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Endangered species–public art at PA Convention Center

When people bark about the threat of a public art void at the Convention Center extension (see Stephan Salisbury’s article in today’s Inquirer here), they seem to be all over the place on just what they mean by public. For instance, art inside the building? That is not public. I don’t think too many Philadelphians ever get to see the so-called “public art” in Convention Center part 1.

Ceramic art by Swenbeck, Rosen and Hom at Fleisher/Ollman

With so many exhibits all over the city first for printmaking and then ceramics, the question needs to be asked. How to recognize which well-crafted tree in the forest is the rare specimen worth the visit?

Bangkok Opens New Contemporary Art Museum

Post by Mei-ling Hom and David McClellan The poster for the Krungthep 226 exhibition shows the Victory Monument overhelmed by jungle. This is part 3 of a report from Asia. Part I, on 8Q, the new Singapore art museum, is here. And Part 2, on experiencing a Thai foundry, is here. The long awaited first public contemporary art museum in Thailand has finally opened with an exhibition entitled “Krungthep 226″. Now there was one earlier exhibition but the tale of how that came to replace this one as the actual first is too tangled to relate here. So I will ... More » »

Report from Thailand: Foundry days

Post by Mei-ling Hom and David McClelland This is part 2 of a report from Asia. Part I, on 8Q, the new Singapore art museum, is here. The scale of the castings is really impressive Working in the bronze foundry near Ayuthaya, Thailand is art on an industrial scale. The energy conveyed through the noise, smell, and visual overload is only matched in our experience by the earth shaking intensity of the limestone mills in southern Indiana. But it is stimulating to be surrounded by fine artists working with a superb technical staff.

8Q, The New Singapore Museum for Contemporary Art

We recently got this note from Mei-ling Hom and David McClelland: Mei-ling and I are working on a couple of projects in Thailand this winter, casting bronze sculpture and editing a funeral book for a close friend who decided he needed to have his life summed up long before (hopefully) he died. We needed to make a visa run to Singapore to extend our month in Thailand to two and we met a couple of people in Singapore who gave us a quick look at what is happening in the business capital of Asia. I hope to send a couple ... More » »