Image from Birth Piontek's Sub Rosa series

Bom dia collectors, especially to all of you in Brazil. 20x200 photographer, Fall 2007 Hot Shot and Ultra, Birthe Piontek is currently showing work at São Paulo's Galeria Leme in a group show, Portrait II. Selected images from Birthe's Sub Rosa series are up now through October 4th. The entire series was previously on view at Jen Bekman Gallery, and can be seen here.

Galeria Leme
Rua Agostinho Cantu, 88
São Paulo, Brazil

Birthe's edition print:
Untitled (from Sub Rosa)
Birthe's artist page at Jen Bekman Gallery
Birthe's site

Heaven Sent Brandy, 16" x 16", acrylic on birch panel, 2008 by Laura Levine

20x200 artist, Laura Levine, is part of a group show that opened this weekend at Copro-Nason Gallery in Los Angeles. Surely you remember Laura from our Ornithology summer group show at the gallery. This time around Laura switches her allegiance from things that fly to things that bark.

I cannot resist sharing another of her paintings with you:

Boo-Boo, 16" x 16", acrylic on birch panel, 2008 by Laura Levine

These are done so that the subject is rendered in life size, hence the title of the series Shown Actual Size. The show will be up through September 27th.

Two paws up!

The BLAB! Show
Copro-Nason Gallery
Bergamot Station, Bldg. # T-5
2525 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, CA

Laura's site
Laura's 20x200 edition prints:
Meadow Lark
Birds of the Pacific Northwest
Birds of the Rockies

This is the back of the painting that Jason Polan is showing at Jonathan LeVine

You don't need me to tell you that Jason Polan is hot shit because he is, by association, in the upcoming group show entitled Hot Shit. The Hot Shit show (that is fun to say out loud) will be opening Saturday September 6th at Jonathan LeVine Gallery.

Jason will be showing a painting that preserves hope and happiness:

The painting is of the moment before President Kennedy was assassinated. It is taken from frame 226 of the Zapruder film. I wanted to make my piece the last moment before things changed. I wanted everyone to still be happy. Jackie Kennedy is still waving at the people on the left of the car and President Kennedy is still smiling at the people on the right side of the car. It is sunny out and everyone is excited to see the President.

It's sunny out.

Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 W. 20th Street, 9E
New York, NY

Jason Polan's 20x200 editions:
Hand Project
Every Person in New York

Jason Polan's sites:
Jason Polan
The Drawing Project
The 53rd Street Biological Society

Image: Top Ten Records group show postcard

I went to graduate school in Rochester, New York, and had my thesis show at the Visual Studies Workshop, so I'm feeling a little nostalgic writing this post. Rochester is a wonderland of large, inexpensive places to live and is the birthplace of Kodak and Wegmans. Sometimes I wonder why I ever left.

20x200's Luke Strosnider is a Rochester resident who will be part of a group show opening September 5th at the Visual Studies Workshop. The show, Top Ten Records, was curated by Robyn York and is an installation of Polaroid Top Ten lists from an international cast of photographers. The show will remain on view through September 30th.

Rochester is lovely this time of year, so if you're in the mood for a road trip, count me in.

Visual Studies Workshop
Print Loft Gallery
31 Prince Street
Rochester, NY

Luke's 20x200 edition print: Every Chair At the Visual Studies Workshop
Luke's site
Luke's blog
Luke's other blog
Luke's flickr
Luke's other flickr