Tag Archive "norm-paris"
New news! Bruce Conner screenings, urban farming documentary, Phillies mural and more!
News Latest issue of Nicola Midnight St. Claire On September 11, the newest issue of the Nicola Midnight St. Claire came out. In this installment, there are some articles on Katie Murken’s installation Continua as well as Bodega’s show Mobile Device. There is also a video “centerfold” and a curious take on a relic from 9/11 on display in the Penn Museum’s show Excavating Ground Zero: Fragments from 9/11. And in breaking news ...this just in from Matt Kalasky, editor of the Nicola: “Tonight at 7 PM in Temple Gallery the editors of the Nicola Midnight St.Claire will be presenting ... More » »
West Collection takes on the future…
Alex Da Corte, 2008, Accessory, acrylic fingernails, nail polish, sequins, pins, earings, seed beads, Swarovski crystals, glitter, foam, metal rod on rotating mirror base, 62 x 20 x 20” What do Alex Da Corte’s fabulous Accessory snake and Norm Paris’ Michael Jordan Save the World have in common besides Philadelphia origins? They were both featured in a curated 18-artist group show “Versions of Reality,” at last weekend’s NEXT art fair in Chicago. The pieces in the exhibit are all from the West Collection. We knew West had bought the Paris piece, but we didn’t know that they also owned the ... More » »
Weekend viewing: Norm Paris on Studioscopic
Norm Paris in his studio talking with David Kessler in a new Studioscopic episode. Our pal, David Kessler, just finished another wonderful video over at Studioscopic (click the link to get over there and see it). This one features Norm Paris in his studio talking about his classic installation, Michael Jordan Save the World (shown in a Fleisher Challenge exhibit in 2005). Norm talks about his fascination with sports icons as impossible heroes, and he’s got something to say about the Philly art scene, too! We’ve written about Norm and if you search his name in the blogger search you’ll ... More » »
Some news, some olds
Norm Paris, Michael Jordan, Save the World Norm Paris’ fabulous piece Michael Jordan, Save the World is now included in the West Collection, the amazing but little-known collection of contemporary artists in Oaks, Pennsylvania. The sculptural installation, depicting multiple Michael Jordans leaping up to catch bombs before they explode, got its first big exposure in a Fleisher Challenge in 2005. Jenny Jaskey announced in her gallery newsletter that the piece will be shown in future exhibitions organized through the collection’s loan program. and…[this is now a corrected version] Penn MFAAndrew Prayzner, whose work we’ve been watching since the Voxennial (2005, ... More » »
Mezuzah love at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art
Image of Mezuzot from the show, A Kiss for the Mezuzah, curated by Matthew Singer of the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art. Not long ago Matt Singer, Curator of the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art emailed to ask me if I’d write an essay for a show he was putting together at the museum called “A Kiss for the Muzuzah.” The exhibit is all new commissioned works — each a Mezuzah — by a Philadelphia artist. Not all the artists are Jewish and together they represent a power team whose works I’ve long admired: Candy Depew, Jeanne Jaffe, Isaac Lin, ... More » »
Henri Cartier-Bresson and Chuck Patch, together at last!
Chuck Patch, photo of two men on a New Orleans street. This just in from Chuck Patch, our dear friend and extraordinary photographer based in New Orleans (but soon moving to Baltimore, so stay tuned…). Chuck is in an exhibit in Paris sponsored by the Cultural Ministry. It’s a photography show about New Orleans and Chuck’s in really good company. Here’s who’s in the show: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alain Desvergnes, Bryce Lankard, Gilles Mora, Owen Murphy, Chuck Patch, Christopher Porche West, Victoria Ryan, Louis Sahuc, Jennifer Shaw, Mark Sindler and Donn Young. Show’s at the ministere de la Culture et de ... More » »
Look! It’s Episode 3!!!
Huddle: Norm Paris and Cara Erskine at Tower Gallery to March 31. Finish/Line Borowsky Gallery, Gershman Y to April 13. Works by Matt Curtius and Gina Triplett, John Gibbons and Isobel Sollenberger, Anne Krinsky and Rebecca Rutstein. See all three episodes of Look! It’s Libby and Roberta here. Produced by the awesome David Kessler.
Weekly Update – Tower Gallery Sports
This week’s Weekly has my Editor’s Pick preview of Cara Erskine and Norm Paris’s “Huddle” at Tower Gallery. Below is the copy with some pictures. Norm Paris, Son of Arnold, mortar, foam, papier mache, paint. approximately 11 ft high. In 2005 at his Fleisher Challenge exhibit Norm Paris presented a small army of cast-plaster Michael Jordans with tongues hanging out attempting to catch falling bombs. In this new two-person exhibit, Paris and his Yale classmate Cara Erskine present a dialogue of works in paint, sculpture and prints in which the sports metaphor again presents issues of hero-worship and hope—and the ... More » »
Petit Post on Paris
Hello all, I’m sorry I’ve been so absent from the blog. We all came back from our trip inflicted with a virus that took us down for days and days. I’m now coming out of my cotton-headed fog and will post a few tidbits from our trip and direct you to my flickr set, Stella’s flickr set and Max’s flickr set for more pictures and commentary. And in another post I’ll tell you about the Karen Kilimnik exhibit we saw and about my studio visit with American artist Matthew Rose.Winter in ParisWe set foot in Paris on a day that ... More » »
Weekly Update (1) – Et in Arcadia, excellence
This week’s Weekly has my review of Arcadia’s Works on Paper exhibit. Here’s the art page and below is the copy with more pictures. As usual, there’s more pix at flickr and here’s Libby’s post on the show. Arcadia FireThe tiny out-of-the-way gallery hosts the “it” show of the season. Installation shot. As usual the pairings are great, as here, with Judith Schaechter’s print “Child Bride” who is vomiting flowers, echoed with the pile of black bird confetti on the floor by Gabriel Martinez. Nils Orth’s untitled magical alien photo portraits stare like visitors from another dimension. Arcadia University‘s Biennial ... More » »
