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News: Title Magazine, Free Library online, Lindsay Wraga and lots of opportunities!
News Local artists launch Title Magazine online Welcome, to Title Magazine! This new local online publication aims to contribute to the critical analysis of the dynamic Philly art scene. The first issue includes articles by Daniel Gerwin, Edward Carey, Avi Alpert, Jeffrey Bussmann, Andrew Gbur, and Elyse Derosia. Free Library opens digital resource database The Free Library of Philadelphia has just opened its “Free Library of the 21st Century” online.
A whole lot of artists at Woodmere
Alexis Granwell’s Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart There’s enough critical mass at the Woodmere Art Museum to pull a devoted sidewalk stomper to the almost-burbs of Chestnut Hill. What got me out there first of all was the Emerging Artists Series show, in conjunction with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, with works from Christopher Hartshorne and Hiro Sakaguchi. But the surprise for me was the excellence of the 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, with 68 pieces in the show (67 plus one for good luck?). Juried by installation artist Polly Apfelbaum, the show skews contemporary, and the quality is ... More » »
Weekly Update 2 – Morgellons at Fleisher-Ollman
This week’s Weekly includes my review of Morgellons, the emerging artist’s show at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. Below is the copy with some pictures. Here’s the link to the art page. And see more pictures at my flickr. Bugging Out“Morgellons” is a beautiful show filled with frustration. Roxana Perez-Mendez, (detail) Tierra Incognita Asteroide 1,2,3 and Tierra Incognita (La Lamada) 2006 deer moss, audio subwoofer, wood, glass beads, sea shells, led light, swarovski crystal rhinestones, silk florals. This piece, part of which was in her Fleisher Challenge show last year, captures much of the show’s ambiance — its push to decor, its unhappiness ... More » »
Hitler, vacuums, transience and mice
[We selected some posts written by Colette Copeland's students at the University of Pennsylvania to run in artblog. Here they are:] The truth, sort ofPost by Seth Manoff In the 1930s, Hitler burned books which he deemed subervise or which went against Nazi propaganda. Most of the world condoned this, though it was a crime against humanity. While the days of Hitler are past, in Oswaldo Romberg’s mind, the days of distorting the facts are not. In this post-Capitalist consumer world which is in collapse, everyone is supporting the idea of relative truth through the uses of new technologies. Oswaldo ... More » »
