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Caroline Santa’s Coda at Tiger Strikes Asteroid
By Julian Phillips Caroline Santa’s Coda is an invigorating look at the creative process. Santa’s work at first glance is an experimentation in form and color, but when the realization settles that all of the works are pieces that have had form removed from them, new dimensions are opened. These new dimensions seem to excite Santa, who sees Coda as a beginning.
Saturday’s Kisses for Mayor Nutter
Another couple of artists join the Kiss for Mayor Nutter campaign, a picture protest by artists wondering what happened to the campaign promise to appoint someone to head an Office of Art and Culture. Look at all those New Faces! Photo taken at City Hall this week at the reception for the emerging artist show New Faces. Here’s Mayor Nutter surrounded by artists Lorraine Glessner, Brenda Howell and Caroline Santa. Caroline Santa said: I just got home from a reception for New Faces at City Hall. Here’s a picture of Mayor Nutter with me, Lorraine Glessner and Brenda Howell. He ... More » »
West Philly windows
A view of some of Neil O’Brien’s work in the Urban Outfitters window on Sansom and 36th The corner of 36th and Sansom–that would be right across from the ICA, which may or may not be a hint of some kind–is full of surprises. First I passed by an Urban Outfitters window on Sansom Street, filled with work that looked vaguely familiar, although I’m still not sure why. I peered into the window to see the artists signature; there was none. But when I stepped back, paint spelled out in giant orange letters across the bottom of the window the ... More » »
Dreamy Erratic imagism
Christopher Davison Reclining Figure (Untitled) 30 x 40 in acrylic, gouache, micron, graphite, cut paper on Rives 2007 Erratic at 817 Gallery at UArts is a show that roams the territory of the id and dreams and asks you to wander with it. Get on over there because it’s great, and the show’s only up another little while. Animals, birds and humans seem to exchange body parts and roles and everyone’s a little grouchy — growling or staring ominously, all teeth and portent. Works by Christopher Davison, Nick Lenker and Caroline Santa, organized by Rebecca Saylor Sack, fill the tiny ... More » »
Weekly Update – Naked Paper at Tower Gallery
This week’s Weekly has my review of Naked Paper at Tower Gallery. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr.Border PatrolFrames are so last century. Until recently, buying a print or drawing meant also buying a frame that might cost as much as or more than the artwork. Today, thanks to a confluence of technology, taste and economics, frames are out. Randall Sellers, Exeunt Omnes, 2007. graphite and conte on paper 8 1/2 x 11, a work at Tower Gallery’s Naked paper show. Nowadays galleries, museums and collectors—seeking the authentic experience of living with art up close ... More » »
Ephemeral Points of Departure at Penn
On the way to hearing Ingrid Schaffner’s talk about collage at Penn the other week (a very excellent talk), I stopped at Penn’s Fox Gallery (basement of Logan Hall) to see “Points of Departure: Inner and Outer Journeys in Contemporary Art”, an exhibit sponsored by the Penn Humanities Forum on travel. The show is huge, with some 53 artists and more than 60 works and because the basement gallery is divided into four modest-sized interconnected chambers with a distinct rabbit warren feel, it triggered my claustrophobia. My point of departure was to stay a tiny time, shoot some photos and ... More » »
