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Photo post: First Friday we saw and we thought
Thought I’d take you on a tour with me and Andrea of some of the stuff we saw. To see all my pictures, go to my Flickr set here. 222 GalleryBig Kids, Little Kids, curated by John Freeborn Jesse Goldstein, Stripes, screenprint, 18 x 24 inches The first gallery, 222, and the first piece I saw was Stripes, by Jesse Goldstein, and what a great beginning. It was beautiful and struck me as a reverse UPC code! Speaking of commerce and upc codes, the exhibit is filled with bargains. Check it out. Plus show curator John Freeborn’s book, Big Kids, ... More » »
TV Japan-style
When Marjorie Grigonis was in Japan, she took a bunch of images off the tv screen. Here’s one of them. It reminds me of PeeWee’s Playhouse, but even more manic and punched up. Here’s Marjorie’s Flickr set of tv photos. Some of the Japanese sets have saturated colors, some of the cartoon imagery looks a little unfamiliar, and some of the ways the camera moves in on faces is a little different, but the way things are going, in a few years American and Japanese TV will probably be indistinguishable.
Paper cranes report from Japan
Post by Marjorie Grigonisropes of crane, photo by Marjorie Grigonis While Amy Kauffman was installing her show at the Bride I was photographing thousands of tiny origami cranes in Hiroshima. I haven’t seen Amy’s show yet but have read Libby and Roberta’s blog . Libby’s insightful and poetic words about Amy’s origami work struck me as applicable to the deeply affecting displays of paper cranes in Hiroshima. Libby spoke of “creating and merging the past and the present through the continuity of handiwork.” Paper crane memorial, photo by Marjorie Grigonis In the Hiroshima Peace Park near the children’s memorial there ... More » »
Church tower on the bay redux
From the department of coincidences… After I posted Marjorie Grigonis‘s lovely photos from her trip to the south of France and Barcelona I got an email from Caroline Furr, a mutual friend and Philadelphia artist who previously lived in Barcelona for many years. The email was brief. It said “a harmless past,” and it contained the image of a painting of a church with a tower that is the same church on the bay pictured in Marjorie’s photo from her post. As Caroline put it in her email, it’s “an older view of a favorite spot.” I just love this ... More » »
Browsing Old City and Bainbridge’s new art corridor
One of Damian Weinkrantz’s politically-transcendant owls at Honeymilk Stella and I went around to a couple of boutiques two Saturdays ago. Nowadays that can mean an encounter with art as well as an eyeful of blue jeans, dresses and jewelry. Honeymilk, in Vagabond‘s back space on 3rd St. in Old City has been keeping up an art presence with changing exhibits every few months. Carrie Powell, who I believe is Honeymilk’s proprietor, curated a show for June and July that includes owl portraits by Emily Glaubinger and Damian Weinkrantz. The portraits are nicely done, and they’re all framed and hung ... More » »
