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Unsettled and unsettling at the UDel Gallery at the Crane

According to the curators of The Unsettled, a 15-person theme show at University of Delaware’s Crane Arts’ gallery, the exhibit explores “notions of duality, hybridism, and transformation.” Patrick Koziol and Michael Merry, two second-year MFA students at the University of Delaware, admit this premise is broad, but their show introduces you to a lot of interesting works.

Dead in August; Alive in Greenpoint

Recently a friend and I biked to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I had my sunglasses on. The heat built up through the early afternoon and I broke a sweat by the time we arrived. I took my sunglasses off and everything looked a coolish green compared with the totalizing, creamsicle orange of my sunglass lenses. We passed a lone blue police barrier blocking traffic to one end of the block. A black event tent was set up, with people mingling underneath, and others setting things up in the background. The block party for Dead in August, a month-plus long exhibition of rotating ... More » »

May First Friday frenz-y

It was a cupcake of an evening last Friday.  We dined on cake at Grizzly Grizzly, Bambi and Little Berlin.  Here’s a few people pictures and a little gossip.

Unveil at Tiger Strikes Asteroid

When Roberta and I were visiting the January small group show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (can there be anything but a small group show in that tiny space?), gallery member Nathan Pankratz mentioned to us that the gallery might move to a larger space. That’s welcome news, especially since this small artist-run space continues to mount good shows. The January show, up to the 29th, includes work from Corey Antis, Ben Pranger, Donna Ruff, Adam Parker Smith, and Hunter Stabler.

People we love in places we love that are not Philadelphia!

If you’re on the road this summer, or hanging out far and wide, we have some tips here of Philadelphia artists who are all over the place. Italy to Cyprus by way of L.A.

Bold As Love; Adam Parker Smith’s Broadway Windows in New York

Part of the tension in Adam Parker Smith‘s work has come from the contrast of the scale and seriousness of his installations and the mannekins which populate them; his stuffed figures are soft and almost cuddly in their association with dolls, despite their nudity, frank genetalia and bodily blemishes.

Ex-pats on the road

Rah Crawford’s signature image for the Amsterdam AAF. My favorite bit of Philly-on-the-road news is from Rah Crawford. Rah, who is possibly the commercial genius of the Philadelphia art world, created the spotlight image for the Amsterdam Affordable Art Fair! Like most of his paintings, the image is a cross between my old black light Jimi Hendrix poster and Elizabeth Peyton! I suppose it’s unreasonable to claim him for Philadelphia since he’s pretty much an ex-pat, having decamped for the Netherlands; but Philadelphia, the city that hates change, refuses to drop its claim on those who flee. He’s doing the ... More » »

Look! It’s loads of art in Episode 9

In Episode 9, we find some great stuff in the South Street area. First we stop at Falling Cow Gallery, which was showing lots of cut paper from Adam Parker Smith, Sarah Daub and Leslie Mutchler in its Paper Cuts exhibit which ran until May 12, and then we go to Jinxed, where we see some terrific graffiti-style drawings by L.A. artist Albert Reyes. That show, too is over, so the only place to see these great exhibits–and our commentary, as filmed by the great videographer David Kessler–is right here on Look! Check it out!!! You can find the entire ... More » »