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New grads–yup, more of them–at My House and Nexus

In the onslought of exhibits of graduating students work, there are still more standouts, and I thought I’d cherry pick a few. In the group exhibit Restless Discontent, at My House Gallery, I was intrigued by work by several of the artists. Sarah O’Donnell Sarah O’Donnell (who also has work up at Little Berlin right now–see previous post), from Tyler, brings to her drawings her interest in what we see and how it connects — or doesn’t connect — to what we don’t see. This is the one that I loved, with a creepy suggestion of the drain pulling down ... More » »

African Americans at Sherman Mills

African American Students and Emerging Artists Group Exhibition at the Schuylkill Gallery in East Falls is a bit scattered as a show–a shame because there’s some good work in it. Cullen Washington, 50 CENTS, etching and rhinestones on fabric The most surprising work in the show was by Cullen Washington, who is studying at Tufts University. While his old-fashioned looking etching of a black man on paper. “Poppa T,” a pun on the word “property,” was nicely done, it’s his portrait etched on a ragged, stained piece of fabric is extraordinary. The head of the subject, who I presume is ... More » »