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A good show ends a good program–Robert Scobey at Freeman’s
Robert Scobey‘s ironic sculptures of the American Dream have a quirky idealism. This excellent work ends with a bang what was an annual opportunity for an outstanding graduate of the MFA program at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Freeman‘s gave a monetary award to a second-year MFA at PAFA, followed by the opportunity to exhibit a year after graduation. This is the seventh Annual Samuel T. Freeman Memoial Scholarship Exhibition. Scobey said he was the last recipient of the annual scholarship/exhibition program, whose cancellation was announced at PAFA in 2009. (Maybe it’s the economy — we hope it’ll ... More » »
The Many Guises of Darth Vader
100 artists, 100 Vader helmets. What began as a simple business strategy has now become an impressive art collection. The Vader Project has been touring since 2007 in places such as California, England and Japan. It also was exhibited at The Andy Warhol Museum in 2009. However, the collections curators and producers, Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys, decided that now is the time to sell these works. They have teamed up with Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia to exhibit the pieces this week, and finish with an auction on Saturday, July 10th. This will be the ... More » »
Amy Walsh and Blaine Siegel’s Kaiserpanorama at Freeman’s
Amy Walsh and Blaine Siegel, Kaiserpanorama detail. Before cinema and cinerama and I-Max and panorama cameras, there was the Kaiserpanorama, a sort of multi-peephole device with a stereoscopic slide show. It’s sort of the opposite of painting panoramas, in which the person stands in the middle of a circular landscape, and can scan around, thereby taking in the impression of the space. Locally, there’s one out at the Gettysburg battlefield visitor’s center, depicting the battle. On the other hand, the Kaiserpanorama is a look inside and is closer to a television in concept. a kaiserpanorama It’s this tradition of panorama, ... More » »
