Picture of the Week: Talia Greene

© Talia Greene

Please visit www.taliagreene.com to see more of Talia's innovative work.

Today: Reception for Nymphoto's Talia Greene

© Talia Greene

Talia Greene
Dis(order)
At Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts
200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
www.thedcca.org
Reception: Friday, December 4th 5pm-11pm

Revisit our interview with Talia by clicking here and also see her work at:

New Prints 2009/Autumn at International Print Center New York
October 30-December 12, 2009
www.ipcny.org

That show will also be travelling to the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University in Philadelphia, part of Philagrafika 2010
January 11 – February 13, 2010
www.philagrafika2010.org

Emergence at Bahdeebahdu in Philadelphia
March 9-April 3, 2010

Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC
August, 2010

A Conversation with Talia Greene

Entropy Filigree (III) © Talia Greene

Talia Greene has been a long-standing member of Nymphoto. She participated in our second group show and continues to make inspiring images today. Talia's work exudes a three dimensionality that seduces and encourages one to consider elements of texture. When contemplating her work, I want to reach out and touch it (or squash a bug with my finger) - it's a physical response that is so rarely experienced when looking at a two-dimensional, photographic image. It's truly refreshing work. We are therefore pleased to present this conversation with Talia.

Entropy Filigree (IV) © Talia Greene

Nymphoto: Tell us a little about yourself.

Talia Greene: I grew up in Berkeley, CA, with parents who very much encouraged my interest in art. I studied art, among other things, at Wesleyan University in Middletown CT, and later went to graduate school at Mills College. I have always made my best work, though, outside of school, and some of my best teachers have been my family and friends. In many ways, I have learned the most about art making from my husband, a philosopher. Now that I have a son, I look forward to discovering how his wonder with the world might affect my work as well.

Entropy Filigree © Talia Greene

NP: How did you discover photography and the arts?

TG: My parents are very supportive of the arts. I made art, and was surrounded by it, from an early age.

I didn't begin to explore photography in my own work until graduate school. There, I began to experiment with materials and object making, but soon found that photographing the objects and pairing them with other photographs was more interesting than the objects themselves.

In all of my recent work, I have used the scanner as the image-capturing device rather than a camera. I arrange materials directly on the scanner, or arrange them on another substrate to be scanned. For my wallpaper work I create the compositions from scanned images in Photoshop. I love the tactile, dimensional quality of the scanned image, but also the creative freedom that comes with digital printmaking.

Coiffed: A Typology of Entropic Variations (Sisters I-V) © Talia Greene

Coiffed: A Typology of Entropic Variations (Sisters IV) © Talia Greene

NP: Where do you find inspiration?

TG: Things strange, yet beautiful or sensual, and things in nature that remind me of the human body: I love fuzzy flower pods, just before the flowers come out, dead leaves that are transparent and veiny, wasps nests, and the web-like nests woven by caterpillars. I often look at the photographs of the 19th century naturalist Karl Blossfeldt, who also focused on the sensual aspects of his plant specimen.

Things full of tiny, precise details and patterns, such as Indian miniature paintings.

Things Victorian: I love 19th century vitrines in science museums. There is one in particular, at the science museum in London, which is very densely packed with moss-covered branches and butterflies. It reminds me of a painting by Walton Ford (an artist who is also inspired by 19th century naturalists) in which a massive flock of birds carries away a branch. I also love Annette Message's early piece in which she dresses a vitrine of bird specimen in hand knit sweaters.

Artwork and crafts that involve hair: Lorna Simpson's series - Wigs, Victorian hair flowers, Robert Gober's Untitled (Hairy Shoe).

Coiffed: A Typology of Entropic Variations (Manzer and Luck I-V) © Talia Greene

NP: How do your projects come about?

TG: Sometimes I have an idea in my head of what the work will be before I make it, though often the final piece evolves away from the original plan. Other times new work comes simply from playing with new materials. I will often focus on a theme, and make several related series that explore the idea.

My current body of work, Coiffed: A Typology of Entropic Variations, builds on a previous series of fly beards. It also is a part of a larger body of work exploring the themes of entropy and the juxtaposition of chaos and control. This particular piece also came out of a connection with a collector of cabinet cards, who generously loaned me some of his cards for this project.

