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Studio visit: Jeffro in love

Jeffro Kilpatrick was planning to propose to his sweetheart, Joannie, at his May 7 opening at Fishtown’s Proximity Gallery. But that seemed too public. “I don’t know if I want to put that much of myself out there,” he said during an interview at his studio last week. Besides, he suspected Joannie had caught a whiff of the plan. He thought if he moved it up to the morning, that would catch her by surprise.

Weekly Update — Skeleton love at Proximity Gallery

This week’s Weekly has my review of Dia De Los Muertos at Proximity Gallery.  Below is my copy with pictures. Dia de los Muertos at Proximity Gallery is one of those rare art world animals — a show without conceptual bullying or delusions of grandeur.  Instead, the exhibit of 43 works by members of the illustrator’s collective, the Autumn Society, is a parade of optical pleasures and a celebration of skeletons and Day of the Dead mythology.