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People we love in places we love that are not Philadelphia!

If you’re on the road this summer, or hanging out far and wide, we have some tips here of Philadelphia artists who are all over the place. Italy to Cyprus by way of L.A.

Eileen Neff review at Artnet

My review of Eileen Neff‘s Between Us at ICA (now through Dec. 16) is up at artnet. Below is the first paragraph as a little teaser. If you haven’t seen the show, run over quick…or catch it in Dublin in 2009 at the Royal Hibernian Academy. (We’ve written lots about Neff’s great photography over the years and you’ll find it by searching the labels or using the search function at the top of the blog.) The Philadelphia photographer Eileen Neff (b. 1945) presents a dreamy world of landscapes and empty interiors where the players are clouds and trees, chairs and ...

From here to reality: Eileen Neff at the ICA

Eileen Neff, Anecdote of the Tree, 1999-2000, c print mounted on Cintra, 44 x 64 inches, collection of the Philadelphia Musuem of ArtEileen Neff’s photography-based art does the kind of work that every art photograph needs to do–it asks questions about the nature of reality, the nature of perception and the nature of the art object. Neff’s one-artist show Between Us at the Institute of Contemporary Art, includes 31 works, most of them photography based. Neff is a Philadelphia artist, and it’s second outing at the ICA, the other in 1992. (That same show was installed in Artists Space the ...

Weekly Update – ICA’s shows, noisy and still

This week’s Weekly has my review of the ICA shows Ensemble and Between Us. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Bring the Noise“Ensemble” rattles and hums while Eileen Neff’s photos are still as death. Enter Ensemble at ICA through Mineko Grimmer’s Bamboo Forest 1995/2007, a sonic curtain. “Ensemble” at the Institute of Contemporary Art is louder than a roomful of noisy 2-year-olds unwrapping drums and rattles at Christmas. The group show of 32 clacking, clicking and thumping audio art pieces was organized by guest curator Christian Marclay, an artist whose own work involves complex sonic ...

What we want to see Friday…and Thursday, too

Let’s start with Thursday: THURSDAY, SEPT. 6 Eileen Neff, at ICA and Locks Gallery Circle in the Rain, 2007 C-print mounted on aluminum 15 x 28 ½ inches Courtesy of the artist and Locks Gallery, Philadelphia ICA118 S. 36th St. Philadelphia215.898.7108Opening reception — free and open to the public — Thursday, Sept. 6, 6-8 pm. We’re going to listen to Guest-Curator Christian Marclay‘s melody makers–a world class ensemble of noise makers at ICA. From local music sculptor Terry Adkins to Doug Aitken to Yoko Ono, the sonic show will make a boom! Upstairs, local photographer Eileen Neff who captures trees ...

Big paper at the PMA

Detail of Mark Fox’s explosion of pop culture information and signage There’s a lot to look at out in the world–golden arches, illuminated Meineke Muffler logos, and the mesmerizing bullseye imagery in the Target commercials. So people who make works on paper have some heavy competing to do, and clearly they realize it, because the Contemporary Works on Paper show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes lots of works of ambitious, look-at-me scale. Not only do they have to compete in the hyper-commercialized and high-speed computerized visual landscapes in which we live, but they also have to compete for ...

Weekly Update (Part 2) – Spring round-up

In the Weekly‘s Spring Guide issue is my round-up of shows I’m excited about this Spring. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive list, just a smidgen of what’s good out there. Here’s the link to the story and below is the copy with some pictures. Planet RockIce sheets, volcanoes, crickets, waterfalls and garden motifs make their way into spring’s art offerings. Artists are always itching to connect with nature, so it’s no surprise that this spring you’ll see lots of earth, wind, water, animals and plants in the area’s art galleries and museums. No antihistamines or sunscreen required, and ...