Tag Archive "bobos-on-9th"

Philly artists out and about

Christopher Davison, Girl with Yellow Legs, 2008, Micron, Pitt pen, gouache, acrylic, ink wash, colored pencil and collage on paper, 50 x 30 inches Philly artists are all over the place lately, and we’re having trouble getting out all the news of who is showing where. We missed the deadlines on getting a lot of the info up, but here’s a group that’s still fresh. Chris Davison in New York There’s still another week or two to catch the possessed Chris Davison in My Happy Demons. It runs to Aug. 10 at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York. Bobos in ... More » »

MegaBinxes: Useful, comforting, fabulous

Jesse Greenberg, in a photo he sent me, demonstrating how to interact with one of his MegaBinxes. Jesse Greenberg invited me to his studio a while back and when I finally made it over there last month I found him busy preparing for his show at Bobo’s on 9th (til Oct. 19). Greenberg, a young artist (RISD BFA 2004) who’s been in Philadelphia for about a year, is part of the recent RISD influx that also includes Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch and company and the Bobo’s trio, Phil Cote, Drew Gillespie and Nick Payne. (Greenberg like Trecartin and Fitch ... More » »

Weekly Update – New Alternative Spaces!

This week’s Weekly has my roundup of four new alternative art spaces bringing excitement to the scene. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Space CowboysGritty new DIY spaces point to the future of Philly art. Sprinkled around town in apartments, warehouses and storefronts from the Italian Market to Oak Lane are four new collectives and artist-run spaces that aim to transform Philadelphia into a mecca for cutting-edge art. LITTLE BERLINLittle Berlin, at 1801 Howard St., when I went up to look before they opened in September. The blue mats on the floor are for a ... More » »

Mexabinxes on 9th St. at Bobo’s

Jesse Greenberg, Megabinxes, posing at his studio at Philadelphia Society for Advanced Studies in Kensington. I’ve been meaning to tell you about my studio visit with Jesse Greenberg, a RISD grad and friend of Ryan Trecartin and company and of the Bobo’s on 9th crowd. They’re all here now here in Philadelphia–a little RISD tributary that’s run right into our Schuylkill. Greenberg, whose work you may have seen at FUEL last year, is making wonderful interactive sculptures that look like R2D2 with the logic board missing. I will tell you about the studio visit soon. But first, you must go ... More » »