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More Phillyites in New York and elsewhere

We now know that we missed at least five Philly artists in our previous post about our town’s world class art invading the world (or at least places on the Eastern seaboard). We are hereby bringing these artists and venues to your attention so you can feel even better about Philadelphia’s solid and growing art scene and so you can go see this stuff in the real world. JUDITH SCHAECHTER Judith Schaechter,Seeing is BelievingStained Glass installation120 x 120 inchesMuseum of Arts and Design Judith Schaechter — stained glass artist extraordinaire and all around art whizz kid (see our previous post ... More » »

An Eyefull in Old City

Rachel Perry Welty Let there be Cuties (2008) fruit stickers and archival adhesive on paper, 11″ x 11″, courtesy Gallery JoeOld City is full of interesting work at the moment. Libby’s already covered the array of artists at Gallery Joe and I second her enthusiasm although she only gave brief mention to Rachel Perry Welty’s “drawings” made from fine lines cut out of fruit stickers (which I assume are those dreadful little labels that I always peel off before putting the fruit in the bowl). They are actually collages but have the simplicity and look of effortlessness of Zen ink ... More » »

Art in Miami; Etc.

There were 21 fairs in Miami last week besides Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB). Call me a slacker, but I only made it to 6. I quickly eliminated the specialized fairs (works on paper, photography [2], design) and picked the rest out of past experience and/or because I was likely to find Philadelphia artists or dealers. Thomas Schutte Grosse Geister #2 (Big Spirit #2) 2003, polished bronze, in front of the Cerealart display at the Rubell Family CollectionBreakfast at the Rubell Family Collection. That’s not a Richard Long (the Long was on the ground, a hundred feet away; no kidding!) ... More » »

Judith Schaechter talks, Part 2

This is part 2 of a two-part article about our studio visit with artist Judith Schaechter. Read Part 1. Judith Schaechter’s computer, with files in Photoshop that store her drawings of heads and bodies for her figures. While at the computer Judith was demonstrating to us how she mixed and matched heads and bodies on her figures. It was a little like paper dolls swapping clothing and a little like low tech animation. Roberta said “You should animate your works.” And Judith said, “Have you seen my animations?” She proceeded to show us two animations she produced, one of which ... More » »

Judith Schaechter talks computers, cats, and irreverent stained glass

[This is part 1 of a two part story.] Judith Schaechter with one of her five cats in her South Philly house. We had lunch with one of contemporary art’s heavy hitters the other day and she made us quiche. Judith Schaechter had just come home from a driving lesson during which her driving instructor was pumping her for information about how to be an artist while she was on Delaware Avenue trying to remember how to brake and steer. Meanwhile, back at home, she tossed the lunch on the table as if it was nothing and started talking. Two ... More » »

Weekly Update 2 – Cute is all around us

This week’s Weekly has my holiday roundup story on the cute in art. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr.Aw-some ArtDevil monkeys, crocheted skulls and heartbreak made achingly sweet. Cute is the current art darling, pushed mostly by young artists but also some midcareer folks like Jeff Koons, who knew before the rest of us that irony would one day turn stale. Koons’ Puppy—a massive Chia Pet seen ’round the world—was loved by the general public and art insiders alike. Its arrival signaled that cute puppies were in and sourpusses could take a hike. Matthew Porter, ... More » »

The art of history, politics and other thoughts in Chelsea

Duke Riley, a drawing from his installation After the Battle of Brooklyn. After seeing Kara Walker show at the Whitney Thursday, one of our goals of Saturday’s Chelsea run-around included seeing her work at Sikkema Jenkins. But we saw lots more,, and an awful lot of it had historical and political thoughts in it. Riley’s submarine, modeled after drawings for such a vehicle from the pre-sub era. Roberta is checking out the insides, which, much to her surprise, had some beer cans strewn about. Duke Riley at Magnan Projects was spectacular. Riley, if you remember, is a guy who has ... More » »

Simon Says, Judith Says

We sat with Anne Minnich in the Simon Schama lecture (see post), and afterwards ran into Judith Schaechter who said she was going to run up to the front and shake the man’s hand. Later, Judith wrote me some lively commentary on the talk which I have to share. JUDITH: I loved the lecture even though I could barely follow along. He had, like, at least 10 deep concepts per sentence plus he was so WITTY! I loved finding out what was the best painting ever (“Beheading of John the Baptist” by Caravaggio). And I will never, ever be able ... More » »

PMA craft corridor – better here than nowhere?

Following the impassioned discussion about crafts in the comments for an earlier post about American Craft magazine, I present a few images from the PMA‘s show, Celebrating American Craft (through Sept. 30). The show’s in what I have been calling the crafts corridor because that’s what it is (first floor near the elevator and the photography ramp) but which the PMA calls the Auditorium north corridor. I am excited to see artblog favorite, Judith Schaechter, represented here. Any museum exhibit that includes a living, breathing Philadelphia artist is a very good thing. But. Judith Schaechter. I’ve Trampled a Million Pretty ... More » »

Art Fair flash: Philly ‘s Miami beachhead

Judith Schaechter’s “Flasher”stained glass lightbox, 38 x 27″ The cold snap arrived just in time to justify the trip to the Miami art fairs, starting Dec. 6. So all of you who are going, send warm thoughts our way. And enjoy all the great Philadelphia artists and galleries strutting their finest stuff–from artists Judith Schaechter to Rob Matthews, from Gallery Joe to Pentimenti and SchmidtDean. Here’s where to find who: Joseph Hu’s toothpick sculpture Philadelphia’s largest contingent will be at the Bridge Art Fair, including Pentimenti, Projects and Ashley galleries [12/6/06: see correction in comment below]. A number of Philadelphia ... More » »