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News – Craft fair on Rittenhouse Square, 3rd Ward seeks restaurant, Leeway awards and more!
News First ever PA Guild of Craftsmen fair at Rittenhouse Rittenhouse Square is the location of a fine arts fair every year but it’s never (to our knowledge) held a fine crafts fair. This Spring (May 11-13), Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen will host their fine craft fair in the park. More than 140 fine craftsmen and artisans from around the state and nation will show and sell handmade jewelry, furniture, pottery, clothing and other crafted items.
Marie Antoinette returns to Gallery Joe
Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette at Gallery Joe continues Marilyn Holsing’s fascination with the notorious French queen. The exhibition generally avoids presenting an overly sympathetic view of the royal, who may or may not be deserving of her disgraced reputation. Instead, in the imagined scenes, young Marie’s identity serves as a jumping off point for the artist. Meticulously detailed, Holsing’s works on paper resemble tapestries from a distance, complete with toile illustrations.
Big bang, small bang at Gallery Joe
The big shock in Gallery Joe‘s current show is what has happened to the space. The usual Joe m.o. is to hang the work in calmest presentation possible, neatly arrayed around the small gallery’s spaces.
Weekly Update – Matthews, Holsing at Gallery Joe
This week’s Weekly has my review of Rob Matthews’s Knoxville Girl and Marilyn Holsing’s Young Marie at Gallery Joe. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. And here’s Libby’s post on the show and our Look! episode.Gray’s AnatomyTwo shows explore moral ambiguity. Rob Matthews, Knoxville Girl, the Deposition, at Gallery Joe. Rob Matthews’ 14-drawing murder saga is a morality tale reminiscent of the pious lessons told via stained glass windows in the great cathedrals. His “The Knoxville Girl” suite of works is based loosely on real murders in Knoxville, Tenn., and on the Appalachian ballad “Knoxville ... More » »
Look! It’s Libby and Roberta at Gallery Joe
Click To Play This episode from our ongoing series of gallery visits takes us to the Gallery Joe for the narrative works of Rob Matthews and Marilyn Holsing. Our video guru David Kessler captured it all and makes the magic happen. Here’s a link to David’s popular Shadow World videos. And here’s a link to the archive of all the Look! episodes.
Murder and excess–Matthews and Holsing at Gallery Joe
Rob Matthews, Knoxville Girl-Retrievalimage courtesy the artist First Friday began with a bang for us. We started the evening at Gallery Joe, and really could have stayed there for the night. Two solo exhibits of drawings of Rob Matthews and of Marilyn Holsing each asked questions about responsibility and morality and human nature. They also successfully argue that drawing has become a major medium, capable of handling the kinds of important messages that used to belong only to painting, and rarely to etchings. Rob Matthews at the opening of Knoxville Girl Matthews’ Knoxville Girl is a series of 19 graphite ... More » »
More out of towners on view here and there
I just put up a post on Monday about all the lively goings on that involve Philadelphia artists all over the planet! Now here’s a few more notices that came in to the groaning inbox and I pass them on with a big thumbs up. If you’re anywhere near, be sure to check these shows out.Jim Brossy in Brooklyn Jim Brossy Brossy shows his mixed media paintings at Projects Gallery here. Gallery 24111 Front St Brooklyn (D.U.M.B.O.) NYDown Under the Manhattan Bridge OverpassArtist Reception:Thursday Sept.20th 6-9 pmDUMBO arts festival runs Sept.28 – Sept.30(Artist in attendance on Saturday, Sept.29)Marilyn Holsing in ... More » »
