Tag Archive "kellyweber-gallery"
Dumpsters ‘r’ us–Daniel Petraitis at 201
Daniel Petraitis, Dumpsters (there are three sizes in all) Everyone kept saying “the dumpsters” in reverent tones whenever I brought up the fact that I was headed to 201 Gallery at Kelly and Weber to check out Daniel Petraitis’ exhibit there. I’ve seen some great dumpster art before–Tim Belknap‘s thumper dumpster (Red Dumpster With Strap-On) at Slought, Billy Blaise Dufala‘s Dumpster Coffin at the Main Line Art Center. But I wasn’t sure the world was ready for another dumpster piece. To see Daniel Petraitis’ five dumpsters is to love them!!! The dumpsters (there are three versions, five dumpsters in all) ... More » »
Two postmortems
Sometimes I just blow it in the timely department. I saw two shows that I hesitated to write about partly because I had mixed reactions. But they both were rather interesting, and so I’m coming back at them, even though both are gone. 1) Ryan Widger at Kelly and Weber (closed last month) Ryan Widger, Grey Room Ryan Widger‘s huge, grayed-out photographs at Kelly and Weber (201 Gallery) last month, created from distressed negatives that have suffered the effects of bleach and other cruel treatments, are of architectural spaces with mysterious what-is-it or who-is-it elements. They look like a still ... More » »
Superhero pots from Doug Herren
Vase Form with Green Stand, by Doug Herren, ceramic and mixed media; all pictures in this post taken by the artist and courtesy of Kelly & Weber Fine Arts Here’s a funny pair of shows for you: The Japanese Yixing teapots at the Clay Studio (post here on these from one of the students from Colette Copeland’s class) and Doug Herren‘s exhibit, Industria, at Kelly & Weber’s 201 Gallery. Green Teapot, Doug Herren Herren until now was an ordinary tea pot and clay vessel maker. But suddenly his work has gone industrial strength, bringing muscle and rivets to giant vessel ... More » »
Studioscopic’s latest picks
Check out the hysterical Steven Dufala and Billy Blaise Dufala’s interview by David Kessler, now up at studioscopic. The brothers are the Jay and Silent Bob of Philly’s art world. The interview was recorded right after the close of their show in ‘Challenge 3′ at Fleisher Art Memorial Also new on studioscopic, See Doug Herren talks about how he came to make his quirky, riveted ceramic sculptures, inspired by the industrial scale of Philadelphia’s infrastructure. The work opens tonight at Kelly & Weber Fine Art in Crane Arts.
Look! It’s Libby and Roberta at the Crane Art Center
Click To Play This fine episode from our ongoing series of gallery visits takes us to the Crane Art Center for Metaphoric Vinyl at Nexus and Charmaine Caire’s solo show Then and Now at Kelly/Weber Gallery. Our video guru David Kessler is a wizard who captures it all and makes the magic happen. Here’s a link to David’s popular Shadow World videos. And here’s a link to all the Look! It’s Libby and Roberta episodes.
