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News: Warren Angle’s passing, John Vick at NWAA, Wooster Collective at Print Center, and more…
News Warren Angle died Friday We are sad to bring you the news that Warren Angle passed away on Friday, September 9 after a long battle with cancer. Angle, an artist, was the exhibitions director of the Fleisher Art Memorial for many years. He will certainly be missed by many. There’s a Facebook page set up as a memorial for Warren.
Treasure trove at the Free Library: A talk with Karen Lightner
Karen Lightner at her desk Museums are not the only permanent collections of art in town. I was reminded of this while I was talking to Karen Lightner, who heads the Print and Pictures Collection at the Free Library. I stopped in to talk with her while I was looking at the Continuum: Photography in Philadelphia, which Lightner curated. The exhibit is an annual show mounted each year to coordinate with the Robert F. Looney Memorial Event. Looney was curator of prints and photographs at the library from 1963 to 1986, and his wise choices are part of the reason ... More » »
Weekly Update 2 – Equality Forum: Zoe Strauss and Gabe Martinez
This week’s Weekly includes the Equality Forum supplement with my feature on Gabe Martinez and Zoe Strauss, the two artists selected for the EF exhibitions at Sol Mednick Gallery and Gallery 1401, both in the Terra Bldg at UArts. All That JizzTwo gay artists investigate gender and wanking. I can’t think of a more delicious pairing for a one-two punch of art than Zoe Strauss and Gabe Martinez. They create some of the most exciting work in Philadelphia—works of darkness, abject beauty and complexity so compelling that seeing them is like being pricked by a rose. Strauss and Martinez—both gay ... More » »
Superheroes and monsters at the fairs
As Libby told you in her last post, Gabe Martinez‘s wonderful performance installation at Scope blew us away. Sad and sweet, the piece was loaded with the idea of heroes shot down and unable to hold their burdens in the onslaught of the world’s tumults. Martinez who was there and described his own Herculean efforts to deal with the logistics of the piece in the face of some snafus about its placement, made a work whose beauty and scariness was enough for me. I was ready to go home after I saw the changing of the guard — I didn’t ... More » »
Two Philly blasts
Changing of the guard occurred hourly in Gabe Martinez’s big display piece at SCOPE Before I start blabbing about the other art fairs, I want to link to Roberta’s post, with its links to all of our pictures on Flickr. The highlight of our weekend was home-townie Gabe Martinez, who delivered a performance piece that broke my heart (presented by Samson Projects). The biggest surprise was the figure in the piece turned out to be a real human being. Well, two real human beings, taking turns, spelling one another from the torture of lying totally still on the cold, cold ... More » »
Swaying hammocks and NADA
Post by Andrea Kirsh Our trusty correspondent Andrea Kirsh reports from Art Basel/Miami Beach, in four installments. Here’s the fourth and last.–r&l Miami, Dec. 9Return to NADA I decided to return to NADA with my camera, to see the parts of the fair I was too exhausted to reach two days earlier. NADA hammocks and balmy weather go together. NADA (the New Art Dealers’ Alliance) fair has a lot going for it, beyond 82 galleries full of art: in keeping with the organization’s mission to make contemporary art more accessible to the public, it is free; also supporting a broad ... More » »
Art Fair flash: Philly ‘s Miami beachhead
Judith Schaechter’s “Flasher”stained glass lightbox, 38 x 27″ The cold snap arrived just in time to justify the trip to the Miami art fairs, starting Dec. 6. So all of you who are going, send warm thoughts our way. And enjoy all the great Philadelphia artists and galleries strutting their finest stuff–from artists Judith Schaechter to Rob Matthews, from Gallery Joe to Pentimenti and SchmidtDean. Here’s where to find who: Joseph Hu’s toothpick sculpture Philadelphia’s largest contingent will be at the Bridge Art Fair, including Pentimenti, Projects and Ashley galleries [12/6/06: see correction in comment below]. A number of Philadelphia ... More » »
