Tag Archive "isaac-schell"
ONWARD and upwards with Project Basho
#47. Sarah Kaufman“Untitled, Blue Smoke” Digital C-Print, 40″ x 40″, Edition 1 of 10(Juror Award). From Project Basho’s ONWARD. Sometimes I’m an early adopter, and sometimes it takes me a while. For example, only last weekend did I make it to Project Basho — for the first time ever (it’s been open for about a year and a half). They’ve got a wonderful group photography exhibit on view and I met one of the artists in the show, Isaac Schell, at the space for a chat. Speaking of early adopters, here’s Libby’s post about Basho’s 2008 ONWARD show, which sounds ... More » »
First Friday ramble
Beth Brandon, Clearing, 8.5″ x 11″, 2008We headed out to Old City and Chinatown last Friday and saw some stuff worth seeing. TOPSTITCH Beth Brandon‘s show at Topstitch was our first stop. Her small eco-drawings showed a seriousness of purpose with their intense mark-making. The woodsy iconography floating on a sea of white is familiar (Justin Witte, Ben Volta, Robyn O’Neil, etc) but the dreaminess and the fashion sensibility (a series of drawings show a line of balaclavas made from leaves) give it a little surprise. Brandon will be in a two-person show at Copy Gallery in September. That show’s ... More » »
Look! It’s Episode 4 of L&R
Watch the Video Episode 4. Libby and Roberta at the Locks Gallery, Jennifer Steinkamp‘s video installations and Thomas Chimes‘ the Entropy Paintings. Then at Honeymilk (now in Top Stitch, Market between 3rd and 4th), Isaac Schell‘s street photography. See all four episodes, directed by our Wizard of Video, David Kessler, here. And guess what? Look! It’s L&R is now a proud part of the Philebrity TV network. Also on Philebrity TV is David’s other video project, Shadow World, a poetic street immersion with people encountered under the El in Kensington. Vince Romaniello‘s video on David Foss is there, too, as ... More » »
Weekly Update (1) – Spiritual Challenge
This week’s Weekly has my review of the Fleisher Challenge 2. Here’s the link to the art page and below is the copy with a couple of pictures. More pictures at my flickr set. God’z in Da Houze!Three artists tackle the urban cave. Three artists in this month’s “Challenge 2”—the second in the four-part Wind Challenge Exhibitions at Fleisher—turn their sights on Philadelphia’s abandoned buildings, squats and degraded housing stock. They end up with work that—in spite of its heavy sledding through issues of poverty, embattlement and despair—offers a tiny ray of hope. Light is the director in this show, ... More » »
