Tag Archive "joe-boruchow"

Quick pic: Swine Flu/Alamo mashup by Joe Boruchow

This just in from Joe Boruchow, cut paper posterizer and Nite Lights front man — a swine flu poster that remembers the Alamo.  Remember to wash your hands, I say.    

New Nutter Poster from Joe Boruchow

This poster came in from one of our favorite artists, Joe Boruchow, who likes to skewer the political scene from time to time. Joe also sent along this pithy quote:   “The budget is the skeleton of the state stripped of all misleading ideologies.” – Rudolph Goldscheid We pass them along for their topicality and amazing graphic encapsulation of the complex issues.

Interview: Joe Boruchow, cut paper with an edge

Joe Boruchow, in his studio, with his graphic novel in a binder on the desk and a study for Abundance on the easel. Cut paper artist Joe Boruchow‘s solo show at Bean Cafe (it closes today), is the second show of his we’ve seen there. Bean loves Joe and Joe loves Bean and he’s shown there a bunch of times since 2002. Boruchow’s narrative cut-outs are great, and he seems to march to his own drummer. We wanted to meet him and hear more about his art and him, so we paid him a visit. Installation detail of Fire Sale, ... More » »

What we want to see Friday etc.

Joe Boruchow’s new cut paper drawings, opening Tues., Nov. 11 at Bean Cafe. Here’s a list for you, dearies. There’s lots of hot stuff coming up this week and next but we’ve elected to electioneer and to reduce our First Friday picks down to a lean and mean list with links and no commentary and one election-obsessed picture. We’ll be back and chatting away soon enough. Stay tuned. First Friday, Nov. 7, 2008 Vox PopuliFourth RoomThe return of Justin Witte and Olivia Schreiner to Vox!!!reception: 6-11 pm Transplantsat Asian Arts Initiative plus videos at International HouseARTISTS: Keiko Miyamori, Ben Volta/Drawing ... More » »

Weekly Update 1- Summer Roundup

This week’s Weekly has my summer art roundup. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Philadelphia’s art scene doesn’t take summer vacation anymore. Miguel Luciano, interactive piece based on Puerto Rican saying that (loosely translated) means that children can be heard when hens pee (which they never do). Miguel Luciano’s identity-fueled works at Taller Puertorriqueño use exaggerated stereotypes to poke fun at bromides about Puerto Rican identity. Luciano, a New York-based artist, turns Taller’s galleries into an interactive playroom with sculptures (including a slot machine) that let people “play” with their own identities. Luciano’s work is ... More » »

Damien Hirst at Wexler Gallery

(In) Between: Contemporary Interpretations of VanitasWexler Gallery, May 2nd-June28th While I don’t think it’s necessary to travel to The Met to see a Damien Hirst shark suspended in resin, I find it reasonable to travel the couple of blocks to 2nd street to see some some DH sculptures and a print. Damien Hirst is where he isn’t supposed to be and his artwork being down the street in a little gallery I would usually never go to has all the glitter of spotting an Olsen Twin with Chloe Sevigny at Johnny and Brendas. While I would never think to question ... More » »

What we want to see Friday

We’re going to be in Pittsburgh for the 2008 Carnegie International opening but if we were here this is where you’d see us Friday night. Joe Boruchow, cut paper, at Wexler in the group show Vanitas. We saw a great show of his work last year at Bean Cafe. Wexler–this is the hot ticket. Group show, Vanitas, curated by Sienna Freeman, one of the young female take-charge curators we’re very excited about. She rounded up top notch names: Randall Sellers, Joe Boruchow, Damien Hirst, Ann Siems, Dirk Staschke and more! This follows on their recent show of Chuck Close prints ... More » »

The final cut–Joe Boruchow’s cut paper at the Bean

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.Joe Boruchow at the Bean Cafe Sorry to cut this so fine, but the final curtain is about to fall Dec. 11 on Joe Boruchow’s narrative cut paper works at the Bean Cafe. It’s worth going out of your way to see these. The complexity of the images and the mysterious back stories make them seem like they are enormous, but they are small enough to squeeze into a tiny apartment. The images are full of surprises and crazy vertiginous perspectives that allow Boruchow to compress complex scenes into small pieces. His stories, ranging from political cartoons ... More » »