WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY opens a survey exhibit of his work:'WILIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005' at Aperture Gallery in Chelsea, July 6, 2006

'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

(up-close), 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005'. "Since the early 1960's, William Christenberry has plumbed the regional identity of the American South, focusing his attention primarily on Hale County, Alabama. ...[he is] widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of color photography". (press release) - Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005'. Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006 - "No piece of America has undergone so rapid a rise, high noon, and death as the rural Deep South. In a mere two hunded years, an entire civilization flourished and all but vanished. And no such spectacle has called forth a more eloquent witness and recorder than William Christenberry-eloquent and truthful and brilliantly witty." - REYNOLDS PRICE.

'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

'.. the Egg Carton Flower Maker', 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

.. egg carton flowers mark a grave, 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

.. one of the early Kodak BROWNIE camera black and white prints, 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture gallery, July 6, 2006

.. 'PURE', gasoline sign, vintage Kodachrome print, (KODAK BROWNIE camera) 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

.. early Kodachrome BROWNIE camera print, 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

.. vintage Kodachrome print, 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

.. vintage Kodachrome print, 'WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY Photographs: 1961-2005', Aperture Gallery, July 6, 2006

London-based Brit artist, FRENCH, with his work, at the opening of atm's summer group show, 'The Rest is Total Silence' - curated by TAKA KAWACHI, atm, July 6, 2006

FRENCH, in the summer group show, 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

FRENCH, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006 - the press release states that French says his work is: .. all the "side effects of listening to too much {heavy} metal music".

FRENCH, in the group show, 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006 - French designs skateboard decks for companies in Britain.

MAYA HAYUK, also in 'The Rest is Total Silence', curated by TAKA KAWACHI, atm, July 6, 2006

MAYA HAYUK showed a large wall piece of assembled wood paintings. 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

detail, MAYA HAYUK, in the group show, 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

detail, MAYA HAYUK, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

detail, MAYA HAYUK, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

detail, MAYA HAYUK, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

TOKYO-based KIYOSHI KURODA, one of his finely detailed paintings, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', curated by TAKA KAWACHI, atm, July 6, 2006

KIYOSHI KURODA, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

KIYOSHI KURODA, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

'A PIGSTY INDEED.', drawing by BRIAN DeGRAW, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', curated by TAKA KAWACHI, atm, July 6, 2006

'DON'T BE SO NEGATIVE.', BRIAN DeGRAW in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

'A PIGSTY INDEED.', BRIAN DeGRAW in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

drawing, BRIAN DeGRAW in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

drawing, BRIAN DeGRAW, in 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

BRIAN DeGRAW, taken in FALL 2003, at a performance by the RITA AKERMANN-led NYC band, ANGELBLOOD, at KENNY SCHACTER's old West Village space. BRIAN DeGRAW plays bass guitar for ANGELBLOOD, and is associated with many other NYC bands, notably GANG GANG DANCE & SAAB SONG with HARMONY KORINE. PHOTO BY: NANCY SMITH, NYC, Oct 12, 2003 - BRIAN DeGRAW's drawings were featured, and well-received, in the Summer 2006, TAKA KAWACHI curated group show, 'The Rest is Total Silence', at atm Gallery in Chelsea, NYC.

TAKA KAWACHI, at the opening of the Summer 2006 group show, 'The Rest is Total Silence', which he curated for Bill Brady at his atm Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, July 6, 006

from left, painters JAMES FRANKLIN and TAYLOR McKIMENS make the opening of 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm , July 6, 2006 - Taylor will open the FALL 2006 season for CLEMENTINE GALLERY. Franklin also shows at CLEMENTINE.

MATT CASSITY visiting from Kansas, celebrates with his pal FRENCH, at the opening of 'The Rest is Total Silence', atm, July 6, 2006

JESSICA CIOCCI, aka 1/3 of the artist collective - Paper Rad, opened a one woman show of her own. Called: 'P.E.A.C.E.', it opened at FOXY PRODUCTION, on July 6, 2006

JESSICA CIOCCI, with her proud parents, at the opening of her one woman show, 'P.E.A.CE.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

Jessica's friend, an artist with a (well deserved) cult-following of his own, ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT, at the opening of JESSICA CIOCCI's one woman show - 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

Jessica built a walk-in tent. JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

... Garfield !!, detail tent wall, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

... a little viewing area, inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail of a doll's head, inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

... another close-up inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

... save those Cabbage Patch dolls (they first came out .. ca. 1986-7), inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

... the floor inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, the floor inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, the floor inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

one of the interior walls, a corner inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, from a wall inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

detail, from a wall inside the tent, JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

Jessica produced a low-fi hand-out, titled: 'FREE "HIPPY" HAND OUT' for the show. JESSICA CIOCCI, 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006

... 'Pigs Everywhere Amaze Countless Enemies'
'Pigs Everywhere Aggravate City Engineers'
'Pigs Everywhere Are Chillin' Easily'
'Pigs Everywhere Avoid Canadian Establishments'
... some of the many P.E.A.C.E. offerings ..
JESSICA CIOCCI, 'FREE "HIPPY" HAND OUT' - 'P.E.A.C.E.', FOXY PRODUCTION, July 6, 2006