if cool, calm and collected didn't work out... let loose and have a WiLd time in 2013! hapPy nEw  yeAr! all the best from anna&steve at spring

specially priced signed original Nina Bovasso for only $50!

linked to (present) at spring we are happy to offer this signed print by Nina Bovasso for only $50. This is a great piece - printed by Kayrock in an edition of 500 - going fast 

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Nina Bovasso     3 color screenprint 8½" x 11" 

DECEMBER / JANUARY 2013

spring is happy to present selected work by these 3 talented artists

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ASIA SOCIETY of ARTS - OTHER WORLDS 11.10.12 - 11.18.12

opening reception at spring: saturday November 10th 6.30 - 9.30pm

Asian Society of Arts (ASA) has invited Bonnie Sue Stein and Karen Hatch of GOH Productions to curate OTHER WORLDS, a show of photography and motion graphic designers and animators. Nine artists have been selected from the membership of ASA for the varying points of view displayed in their work. Photography in the show ranges from stark black and white surreal landscapes to family portraits; and the animation from fantasy to social commentary. The worlds portrayed are sometimes familiar or commonplace, and sometimes fantastic, but always compelling for what the artists portray through their keen observation.

MASATO ONODA

                                                                                                     

ASA is a non-profit organization established by Koji EL Kamada in 2003 for the purpose of supporting immigrant artists primarily from Asia to establish their careers in the USA. ASA supports a broad range of artists, including visual artists, performing artists, multi-disciplinary artists, graphic designers, animation artists, jewelry and accessories designers, set and lighting designers, photographers, and culinary artists. Annually, ASA presents exhibitions to showcase the work of artists approved by the ASA Board, with guest curators. ASA
GOH Productions, established in 1982, is a non-profit arts services organization based in New York City, creating and producing local, national and international projects in visual art, performance, dance, music and theater. 

ITALIAN CONNECTION PT 2

COFFEE! 

the best coffee (courtesy of MOGI - a selection of prestigious coffee coming from Central-Southern America and Africa. Sugars are caramelized by a slow roasting process thus exalting the fragrance and aroma. It is a full-bodied and creamy coffee. Harmonious flavor. Of the highest quality with a low level caffeine) using the coolest espresso machine by ROCKET from Milan

The Rocket 58 is a dual boiler espresso machine featuring PID temperature control, full commercial rotary pump. Independently operating dual boilers and superior thermo siphon system design allows for unprecedented stability in the espresso boiler with increased levels of both steam pressure and hot water supply available from the independent service boiler.

italian openings

Anna at the Pio Manzù opening at spring with show organizer Giacomo Cavalleri and iconoclastic designer Gaetano Pesce

THE ITALIAN CONNECTION

A taste of classic 60's Italian design - A chance to discover, admire, mingle and shop at  springOCTOBER 17th & 19th 2012, 6-9pm

Giacomo Manzoni and Giacomo Cavalleri present an exhibition of the work of great Italian designer Pio Manzù with selected pieces produced by Alessi, Alias, Flos, Kartell and Manzoni Design.
plastic briefcase
based on a 1965 design by Pio Manzù, the briefcases were initially designed as a promotional material for Fiat sales reps, today re-thought by Giacomo Manzoni. Made from a single mold with a 95% polystyrene/plastic and comes in the black, white and red. 

OPENING - 28th SEPTEMBER 6-9pm

JOIN US FOR THE OPENING of LIVINGarrangements 

to coincide with the start of the DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL  Sept 28th/29th/30th

we have been very pleased with the positive response to our juried show -  the level of entries has been very high. After careful review of all submissions by our guest judge Debra Klomp Ching, we are happy to announce the selected photographers whose work presents both varied and interesting interpretations of LIVINGarrangements and who will be exhibited at spring from September 28th - October 13th

mujerducha©Paula Ospina, from the mujercasa series

Amy Eckert

Natalie Krick

Douglas Ljungkvist

Elena Lyakir

Paula Ospina

Alejandra Regalado

Niv Rozenberg

Sarah Szwajkos

Alic Trossman

Susan Walsh

Dawn Whitmore

thanks and congratulations!

are we there yet?

Steve's abstract landscape viewing paintings are making an appearance at 

SUPERFINE, our neighbors on Front St

 Steve Butcher. untitled viewing - pigment dispersion on canvas 24"x36" 2011 
see more at sbutcher.com

UPCOMING SHOW SEPTEMBER 28TH

LIVINGarrangements 2012 photography exhibition juried by the directors of spring along with the highly esteemed gallerist Debra Klomp Ching of Klompching Gallery in New York.

