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art thoughtz – Hennessy Youngman shares some at PAFA

Jayson Musson’s alter ego Hennessy Youngman dubs himself “The Pharaoh Hennessy,” “The Rowhouse Raconteur,” and now with his cell phone audio tour of PAFA’s collections, “Mr. Museum.” In The Grand Manner, Youngman shares his own perspective on twenty-two works of early American art. In a collection that prides itself on its number of masterpieces, Youngman both literally and figuratively becomes the voice inside your head, validating the opinion of the non-expert with his unpretentious and witty commentary.

News: Fleisher @ the White House, Barnes educates construction workers, and lots of opportunities!

News Fleisher Art Memorial @ the White House Student Zulmarie Nazario, 16, attended a ceremony on November 2 at the White House where she received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from First Lady Michelle Obama on behalf of the Fleisher Art Memorial. The prestigious award is for Fleisher’s work to develop learning and life skills in young people through the arts and creative experience. Nazario is one of many students who participate in Fleisher’s after school program in which a number of activities help young people explore their artistic and creative abilities.

News: New ICA curator, video art history @ PAFA, opportunities, and more!

News (Inaccurate information has been removed from this post). ICA appoints new curator The Institute of Contemporary Art has appointed Anthony Elms as a new Associate Curator. Elms has worked as an  independent curator and writer, and he was Assistant Director of Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago for six years. He replaces Jenelle Porter who has taken a position at ICA Boston.

Art in America discovers Hennessy Youngman

It can’t be easy to interview Jayson Musson when he’s in character –he’s a little slippery, actually a lot slippery. But art writer Brian Boucher is game in his delightful interview in Art in America online of the ever funny Musson as his alterego Hennessy Youngman. Check it out! By the way, we interviewed the real Jayson Musson for one of our artblog radio pocasts. Look for it on our radio page (nav bar at the top will do the job).

The Hard Sell and Other Tomfoolery at Marginal Utility

Jayson Musson’s show The Hard Sell, at Marginal Utility on 319 N. 11th Street, is an atypical gallery show, to say the least. The walls are full of long, written rants, hilariously offensive t-shirts and the occasional art object, like a sculpture. It’s apolitical, atheistic and, come to think of it, a-pretty-much-any-other-adjective-you-can-muster. It’s a splendid experiment in the cheeky and the inappropriate and, looking back on my visit, all I can hear are the words of my sarcastic eighth grade science teacher Mr. Withers: “I’m only serious when I’m serious.” If Jayson Musson is serious about anything, it’s circular logic ... More » »

Weekly Update – Perpetual adolescence at Marginal Utility in Jayson Musson’s rants

A Jayson Musson exhibit is a shock to the system for the sensitive art enthusiast who expects only well-behaved and friendly art in a gallery.   Musson’s word art, on posters and, for his new show at Marginal Utility, some newly-printed vacation-style t-shirts, is like a smack upside the head, delivering rants about the art world, politics and unrequited love.

Jayson Scott Musson next week on artblog radio

Jayson Scott Musson’s language-based art sometimes gets him into trouble. But that’s the whole point of the smart and edgy work by this astute social critic. Recently a gallery dropped a scheduled showing of Musson’s Art Thoughts video series, for its liberal use of the N word. We talked to Musson at his Fairmount apartment about his videos, his music and his art–and his frustration at sometimes being misunderstood. His solo show Neoteny, The Hard Sell opens Friday, Feb 4, at Marginal Utility. Below is a 39-second promo; hear the entire episode next Monday. Jayson Musson 39-second promo

5 Under 40 at Sande Webster Gallery

5 Under 40, the show at Sande Webster Gallery this month, unsurprisingly consists of five artists under the age of 40. One of those showing his work, Philippe Jean, is also the curator of the show. The questions and practices asserted by these artists demonstrate both wry social criticism as well as strong visual references.

2010 Liberta awards!

It may be a recession year, but 2010 saw a whole lot of good art stuff happening in Philadelphia. Here’s our annual awards roundup! 6 best shows of 2010 that we saw: Mika Rottenberg @Mary Boone Paul Outlaw and Jennifer Catron’s The Honeymooners @Grizzly Grizzly Value City @Little Berlin Failure to Show @Extra Extra Philagrafika @Temple Gallery (especially for Heavy Industries) Bauhaus @MoMA

The Return of Liberta–awards for 2009

2009 is the year artblog had its sixth birthday and graduated to a WordPress design and a real logo and new maps and listings!  Liberta made it to the Miami art fairs this year for the first time.  Loved it, won’t be going back — we’ll take Manhattan. Volta New York is still our favorite art fair.   This also was the year Liberta realized some people hate her. Frankly we don’t give a damn and will carry on as if everybody loved us. Hey we love everybody almost.