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Two ICA-related shows-Rich Text and Jane Irish

Anthony Campuzano, Bicycle Bomb, 2008, ink on board, 20 x 30 inches Two Philadelphia galleries are showing art with lots of words–both shows with tie-ins to current exhibitions at the ICA. The galleries are the blue-chip Locks and Fleisher/Ollman, and the shows they have mounted are tip-top. At Fleisher/Ollman, the group exhibit Rich Text is keying off Touch Sensitive: Anthony Campuzano, an ICA exhibit of the artist’s text-based art.

Prologue to a Travelogue, Part 2

Post by Anthony Campuzano [Hanging by your nails to read the the rest of Anthony Campuzano's encounter on Philadelphia's mean streets? Here it is. And just in case you missed it, Part 1 is here.] I turned thinking maybe one of my drawings had fallen from my portfolio. Instead it was just a cruel joke. The group had caught up to me and were feet behind me. I ran into oncoming traffic; cars beeped and people yelled at me to get out of the road. Three of the kids split from the group and crossed the street after me, and ... More » »

Prologue for a Travelogue — Anthony Campuzano’s encounter on Philadelphia’s mean streets, Part 1

Post by Anthony Campuzano Anthony Campuzano’s Warpath.  Campuzano refers to his work, based on news articles, as “Abstract Journalism” It was midway through March of this year when I talked to Libby and Roberta about writing a travelogue about my family vacation to visit my sister in Portland, OR, and stops through the Pacific Northwest.  I was very excited about the trip and planned to write about the architecture and art I encountered in addition to the details surrounding our first all family vacation since a trip to Florida in the early nineties.  Libby and Roberta  seemed excited also about ... More » »

Philly hits the road

Here are a few of the Philly artists who you can see in places far and wide: Nick Lenker at Artspace/Stonefox Nick Lenker’s disturbing photocollages of hybrid man-beasts open at a hybrid New York gallery Artspace/Stonefox, Opening April 22 to July 1. New work by Anthony Campuzano at White Columns The fabulous words-as-art guy, Anthony Campuzo is part of a group show at White Columns, April 3 through May 2. The group is 11 artists who have participated in White Columns programs during the past three years. Here’s who: Anthony Campuzano, Carter, Jennifer Cohen, Peter Gallo, Tamar Halpern, Colter Jacobsen, ... More » »

Words from Anthony Campuzano, Anissa Mack at Fleisher/Ollman

Anthony Campuzano, After Note from Mothercolored pencil and graphine on illustration board, 200720 x 15 inches The words embedded in Anthony Campuzano’s drawings continue to amaze me, with their witty excerpts from magazine and news sources; they reveal the pulp fiction behind pulp culture, asking–and answering–just what the heck is really going on here. Some people have conspiracy theories and space invaders as their answer; Campuzano has the embedded meanings behind the words that parade before us, and he gives them a pulsating visual vibe with supernatural intensity. Campuzano has been part with the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery–and a presence on the ... More » »

Watch out for all of this

Anthony Campuzano, “The Fall Back and Forth,” 2004, Colored pencil and graphite on panel, 22″ x 28″ First I got an email from Anthony Campuzano saying he was going to be in an exhibit at Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York this summer, an exhibit called Text Messages. I checked it out and it’s a star-studded summer confection, including the likes of Ed Ruscha, Jennie Holzer and Aline Kominsky Crumb. That one opens June 14. And then he added that he and Isaac Resnikoff were among the local artists whose recently acquired work would be included in the Pennsylvania Academy ... More » »

OOFAH! This is good

Ray YoshidaOriginally uploaded by sokref1. Ray Yoshida’s OOFAH!, 2002, (det) collage on paper. Delights cut from the funny papers into glyph-like shapes, the big work (48″ x 72″) is an inscrutable message from beyond. Click to see it bigger. Up since March, Rock Paper Scissors at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery goes down April 29 and if you’re looking for the “ohmygod” show this weekend (in addition to the new ICA shows featuring Zoe Strauss and the Spector show (featuring Andrew Jeffrey Wright and Adam Wallacavage) which I predict will also fit into this exclamatory category — run by and get an eyeful ... More » »