April 2010 Archive

Off to Pittsburgh

Hello I must be going I cannot stay I came to say I must be going. See you again next week.

Your day of rest comes on Tuesday next week

Check out the wonderfulness of next week’s calendar. No rest for the wicked, well, maybe on Tuesday. Sunday, May 2 Zoe Strauss Last time ever Under I-95 Exhibition 1-4 PM

‘Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters; Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi’ at the Japan Society, New York

This exhibition at the Japan Society through June 13 was a roaring success when shown in London last Spring, and if it’s not drawing equal crowds in New York that’s because the Japan Society is at least four avenues further East than the crowds are willing to gather. It’s New York’s loss. One of the great popular printmakers of 19th-century Japan, he produced the Star Wars of the genre, filled with subjects that make for sure box office hits: swashbuckling battle scenes filled with violence and gore, horror tales with exquisitely-detailed monsters, low comedy and beautiful women.  And hits they ... More » »

Temporariness

The Centre Pompidou, located in the heart of Paris, was originally conceived as a temporary structure in 1977. Though it has become a permanent  and thriving cultural hub the Pompidou’s original temporary identity  remains intact as witnessed by  the current installation of cardboard – based works by the Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata on the centre’s facade.

Kutztown residency – get some money, do a project, get a show

Here’s a wonderful residency opportunity very nearby — at Kutztown University of Pensylvania, which is about an hour and a half from Philadelphia by car. It’s a generous amount of money to create a project that will then be exhibited at the college’s art gallery. Below are the particulars. Deadline for applications is June 11.

Weekly Update – Richard Renaldi’s Fall River Boys

The first thing you notice about Richard Renaldi’s “Fall River Boys” is how vulnerable they seem. The young men of Fall River, Mass., depicted in Renaldi’s black-and-white photos at Sol Mednick Gallery as part of this week’s Equality Forum, might be neighborhood thugs. But Thomas, Trevor, Kevin, Craig and the rest—with their baggy pants, bandanas, piercings and cigarettes—bare their souls for Renaldi and pose with no semblance of attitude or pretense.

Tate Modern invites FLUX and Vox

FLUXspace is taking a kitty moon bounce to the Tate Modern for a wild weekend in May. It us one of Two Philadelphia collaborative galleries–the other is Vox Populi–that will be in the May 14 to 16 festival, a redux of sorts of the No Soul for Sale festival of independent art organizations, part of the X-Initiative at the old Dia in New York.

After a lottery, West Prize will change

We weren’t at the West Prize celebration, but someone mentioned to us that Curator Paige West went up on stage and drew the name of the winner out of a cup filled with the 10 finalists’ names on slips of paper. The winner was a little dazed, not sure how to react. He wasn’t the only one who was uncomfortable.

Bambi Biennial juried by us — apply now!

Hey, we’re jurying the second Bambi Biennial at Bambi Gallery — the show is in July and the deadline for applying is April 30. Here’s where to find the info. Special news for all you last minute potatoheads, April 30 is a soft deadline. May 10 is the hard deadline.

Poetry trifecta in Philadelphia

Poets make great art critics. As metaphor-makers themselves they respond to the metaphorical realm of visual art in a direct way and can often write eloquently about it.