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Philadelphia and its Manufactures— Jacob Hellman, Phillip Taylor

August 20th, Art in Age of Mechanical Reproduction.– Pretty tickled by this presentation. Jacob [i.e. speaker Jacob Hellman] and I have, on numerous occasions, swapped ideas on the arcane beauty of both former Philadelphian industry and its currently-aching hell-neighborhoods. But rather than getting lost in the mythos and delirium, as I always have, Jacob remained admirably embedded in the history of it all; drawing from research, anecdotes, and his definitive resource, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, by Edwin T. Freedley.

Art in the age uninvented

A couple of Art in the Age products, hanging in the shop at Copy Gallery. The shirt on the left features art by Andrew Jeffrey Wright. I’m not sure whose work is on the right. Art in the Age, the upstart little business that sold t’s and other screen-printed items imprinted with images by artists, has just lost its founding leaders Nick Paparone and Tim Gough; or to put it another way, the upstart little business, which was dreamed up by Paparone and Gough, had its financial backing from local PR group Gyro Worldwide, which decided a change in leadership ... More » »

Art in the Age TV–Andrew Jeffrey Wright

Our friends at Art in the Age blog (Copy Gallery) have a great new video interview with one of artblog‘s favorite artists, Andrew Jeffrey Wright of Space 1026. The piece starts and ends with psychedelic animation sequences based on AJW’s psychedelic X-Wave paintings (see the paintings at his webpage at Space 1026). And the interview is in the artist’s studio at Space 1026 and shows him working on a screen print for a t-shirt, and talking about why he does t-shirts as well as buttons, stickers, drawings and paintings — it’s all art to him, none of this high art, ... More » »

Art in the Age vlog

The folks who brought you Black Floor Gallery (RIP) also do the wonderful Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction website with real commerce (buy some prints and t-shirts!) and real art commentary on their blog–and now artist interviews on their vlog. Among other things, AiA’s blog now has book/zine reviews courtesy of artist and long-time bibliophile (who knew?) Damian Weinkrantz. Virgil Marti, left, interviewed by Annette Monnier, on Art in the Age’s new vlog. As for the vlog, Art in the Age blogger and new Copy Gallery member Annette Monnier is hosting an interview video show. The first video ... More » »