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Comment on A Charles Searles celebration – Three concurrent exhibitions by Jennifer Zarro

Jennifer Zarro — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:49:59 +0000

Susanna, what a wonderful and worthy cause! Thank you for the information!!

Comment on A Charles Searles celebration – Three concurrent exhibitions by Susanna Gold

Susanna Gold — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:43:10 +0000

Help us preserve the legacy of one of Philadelphia’s most significant African American artists by distributing exhibition catalogs to schools, libraries, and art institutions free of charge. Tax-deductible contributions may be made online at giving.temple.edu, and indicate “other” and Tyler – Charles Searles Project.” Thank you!

Comment on 101st Member’s Medal Show at the Plastic Club – A little nostalgia and a brush with the technological present by DoN

DoN — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:14 +0000

Dear Ms. Blum,

Thank you for reviewing The Plastic Club’s 101st Annual Members Medals Exhibition. Your reaction to my print, Code, was spot on – imagine facing folks at the reception showing me their flip phones, others with smart phones didn’t have bar code scanner apps set up. It was a teaching moment. But people at the opening reception taught each other how to view the videos, animated gifs and other content on their phones. Pretty cool.

Sincerely,

DoN Brewer

Comment on Gertrude Kasebier and Fatimah Tuggar explore new ways of conceptualizing reality at the University of Delaware Museums by victor

victor — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:19:48 +0000

this is really great article, Fatimah Tuggar attended the Blackheath School of Art in London, received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from Yale University. She is a graduate of the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, and currently on the faculty of the University of Memphis. Among Tuggar’s honors are the Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, 2002

Comment on Wind Challenge ends season with strong showings by Elizabeth Hamilton, Jake Kehs and Julianna Foster by Andrea Kirsh

Andrea Kirsh — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:40:59 +0000

Elizabeth Hamilton’s visible repairs to ceramics may reference amateur mends, but they also have more sophisticated references to debates around conservation. The art museum standard for ceramics repairs is almost always invisible mends, which prioritizes the aesthetic of the maker. Archaeology museums always favor highly-visible mends, which emphasizes the object’s history, including its history of damage, which may have been a result of breakage during the manufacturing process, daily use, acts of war, or even ritual breakage such as that done to Mimbres bowls.

Comment on Sleuthing your way through the art world – Reba White Williams’ mystery novel Restrike gets it right by Michael Andre

Michael Andre — Sat, 04 May 2013 06:28:56 +0000

Good mysteries are great at milieu. Lisa Scottoline makes great comic use of the neighborhoods and absurdities of Philadelphia. I was recently in New Orleans and a James Lee Burke mystery teaches Cajun culture. If the Williams’ novel is to become a successful series, it will have to do that for the New York art world. Having her characters drink coffee in Starbucks is a missed opportunity. Genre novels do not flourish in a generic geography.

Comment on The 2012 Liberta Awards! by The Best of Us, For the Rest of Us: A Three Part Interview Series (Part 2 of 3)

The Best of Us, For the Rest of Us: A Three Part Interview Series (Part 2 of 3) — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:11:36 +0000

[...] coverage of shows that would have otherwise gone undiscussed, whether through their annual Liberta awards or driving collectors around Philadelphia in a tour van. They tell us about how they went from [...]

Comment on Clarification: A big fat Philly flub by jl47

jl47 — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:56:37 +0000

Here is a long Inky piece from 1998 on the sad and preventable loss of this sculpture-
http://articles.philly.com/1998-11-01/news/25733489_1_modern-art-ellsworth-kelly-kelly-piece

Comment on Vibrant Impressions in “Intimacies of India” at the Rosenfeld Gallery by Rita Poley

Rita Poley — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:57:07 +0000

This is really a wonderful show. A must see!

Comment on New podcast – ICA’s Ingrid Schaffner on curating, making her zine Pink, and working with artists by ICA: The Beginner’s Guide to Curating: Judith Tannenbaum Revisits ICA « Miranda

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:30:35 +0000

[...] with it. My four classmates, our two professors, Jennifer Burris and Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator at ICA, and I have gathered in the ICA’s library, sitting around a table amidst [...]