as the would-be Los Angeles of California City, Rincon Artificial Island and Pipeline in Ventura, and a tiny green driving range at the Silver Saddle River “resort.”

Ian Baguskas was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1977 and moved to New York to attend The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, where he received his BFA in 2000. Recently named a PDN 30, Baguskas was a nominee for the 2008 KLM Paul Huf Award. His Search for the American Landscape series was shown earlier this year in a three-person show at The Ice Box in Philadelphia, PA.

Sweet Water at Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street.
March 21 - April 26, 2008
Hours: Wednesday — Saturday, Noon – 6pm or by private appointment.

We just installed a new edition of jen@joe, our ongoing exhibitions at Joe locations in NYC. The 13th St location is now chock full of Hey, Hot Shot! photography.

Read up on the details over on Personism, or even better, go have a look yourself! Joe serves the finest brew in NYC (in my opinion and all that) and the work looks awesome. Joe is located at 9 East 13th Street between Fifth Avenue and University Place.

Wednesday night was a huge success! The show looks amazing, there was a great turnout, and all had a good time. If you were not able to make it out to the opening or you’re just dying to see the show again, do stop by this weekend and take a peek.

Saturday, the tables will turn. Please join us for a joe@jen event. See the good looking show, have some hot, delicious coffee provided by Joe (I’d venture to say the best in the city), and nibble on some tasty treats. We will also be open on Sunday, leaving you very few excusses to not come in and support the Fall 2006 Hot Shots. We’ll be seeing you soon.

Warm Your Toes Open House
Saturday December 16, 2006 | Noon - 3pm
Joe Coffee, tasty treats, and the work of 10 Hot artists––what more could you need?

Exhibition dates
Thursday - Sunday, December 14-17, 2006 from noon - 6pm.

jen bekman
6 Spring St (between Elizabeth + Bowery)
NYC 10012

jen’s hot shots @ joe on waverly

The work of Hey, Hot Shot! winners has been catching many a’ latte drinker’s eye at Joe of NYC. Not too long ago jen bekman partnered up with the hip hangout that is Joe – the art of coffee – to give and get exposure to some very talented photographers.

When I first stepped foot into Joe on 13th, not too long before I joined the jen bekman crew, I was shocked to see such excellent treatment of the walls. It’s a rare occasion to have coffee house art excite you just as much as your steamy caffeine fix…

So go see some excellent photography and enjoy the best cup of joe you’ve had in a while. In fact, I’m on my way there right now…

Visit both Joe locations – 9 East 13th St – 141 Waverly Place

It’s that time again - the deadline to enter the latest edition of Hey, Hot Shot! is upon us. The deadline for the Spring edition is next Monday, May 8 @ noon.

The competition has been getting lots of good play this week (and it’s barely Tuesday!) - first there was opening reception for jen@joe which features loads of excellent work from 2005 Hot Shots. You can see photos of the event over on Flickr: jen@joe Reception: Sunday April 30th.

Then, there’s that article in the May issue of Art in America that talks about jen bekman, leading into it with a description of Hey, Hot Shot! We’ve posted excerpts on the jb Blog, which you can read here: jb in Art in America’s May Issue.

Finally, yesterday evening, American Photo magazine posted an item on their website about the upcoming deadline: Hey, Hot Shot! Deadline Approaching. (But you knew that already, didn’t you?)

OK, so that’s the news, hot shot. Don’t delay: Apply Now!.

Tema Stauffer

Jen recently began a kind of collaboration with Jonathan Rubinstein, owner of Joe–a pair of New York coffee shops. Jen shows photographs from the gallery’s inventory at Joe on 13th Street, and will be showing work at Joe on Waverly Place shortly. The name of the collaboration is jen@joe. Awww.

Dylan Chatain Little Blue House

Jen’s currently showing work from previous Hot Shot winners (and former Hot Shot panelist Tema Stauffer), and there will be a reception to officially launch jen@joe on Sunday, April 30th, between 2 and 4 PM at 9 East 13th Street. The featured Hot Shots are:

Martin Amis
Dylan Chatain
Kelli Anderson
James Deavin
Joseph Holmes
Florianne de Lassee
Diane Meyer(her website, www.dianemeyer.net, is coming soon)
Youngna Park
Tema Stauffer
Matthew Tischler

Jen, Joe, and a number of the Hot Shots will be there. Come by. Ask questions. Ogle.

Joe
9 East 13th Street
between University Place and 5th Ave.
(That’s *this* Sunday (4/30) 2pm-4pm)