Kodak’s recent news was a reminder of the changes and difficult times that we face in the photographic community. Kodak, after 132 years of innovation and market dominance, fell and filed for bankruptcy protection. Kodak, an American institution and household name, was unable to change quickly enough and monetize key digital assets. Despite having inventing the digital camera they could not keep up with the changing marketplace and fast paced competition.

Sonic boom, are the two words used to describe Matt Jones paintings and Guile's signature move.  For Jones, along with other painters in this post, space is a central concern.  These artists are cutting it up, refracting it, exploding it or filling it to the brim - proving that painting can exist and persist in multiple modes without canceling one another out.  Other artists in this installment are turning body politics upside down in funny, bizarre and disturbing ways.  For more on that see R. Scott Whipkey and Narcisster.

In celebration of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, the Katonah Museum of Art presents Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography, an exhibition of work created by Chinese artists in China since 2000, the last Year of the Dragon. Curated by Miles Barth, many of the 80 works in Rising Dragon have never been seen in the United States.

Rising Dragon offers an overview of the photographic work that is being done in China today. "I see it as organized chaos," says Barth.