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Drawing in the World at Rosenwald-Wolf

Howard FinsterDrawing for PC, 1981colored pencil and ink on paper A marvel of a drawing Howard Finster made for Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) graces the entrance of the exhibit Drawing in the World at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery at UArts. The drawing made in 1981 for an outsider art exhibit in the same gallery — organized by Elsa Weiner (Elsa Longhauser) — stopped us in our tracks. Our eyes traced the banners of names of artists animating the surface; we admired the way Finster used Martin Ramirez-like arcs of lines to define and fill space; we ... More » »

Blackhole, the movie

Charles Burns’ Black Hole is going to be made into a movie, and the director is… Check out this item in the Hollywood Reporter, passed along to us by none other than Rob Matthews, the king of Philly art gossip. Tracy Matthews, quoted by Rob after she read the item: “Charlie Burns?” A total Hollywood moment.