More Portraits!

From the series: Portraits 101

Each of these portraits was created from the first 101 images I found on Google when searching each subject's name. In Photoshop, I converted the individual jpegs to 1% opacity and layered them one upon the other until a kind of abstract and subtle "uber-portrait" emerged. The portraits are time-based since each Google search, done on a certain day, will always yield a unique result. The titles of the works include the date when I accessed the images that comprise each portrait.

Jesus 05.04.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

 

Adolph 06.07.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

  

 

John 05.05.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Kim 05.28.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Glenn 05.06.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

 

 

 

 

Kobe 05.27.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

 

 

 

 

Martin 05.07.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

  

 

Conan 05.21.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

 

 

 

 

Dalai 05.27.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

  

 

George 05.05.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

 

 

 

 

Andy 05.25.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

  

 

Mahmoud 05.07.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

 

 

 

 

Oprah 05.21.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 

New Work at the San Francisco Fine Art Fair

Please come to the San Francisco Fine Art Fair and see some of my new portraits. I'll have work at Catharine Clark Gallery, Booth #68.

Opening Preview Party, Thursday, May 20, 7pm - 9pm

Regular fair hours:

Friday, May 21, noon - 8pm
Saturday, May 22, 11am - 7pm
Sunday, May 23, 11am - 6pm

For more info:
http://www.sffineartfair.com/

Benedict (drawn by the hand of a young boy) 2010

Ink on paper

40" x 30"

New Work

From the series: Portraits 101

Each of these portraits was created from the first 101 images I found on Google when searching each subject's name. In Photoshop, I converted the individual jpegs to 1% opacity and layered them one upon the other until a kind of abstract and subtle "uber-portrait" emerged. The portraits are time-based since each Google search, done on a certain day, will always yield a unique result. The titles of the works include the date when I accessed the images that comprise each portrait.

Pope 04.28.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Britney 03.01.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Barack 03.02.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Sarah 04.11.10, 2010

archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum

48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Tiger 04.10.10, 2010
archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum
48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

Michael 03.01.10, 2010
archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum
48" x 48" unique work, one A/P

 Rush 04.28.10, 2010
archival pigment print on paper, mounted on aluminum
48" x 48" unique work, one A/P
 

Exhibition Review

Check out this online review by James Scarborough for the Los Angeles show, "In the Realm of the Lenses" at Stephen Cohen Gallery

 

Lecture, Sacramento

"Cash, Porn and Theft: How I Make My Art"
6pm, Thursday, March 18

 Ray Beldner, Incant, 2008, Cast plaster, paint, gold leaf, ink transfer, 16" x 32" x 54" 

Sixth Annual Festival of the Arts
California State University, Sacramento
March 17-20, 2010

Please join me!

Group Exhibition, New York

 

Ray Beldner, Hot Huge, 2004, pigment print, 48” x 45”

Catharine Clark Gallery has opened a new exhibition space in New York and they are inaugurating it with a group show called, The Drawing Room.

Coinciding with The Armory Show and PULSE New York, The Drawing Room will include works on paper by Ray Beldner, Adam Chapman, Anthony Discenza, Kara Maria, Jonathan Solo, Josephine Taylor, and Masami Teraoka. There will be additional sculptural projects by Ray Beldner, Walter Robinson and Packard Jennings.

There will also be several public and private events taking place from March 4 - 7, 2010:

Thursday, March 4
VIP: 6–10pm
Cocktail Preview

Friday, March 5
Public: 12–6pm
VIP: 8–10pm
Opening night cocktail party

Saturday, March 6
VIP Brunch: 10am–12pm
Public: 12–6pm

Sunday, March 7
Public: 10am–2pm

For more information, or to schedule an appointment outside of exhibition hours:
e: cc@cclarkgallery
p: (415) 399-1439 or (415) 519-1439.

www.cclarkgallery.com

Group Exhibition, Los Angeles

Ray Beldner, Old School, 2004, Archival pigment print on Somerset paper, 48” x 39", edition of 3 

 

This exhibition, guest curated by Tulsa Kinney and Paige Wery, Artillery Magazine's editor and publisher respectively, explores sexuality employed by artists using photography-based work. The artists listed alphabetically include: Ray Beldner, Kim Crum, Marta Edmisten, Gerald Förster, Gordon Magnin, Johnny Naked, Naida Osline, Christopher Russell, Austin Young and Carrie Yury.

"PHOTO ARTILLERY: In the Realm of the Lenses,"

Stephen Cohen Gallery

7358 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Runs January 15 through February 19, 2010