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Whole lotta shaking going on at PAFA
When an institution announces the receipt of a big grant for contemporary art programming we want to know more. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Curator of Contemporary Arts Julien Robson snagged a whopping $440,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation for contemporary art programing over the next three years, including support for the Philagrafika exhibit opening January 2009, five solo exhibits of young and emerging artists starting in May in the Morris Gallery, and the exhibit We’re All Still Here, scheduled to open October 2011.
The great society at Little Berlin and Basekamp
Little Berlin and Basekamp, part of my First Friday route, were both you-had-to-be-there moments, something quite different from a quiet gallery visit in the middle of the week. Little Berlin‘s exhibit, Offerings, is made of works created by small groups of four people collaborating together. The total number of participants at play–71 participants in 20 groups–was pretty amazing. Little Berliners Alex Gartelmann and Martha Savery mixed and matched group members for the most part, so participants barely knew or didn’t at all know their collaborators. Little Berlin, once again, is reaching out beyond their core group and finding lots of ... More » »
Survival, North Philly! Andrew Brehm’s performance film screens at Fleisher-Ollman
The email came in from Andrew Brehm and I was intrigued. Here was an artist having a one night film screening at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. That is maybe a first for F-O. But Brehm has a connection — he was in last year’s winter invitational, Street Button. See my post for more on that. The description of Brehm’s full-length movie, Landman and the Thunderbird, puts it in the endurance/performance category. Here’s how the artist describes what he endured: I lived for three days off of junk in a run down Kensington lot, starting out nude and with nothing I am forced ... More » »
Weekly Update – Emerging artist shows highlight sculpture
This week’s Weekly has my review of two emerging artist shows — Street Button and Isskustvo Transmagica Provinces Animamina. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flicker (street button, isskustvo ). And here are Libby’s street button post and Libby’s Isskustvo post. Happy Happy Joy ToyNew sculpture emphasizes friendliness. Jesse Greenberg’s installation at Pageant sprawls across the gallery. That’s Kate Norton’s piece to the right of the doorway. Two great sculptural installations push the emerging artist shows at Pageant and Fleisher-Ollman into the desirable (but often unachievable) zone of art as serious fun. It’s too soon to ... More » »
