Two New Exhibitions Include Photographs by John Coplans

I'm so pleased to let you know that John's work will be included in two upcoming exhibitions: ME at Ricco Maresca Gallery in New York City and Tyger, Tyger: Lynn Chadwick and the Art of Now at The Berman Museum in Pennsylvania.  If you're in New York City this fall, or near Philadelphia, I hope you'll be able to see these two engaging shows. --Amanda John Coplans at Ricco Maresca Gallery ME: Photographic Self Portraits Group Exhibition September 17, 2015--October 24, 2015 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17, 2015, 6-8pm ME presents a collection of 144 vintage and contemporary self-portraits, featuring works by Pierre Dubreuil, Constantin Brâncuși, Edward Steichen, André Kertész, Berenice Abbott, Weegee, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Francesca Woodman, Vivian Maier, Kaia Miller & Sara Salaway From the press release: "Not only can they bring down the powerful, caught in scandalous intrigue—Anthony Weiner, for one—but there are a number of stories about people who, in effect, fell off the cliff. The original self-lover, Narcissus, was so enthralled by his reflection in the water that he drew too close and drowned.There are also contemporary narcissi, like Xenia Ignatyeva, the 17-year-old Russian girl who lost her balance and tumbled off the side of a railway bridge, and 21-year old Oscar Otero Aguilar, from Mexico, who tried to take a selfie of himself posing with a gun and, well, you can work it out. Making and sending pictures of your lunch, your outfits and giant body parts: your boobs or package all plumped up… The world has gone mad; it’s the moral apocalypse. At least we will have the photographic evidence. Blame the Australians. Google tells us that the first use of “selfie” as a word came from down under a dozen years ago in an Internet forum. Further back, in 1839, we can credit Robert Cornelius for making a daguerreotype of himself, this was apparently one of the first images of any person, let alone a self-portrait. The process, for Mr. Cornelius, was so slow he could uncover the lens, run around to get into the picture and then go back to close it. Nowadays he could probably post it simultaneously.   In many respects, the original selfies were the amazing Photomatics: spontaneous photo booth snapshots in individual metal frames, especially popular between the World Wars. A remarkable collection of 144 of these works will be presented in ME. Photomatics originated from a contraption invented by Anatol Josepho (born Josephewitz in Siberia), who opened the “Photomaton” Studio on Broadway and 51st Street in 1925. "Within 20 years there were more than 30,000 booths in the United States alone, due largely to World War II soldiers exchanging photos with their loved ones,” writes Mark Bloch in From Behind the Curtain: A History of the Photobooth."   —© W.M. Hunt, 2015. For more information, please visit http://www.riccomaresca.com. Top: John Coplans, Back and Hands, 1984, Gelatin Silver Print, 24 x 20 in. Above: John Coplans, Interlocking Fingers No. 12, 1999, Gelatin Silver Print, 24 x 20 in. Ricco Maresca Gallery 529 West 20th Street. 3rd Floor New York, NY 10011 http://www.riccomaresca.com info@riccomaresca.com 212-627-4819 Gallery hours: 11am-6pm Tuesday – Saturday John Coplans at the Berman Museum of Art “Tyger, Tyger: Lynn Chadwick and the Art of Now” September 29-December 22, 2015 Opening Reception: October 17, 4:00-7:00 PM The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania presents an exhibition of works by British sculptor Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003) juxtaposed with drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs made by international contemporary artists, including David Altmejd, Nick Cave, John Coplans, Louise Despont, Anya Kielar, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, and Ruby Sky Stiler. The Berman Museum of Art 601 East Main Street Collegeville, PA 19426 610-409-3500 https://www.ursinus.edu/berman/ From top: John Coplans, Body Parts, No. 6, 2002, Gelatin Silver Print, 34.5 x 47 in. John Coplans, Body Parts, No. 9, 2002, Gelatin Silver Print, 34.5 x 47 in. Copyright © 2015 The John Coplans Trust, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because I thought you would be interested. Our mailing address is: The John Coplans Trust 5 Hanna Lane #5 Beacon, NY 12508