Tag: smoking

Fons Iannelli at Steven Kasher Gallery

After serving in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit during WWII, Fons Iannelli returned to the States to establish a successful career photographing for McCall’s, Life, Fortune and other magazines. Alongside striking images of naval life, and later photos of efficient housewives shot for commercial purposes, Iannelli’s scenes from his 1946 Kentucky Coal Miner series, now on view at Chelsea’s Steven Kasher Gallery reveal the difficult circumstances of family life in the mining community. (On view through August 11th).

Fons Iannelli, Boy Smoking Cigarette (from the Kentucky Coal Miner series), Harlan County, KY, vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1946, 10 ½ h x 10 ¼ w, 1946.

Amanda Nedham in ‘Frida Smoked’ at Invisible Exports

An ostrich, Asiatic black bear and other animals look to be constructed of cigarettes but have actually been crafted from Sculpey and acrylic by Amanda Nedham. A standout in Invisible Export’s group exhibition on the current cultural status of smoking, Nedham equates animals threatened by habitat loss with another endangered species – the smoker. (At Invisible Exports on the Lower East Side through June 19th).

Amanda Nedham, installation view in ‘Frida Smoked,’ sculptures in Sculpey and acrylic, 2016.
Amanda Nedham, installation view in ‘Frida Smoked,’ sculptures in Sculpey and acrylic, 2016.