Tag Archive "aryon-hostleton"
A Kiss for Mayor Nutter–from Aryon Hoselton, artist #6
Aryon Hoselton at the epic Photo Process in North Philly Another artist–Space 1026-er Aryon Hoselton–joins the Kiss for Mayor Nutter campaign, a picture protest by artists wondering what happened to the campaign promise to create an Office of Art and Culture. Send in your 375 x 281 pixel photo to libbyandroberta@gmail.com and join us in showing how many of us care. Please email project info around to every Philadelphia artist you know.
2007 Liberta awards!
Belknap Brothers perform at FLUXspace. PREAMBLEIt was a year of utopian thinking with ambitious new venues run by young artists just out of school. In addition, several community-spirited galleries found their voice. Welcome to all of you builders of a better world: Bobos, Basho, Rebecca Templeton, FluxSpace, Yo!, Little Berlin, !, Midwives Collective, The Other Woman, The Seed Collective, etc. etc. etc. These real collectives put Second Life to shame and show it to be a chimera of the internet. We at artblog are realists and activists. We know the Philadelphia art world has blossomed into an international art destination ... More » »
Weekly Update 1 – Handjob at 1026
This week’s Weekly has my short review of Handjob at Space 1026. Below’s the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr and here’s Andrea Kirsh’s post on the show. Anyone who’s ever raged against the machine will appreciate the human vs. machine battle in “Handjob.” The handmade objects prove anything a machine can do a human can do merrier. Take the free downloadable ringtones by Fereshteh Toosi. This singing of the Nokia jingle—a capella, with great vibrato—deserves a Grammy at least. Melissa Kramer’s Peanut Chews smell and look divine. Aryon Hostleton and Alison Macrina’s “Thank You” shopping bag—a knit ... More » »
On the other hand….
Post by Andrea Kirsh Melissa Kramer’s peanut chews (left) at Space 1026′s handjob show I assume that “handjob” carries the same innuendo to the 1026 generation as it does for mine. Well, I may not be able to define art, but to quote Justice Stewart, “I know it when I see it,” and I have to hand it to Courtney Dailey, curator of this inspired exhibition in which a group of artists manually stimulate our imaginations and remind us that humor is an under-utilized resource in the artworld. Courtney invited “a handful of artists [to] investigate what happens when you ... More » »
