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Interview: Joe Boruchow, cut paper with an edge

Joe Boruchow, in his studio, with his graphic novel in a binder on the desk and a study for Abundance on the easel. Cut paper artist Joe Boruchow‘s solo show at Bean Cafe (it closes today), is the second show of his we’ve seen there. Bean loves Joe and Joe loves Bean and he’s shown there a bunch of times since 2002. Boruchow’s narrative cut-outs are great, and he seems to march to his own drummer. We wanted to meet him and hear more about his art and him, so we paid him a visit. Installation detail of Fire Sale, ... More » »

The final cut–Joe Boruchow’s cut paper at the Bean

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.Joe Boruchow at the Bean Cafe Sorry to cut this so fine, but the final curtain is about to fall Dec. 11 on Joe Boruchow’s narrative cut paper works at the Bean Cafe. It’s worth going out of your way to see these. The complexity of the images and the mysterious back stories make them seem like they are enormous, but they are small enough to squeeze into a tiny apartment. The images are full of surprises and crazy vertiginous perspectives that allow Boruchow to compress complex scenes into small pieces. His stories, ranging from political cartoons ... More » »

Two places at once-Damian Weinkrantz

Piano drawing by Damian Weinkrantz at his Bean Cafe show called “Dead Piano Place,” opening tonight (May 9) artblog pal Damian Weinkrantz wrote recently that he was having a show at Bean Cafe on South St. between 6th and 7th, home of many great art shows. That show opens tonight with many festivities including an after party at the Khyber with AJW doing the DJ duties. Oh and by the way he is also having a show at the Last Drop coffee house on 13th and Pine. So is that a first — two, two, two cafe shows at once? ... More » »