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Graduates everywhere – a roundup of spring student shows!

This year’s graduates of area BFA and MFA programs displayed their works all over town the last few months.  The group exhibits showed the young artists to be continuing the trends we’ve seen now for a while:  performance videos; videos in general; outsider-influenced drawing and painting; photos that play with concepts of reality; and finely-crafted sculpture (some of it made to look gloppy and not so finely crafted).  Here’s a picture post for you, in case you missed the shows. We saw exhibits from: University of Pennsylvania, University of the Arts, Tyler School of Art, Moore College of Art and ... More » »

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 real Jayson Scott Musson speaks on artblog radio

Our series sponsor is Fleisher Art Memorial. Locks Gallery is our episode sponsor. Profanity and insults are just distractions in Jayson Scott Musson’s posters, screeds and rants. The real message is the human comedy of rules, categories, identities, stereotypes, pretensions and social classes. In this interview he talks about trying to solve his problems as an artist and as an equal opportunity irritant to the politically correct. Musson has a solo show of his work at Marginal Utility Feb. 4- March 27, 2011. First, a short sample from the interview; and below that the full 12-minute episode. [Audio clip: view ... More » »

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

Hey Internet! Hennessy Youngman’s coming to Sande Webster Gallery

Sande Webster Gallery is walking on the wild side next month in her show 5 under 40. It’s not just that the artists are young, one of them is pretty wild–Jayson Musson, posing as the Hip Hop Dear Abby of the art world, Hennessy Youngman, with tips on how to succeed in the art world. Many episodes on his YouTube page will regale you with his art thoughtz. Here’s just one short episode to whet your appetitel.

Weekly Update – Word-o-rama at Fleisher-Ollman and PAFA’s Morris Gallery

This week’s Weekly has my review of Fleisher-Ollman’s group show “Rich Text” and PAFA’s Morris Gallery video “Roz” by Burt Barr. Below is my copy with some pictures. And see Libby’s post on Rich Text here. Roz, by Burt Barr at PAFA’s Morris Gallery. “Rich Text” at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery is a roundup of lusty contemporary word art that’s a smile from start to finish.  And across town, the video by New York artist Burt Barr at PAFA’s Morris Gallery is also a great word piece — serendipitously scheduled —  a rumination on what words mean when mouthed by a person ... More » »

Jayson Musson has a little fun with our new president

Jayson Scott Musson, Sisyphus. From his show at Last Drop Coffee House. Which one makes you laugh? * Barack Obama relieves Sisyphus from his job as rock mover Barack rescues the Last Unicorn from Abu Ghraib  Barack uses his ice breath to save the polar ice caps Barack Obama uses his magic tears to give men more staying power Barack saves a kitty! Ice Breath (l) and Not on My Watch (r) These and more hysterically funny paintings by Jayson Scott Musson are on view at the Last Drop Coffee House. It’s no secret that we at artblog love this ... More » »

Black Like Me online at Free News Projects blog

Wondering about Jayson Musson‘s column Black Like Me in the Weekly? Well, we were too. Yesterday we got this missive from Jayson explaining that the column’s on hiatus from the Weekly (newspaper woes, they’re all over the place–they cut the art page this week due to lack of space (ie lack of advertising revenue) and last week they cut the theatre page for the same reason. The Metro’s had some staff cutbacks and the Inquirer/Daily News owners are threatening new layoffs….sheesh, a dying industry. Never fear: Jayson’s gone blogging with his column! He’s on Max Lawrence‘s Free News Projects blog, ... More » »