© Jaime Permuth, 2023
Set in Guatemala, a country utterly torn-apart by violence, El Sistema is a photographic document of symphonic youth orchestras and how the fellowship and discipline of learning classical music brings hope, self-esteem and the joy of culture to the lives of thousands of children who so desperately need it.
I am thrilled that a selection of 25 images from the project will be on view in Seoul, Korea as part of the Suwon International Photo Festival.
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So nice to see "Harlem Perspectives" at Faction Art Projects listed with one of my images. Exhibition closes May 13th!
A great night in Harlem: extraordinary art, stimulating conversations, and four works from my series The Street Becomes on view as part of "Harlem Perspectives" at Faction Art Projects.
Every family has traditions that define it. In the case of my own, we love books, long walks and photographic machines. When I was ten, my father Mario gave me my first camera and very thoroughly initiated me in the art and practice of photography. My younger brother Igal was next.
It is with deep emotion and great excitement that Mario, Igal and myself are now set to take over the Contemporary Art wing of the Museum of Modern Art in Guatemala with a three-person show, which opens on April 5th. The exhibition is titled "Máscaras, Rumores y Otros Vuelos" (Masks, Rumors and Other Flights).
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Todas las familias cuentan con tradiciones propias que las definen. En nuestro caso, amamos buenas lecturas, largas caminatas y máquinas fotográficas. A la edad de diez años, Mario mi padre, me entregó mi primera cámara y con gran esmero me inició en el arte y práctica de la fotografía. Luego siguió mi hermano menor Igal.
Es con gran emoción que Mario, Igal y yo nos preparamos para inaugurar una muestra conjunta en el Museo de Arte Moderno en Guatemala. La misma se titula "Máscaras, Rumores y Otros Vuelos" e inaugura el 5 de abril. Esperamos nos puedan acompañar esa noche.
In April 2018, the Museum of Modern Art in Guatemala will host the exhibition "Máscaras, rumores y otros vuelos" (Masks, Rumors and Other Flights), which brings together recent works by myself, my younger brother Igal and our father Mario. In the past decade, the three of us have collaborated on joint books and exhibitions, including Re-trato de familia and Tarzán López.
The exhibition will feature works from my series "The Street Becomes"; Igal is represented by works from "El Color Prohibido" (The Forbidden Color); and Mario by a series of color abstractions inspired by Guatemalan flora and fauna.
Stay tuned for updates in the coming months!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that El Museo del Barrio has acquired four images from my series, The Street Becomes for its Permanent Collection. The series had its debut exhibition at El Museo in 2017 as part of "nasty women / bad hombres" and the first Uptown Triennial organized by Columbia University.
I have a long history of collaborating with El Museo and enjoying their richly stimulatiing programs and community. I am truly honored to be a part of their Collection.
Another blustery day in New York.
My students and I sought refuge and inspiration at the Metropolitan Museum. But before heading out, we spent some time studying and discussing the works of Elliott Erwitt, Matthew Pillsbury and Mitchell Hartman.
This is one of my favorite moments from our visit, at the Michelangelo exhibition, which by the way, is breathtaking -
My latest project "The Street Becomes" gets its debut exhibition at El Museo del Barrio opening June 13th.
The project is a meditation on how the urban street is transformed in times of war and peace.
Twelve images from the series are featured in the exhibition "nasty women / bad hombres" curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado.
Would love to see you there!
The exhibition "Confluencias" celebrating 10 years of Trasatlantica PhotoEspaña opened last night in São Paulo's SESC Vila Mariana. Proud to have images from my series YONKEROS included. Photos courtesy of my Guatemalan friend and colleague Luis Milian - whose work is also featured in the show.
Elin Spring wrote a thoughtful and beautifully written review of my YONKEROS exhibition at the New England School of Photography.
Today I had a chance to view Pieter Hugo's "1994" exhibition at Yossi Milo Gallery. The title references the year of the Rwandan genocide. Hugo photographed children born after that year. In many cases they are posed directly seated or reclining on the ground. Overall, the portraits come across as tender and hopeful, and yet there is an ominous quality to them as well. The clothing worn by the children can have a jarring and surreal effect; the ground enshrouds them like an open grave.
As I viewed these incredible portraits I couldn't help superimposing them onto another set of images: Gilles Peress' iconic document of the tragic events of 1994, which I printed repeatedly for his exhibitions when I worked for him in 1996/7.
I hope the future has better things in store for these kids than the past did for the previous generation.
One of my photographs from Cuba is included in this year's ArtBridge Benefit Auction. Also available, are wonderful works by some very esteemed colleagues and friends, Manjari Sharma, Stephen Mallon, Richard Renaldi. Irina Rozovsky, Jennifer McClure, Richard Tuschman,and Phil Toledano!
Bid here: https://paddle8.com/work/jaime-permuth/66926-untitled-cuba
On Friday March 6th, I was invited to speak about my artistic practice as part of a panel discussion of Contemporary Art from Guatemala organized by the New School, Ciudad de la Imaginación and presented in conjunction with Independent Curators International. My fellow panelist were Jessica Kaire, Terike Hapooja and Nitin Sawhney. Curator María del Carmen Carrión moderated the conversation.
The conversation was live streamed and a videocast of the same can be found here.
There are millions upon millions of photographs in the vaults of the Smithsonian. This week however, I'm expanding my search to the National Archives in Maryland. Counterintuitive? Perhaps. I mean, I could spend the next year researching and never leave DC! But as an artist you gotta trust your instincts.
One thing is for sure: my Fellowship at SI is as complex, fascinating and challenging as I hoped it would be.
Next week Friday, my wife, Hye-Ryoung Min and I are packing matching bags for our twin Artist Residencies at the Foto Visura Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. Can't wait to work closely with the expert eyes of Adriana Teresa Letorney and Graham Letorney! Posting a recent landscape from each of us: on the left side a Korean landscape by HRM and on the right one of mine from my most recent trip to Guatemala.
