jed devine Archives - StyleCarrot

When I lived in NYC, back in my twenties (no, not in the twenties, my twenties, in the nineties), my then boyfriend and I began to collect photography. A friend of ours, whose dad had (has?) an outrageous photography collection, which includes Arbus and Mapplethorpe, pointed us to the small, well-respected Bonni Benrubi Gallery on the Upper East Side, just blocks from our apartment. (Today the gallery is at 41 East 57th Street.)

We popped in often on the weekends, poring over print after print in the flat files. One of my favorite artists was Jed Devine. I loved the spare white on white still lifes printed on Japanese rice paper that seemed so delicate, but that Bonni assured us were quite strong. After much deliberating between bottles, colanders, and cups, we purchased Stacked Cups and had it framed in a simple semi-glossy white wood frame. I still own it; it now hangs in my Back Bay kitchen. And I still love it.