jo babcock/the invented camera

Hi all,

I received a postcard in the mail from Jo Babcock, who's celebrating
the publication of a book called "The Invented Camera: Low Tech
Photography & Sculpture". There was an event last Thursday at the
Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland, CA---Dai, did you know about this
and go?--and there will be a book signing and party at the Pigman
Gallery, 72 Tehama, in San Francisco on Thursday, Nov 10 (6-8pm).
I teach on Thursday nights, but will try to go at the beginning and
report back to the list.

 "Repurposing a (usually) manufactured object aligns Babcock on
  the one hand, with Warhol and his Brillo boxes... but, in contrast
  to the Pop master, Babcock reintroduces his creations to the world
  as a new kind of functional object--a representation that now
  makes representations." (from the essay by Douglas R. Nickel,
  director for the Center for Creative Photography)

 "Resolutely low-tech but conceptually adroit, the images he produces
  have a raw, antique sometime "terrible" beauty." (from the
  introduction by Bill Berkson, poet, art critic, teacher, curator)

Nice image of Jo with his VW Van camera and a bit more info about
the book at http://jobabcock.com/book.htm

Cheers, Eric
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Received on Fri Oct 14 08:31:34 2005