Tag Archive "bambi-gallery"
Bambi’s Lovely Things pop up at Projects Gallery
Bambi Gallery closed its doors last spring, but its four person show, Lovely Things, popped up this month at Projects Gallery (through January 28). The show’s artists, Matthew Osborn, Stacy Lee Webber, Bonnie Brenda Scott, and Jim Garvey, have disparate practices, from drawing to installation to finely-crafted objects.
News – Bambi pop-up show, RAW 2011 winners, FiberPhiladelphia, and more!
News Bambi Gallery pop-up show The Bambi Gallery is back with a pop-up show at Projects Gallery in Northern Liberties to kick off the New Year. They have had some tough luck this year with floods, foreclosure, theft, and bad landlords, but 2012 is sure to be better. Featured artists at the exhibition will include: Jim Garvey, Bonnie Brenda Scott, Stacey lee Webber, and Matthew Osborne.
Breaking news – Bambi’s at Proximity this month, and, a cancellation at PPAC
First a sprinkler leak and then a burst pipe has Bambi moving to a temporary home away from home this month. But the show must go on, says Candace Karch, Bambi proprietress. Only it’s going on at Proximity Gallery’s space (see map here), instead of at Bambi’s normal digs at the Piazza. The opening for Daniel Forrest Hoffman and Gretchen Diehl’s exhibition is tonight, First Friday, from 6-10pm. In happier news, Karch and Bambi are featured on WHYY TV’s Friday Arts segment. Here’s a 6-minute clip of the program that you can watch on the web (spoiler alert, the video also ... More » »
Bambi people — snapshots from the Bambi Biennial opening
It was a beautiful way to start the holiday weekend — with a people-filled opening. Two artists selected for the Bambi Biennial came from as far away as New Orleans and Oklahoma City. And both of them flew in for the opening. Hugh Meade, from Oklahoma City, was looking to meet artists with whom he could talk about exchanging shows between Philly and his city, which he says is full of great art and lots of artists. The other flyer, Alissa Eberle, recently moved to NOLA from New York, so she took a detour to the Big Apple before showing ... More » »
Trash Worth Recognition at Bambi
Bambi Gallery, in Northern Liberties’ bustling Piazza, is currently focusing on a rather curious theme: the artistic and symbolic capabilities of everyday trash. Both Kim Alsbrooks and Andrés Alvarez have chosen to use discarded items as the canvas for their works. While these artists have different points to make, each gives the trash an active voice in their works’ statement.
Curating the personal – I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Mind at Seraphin Gallery
Hiro Sakaguchi is an honest curator. His curatorial statement for “I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Mind” at Seraphin Gallery reads: “I choose artists whose works I want to see again for selfish reasons.” Simple enough. And, as uncalculated as his curation may be, Sakaguchi still managed to weave together a diverse and talented group of artists he discovered in the Philadelphia-area, all of whom tackle conceptually and aesthetically complicated issues with ease. By using personal taste to navigate the curatorial process, one begins to understand just what it is that Sakaguchi is interested in: detailed, relatively small ... More » »
