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Big paper at the PMA

Detail of Mark Fox’s explosion of pop culture information and signage There’s a lot to look at out in the world–golden arches, illuminated Meineke Muffler logos, and the mesmerizing bullseye imagery in the Target commercials. So people who make works on paper have some heavy competing to do, and clearly they realize it, because the Contemporary Works on Paper show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art includes lots of works of ambitious, look-at-me scale. Not only do they have to compete in the hyper-commercialized and high-speed computerized visual landscapes in which we live, but they also have to compete for ... More » »