Coiffed: A Typology of Entropic Variations (Globe I-V) © Talia Greene

Coiffed: A Typology of Entropic Variations (Globe IV) © Talia Greene

NP: What's next?

TG: I am working toward a solo show at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in the fall. I am expanding some current bodies of work, and am working on a wall installation involving my photo based wallpaper and screen-printing.

NP: Thank You!!

To see more of Talia's work, visit her website: www.taliagreene.com

Nymphoto: 2 Shows, 1 Book & 1 Call for Entries

UPDATE: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 7, 2009 11:59 PM!

The Nymphoto Collective is pleased to announce its first self-published book & the accompanying exhibit at Sasha Wolf Gallery.

"Nymphoto: Conversations Volume 1" is a collection of interviews (initially published as blog entries) with various women photographers in varying stages of their careers. The interviews reveal not just the work of the artist, but discuss the thought process involved in the creation of work. While some conversations are more revealing than others, they all expose the persona behind the work; they are all a brief glimpse into the minds and thoughts behind the art. In order to establish continuity, all of the questions in the interviews are in essence the same. General and non-specific, they allow the artist to determine how much of the process and self she wants to expose, lending her the power to dictate.

Accompanying the release of "Nymphoto: Conversations Volume 1" is the exhibit of the same title at Sasha Wolf Gallery in New York.

Nymphoto: Conversations Volume 1
Group Show III
Sasha Wolf Gallery
10 Leonard Street
New York, NY
May 6 – 20, 2009
Opening Reception: May 6, 6 – 8PM.

Work by Michele Abeles, Juliana Beasley, Rona Chang, Nina Buesing Corvallo, Candace Gottschalk, Jessica M. Kaufman, Klea McKenna, Michal Chelbin, Talia Greene, Maria Passarotti, Susana Raab, Emily Shur, Tema Stauffer, Jane Tam, Garie Waltzer & Jennifer Williams.


Nymphoto is equally excited to announce its 4th group show and the collective's first public call for entries.

Nymphoto Presents @ Sasha Wolf Gallery - Call for Entries

Nymphoto is looking for the best in female contemporary and emerging photography. Work will be curated by the core members of the collective in conjunction with highly respected curator and gallery owner Sasha Wolf. Works selected will be included in "Nymphoto Presents at Sasha Wolf Gallery" and be on view from May 23 to June 6, 2009. Sasha Wolf Gallery is located in lower Manhattan, conveniently located and easily accessible from both Chelsea and Dumbo, two of New York's artistic centers.

Nymphoto Presents @ Sasha Wolf Gallery
Group Show IV
10 Leonard Street
New York, NY
May 23-June 6, 2009
Opening Reception: May 28, 6-8 PM


Nymphoto is a collective of women in photography that provides a supportive community for (its) artists and strives to send a positive message to the creative world: We firmly believe in the power of community. Through "Conversations" we are able to expand our community by including new artists in each interview and present their work to our growing audience. The collective is a fusion of disciplines: the scholastic, the representative and the museum. The call for entries exhibit serves to expand on this idea and our growing community, and aims to encourage connections and discourse among female photographers. The efforts of the collective are directed to correct the gender imbalance that continues to prevail in today's (art) world.

Find the submissions guidelines at www.nymphoto.com.
(ed.) Submission Deadline extended until Tuesday April 7, 2009 11:59 PM EST
For more information, please contact Nymphoto at contact(at)nymphoto.com.

Talia Greene

Hopefully you can head up to Redhook in upstate New York to see the work of Margot Quan Knight this weekend . Or if you are in the Philadelphia area, head over to The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education to see the work of another talented Nymphoto member: Talia Greene.


H.Foster ©Talia Greene

Swarm
An exhibition at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

B.A. Bosaiya
K.T. Carney
Talia Greene
Lisa Murch
Richard Ryan
Matt Stemler
Rosalind Sutkowski

May 22- August 29, 2008
8480 Hagy's Mill Road
Philadelphia, PA 19128 (215) 482-7300
www.schuylkillcenter.org

Four Years Ago: Filtered

Four years ago Nymphoto's second show titled "Filtered" opened on Smith Street.


Filtered © Nymphoto