Selected photographers will be included in a 2-week exhibition at spring which coincides with the prestigious DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL, September 28th/ 29th/ 30th 2012 The festival attracts 200,000 visitors over three days of special exhibitions, performances and open studios.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTRIES! selection process is underway
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

XOfocus is here for you

hello friends of spring we are excited to introduce XOfocus a fun game,  AND  an exciting photographic challenge on iTunes: XOfocus download the app - it's only 99¢ start playing read all about it at XOfocus.com  like us on facebook  we look forward to reading your RAVE reviews! (go to the app store, to your purchased apps, scroll down,click on the ratings bit and write a review) thanks to Michel for making it! XOfocus is a photographic challenge based on the time tested classic Naughts & Crosses (or Tic Tac Toe). The visually stimulating 24 game tiles that are included are not only fun and interesting but point to new ways to look at things. It is a great game and even more, it becomes a scavenger hunt where players can be actively involved by using the built in camera to take their own photos of Xs and Os which can be scaled, rotated and cropped to make new game tiles. keep posted for news from spring

teenagers on TIME magazine's LIGHTBOX

 LIGHTBOX  - TIME magazine 's photo tumblr has picked up on our show - congratulations Robin!

Izi Schunick, age 18

CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND

Peer pressure is the hardest thing about being a teenager, Some people might say that I’m the peer pressure one… when I was younger I was like, “Come on let’s do this, let’s go do this.” Now that I’ve gotten older everybody’s into more drugs and everything. And they’re like, “Come on,” and I’m like, why did I do that when I was younger, make people do something they didn’t want to do?

Like with Ecstasy, I didn’t want to do it at first ‘cause I heard it could kill you and everything, but my friend she did ‘em and she was like, “Come on, ya got to do ‘em.” So I did. I’ve snorted heroin (that made me feel really bad), snorted Ritalin, done coke for like three months nonstop. And then I realized I needed to stop–I made myself stop. There’s one drug I will do again and that’s acid. I love that drug.

I’d say my fantasy future life is like everybody else’s. Have a big house, lots of cars, be able to just stop everything I’m doing and take a cruise for like a whole year, around the world or something. 

In reality, in the future I’ll probably have a steady job, probably have my own apartment but things will probably be very, very ghetto. Like, how we describe ghetto here is Oodles of Noodles. You have Oodles of Noodles and Kool Aid. That’s it, that’s about all. This is just how it sets in around here. If you stay here, you know for a fact, coming from where I grew up you will have a ghetto apartment..

The biggest thing that changed my life was when I dropped out of school in tenth grade… If I was in school it would be so much easier to get into college and get the grants and the scholarships; so much easier than now. 

© Robin Bowman

Text excerpt from pg. 124; It’s Complicated: The American Teenager/Umbrage Editions

NEW SHOW at spring

IT'S COMPLICATED: the American teenager

Portraits and interviews by 
Robin Bowman

extended to the end of June, 2012 
Opening reception and book signing: Friday, May 18tht    6-9 pm

spring is pleased to present IT'S COMPLICATED: The American Teenager - an exhibition of selected photographs and interviews from Robin Bowman’s highly acclaimed project.

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In July of 2001, Robin Bowman set out on the first of eight car trips that would eventually take place over five years. She drove 21,731 miles across the nation, met thousands of people, and formally photographed and interviewed 419 teenagers. These searing and intimate contemporary photographs, presented alongside the young people’s own voices of passion, pride, embarrassment, lust, dread, pain, anxiety, instability and rage, are drawn together in her award-winning book It’s Complicated: The American Teenager which charts the coming of age of the largest generation in U.S. history.

The book was honored as the Best Photography Book of 2008 by the Independent Book Publishers Awards and was named as one of the top ten books for young people by YALSA, a division of the American Library Association. The project was featured on The Today Show, NPR’s “All Things Considered”, Channel One News, The Boston Globe, and excerpted in Photo District News. The New York Public Library purchased the entire collection of portraits and transcripts in 2008 and Stephen Pinson, curator of photography at the NYPL, compared Bowman’s collection to the Depression Era documentary work of the legendary WPA and FSA. MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer-prize winning author Kate Boo writes that Bowman’s “camera seems to listen, and the faces she captures with it sing.”

end of show soiree 21st April 5-9pm

JOIN US FOR TANYA'S END OF SHOW PARTY

Tanya Rynd has been a friend of spring for many years and we are happy to present a selection of paintings and prints from 1995-2011. Rynd speaks directly to the human psyche, referring to her paintings as "the unspoken stories – love letters to the world and to myself."

show dates March 15th - April 22nd

link to show

pots! January 2012

we have a full line of La Chamba in at the moment - now is the chance to get one of these amazing Colombian black clay pots to make your winter soups, stews and beans. Great for cooking or serving/presentation. Cooking (stovetop or oven) with the clay dishes adds subtle earthy nuances lacking in metal.
everybody's favorite!

MMXII!

have a coool, calm and collected 2o12  

do it in style!
all the best from Anna and Steve at spring