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Weekly Update – The radical forlorn in art

This week’s Weekly has my piece on radically-forlorn art, something that’s in the air and on the walls everywhere. Below is the copy with some pictures. I have sets from the TODT exhibit here, from Pentimenti here and from Karen Kilimnik’s ICA exhibit here. Libby’s post on TODT is here. Licensed to NilIn a world run by oil-crazed warmongers, pictures of kittens don’t cut it. Aggressive Nippers from TODT’s installation at Fleisher-Ollman Art mirrors the times. When the times get black and ugly, so does art. But not all art, of course. Some artists turn inward and produce things more ... More » »

First Friday – April, 2007

Spring has sprung in Philadelphia – although the First Friday of April was rather chilly. After visiting some fifteen, twenty galleries in the span of four hours, here are some of my favorites. The highlight of First Friday down in Old City was, as Roberta and Libby pointed out in their post last week, Jackie Tileston‘s exhibit at Pentimenti, Everything, In Your Favor. Jackie Tileston before her painting “Analogy of Transit” Tileston’s exhibit was composed of 4 oils and 4 drawings, each embodying the same euphoric, spiritual feel. Tileston, a teacher at UPENN, grew up overseas, and has recently returned ... More » »

Darlene Charneco and Second Life, part 2

Roberta: What’s your favorite place in second life? Second Life Resident Laukosargas Svarog has created an island named “Svarga” that is not only beautiful but has a simulated fully-functioning ecosystem. Read more about it on New World Notes. Darlene: Oooh that’s a tough one. A few of my favorite places I like for the seclusion so I’m not giving those locations away;). Otherwise it’s usually whatever place I’ve been reading about that intrigues me most with potentials and pushing of the envelope…. Like the Island of Svarga which is part of a beta test for a fully functional artificial ecology ... More » »

Talking with Darlene Charneco about Second Life

Libby and I encountered art by Darlene Charneco when we went to Pentimenti Gallery a few weeks back. See our first Look! video for more. After the video went up, I got contacted by Darlene via my flickr site where she has an active presence, posting lots of pictures. As I explored the links on her flickr and website I noticed she was a Second Lifer and was active in that synthetic world, something I found completely consistent with the art she makes (utopian, pretty, kind of child-like). So I emailed her to ask if she’d answer some questions about ... More » »

The Bridge and the Beach

Post by Andrea Kirsh Our trusty correspondent Andrea Kirsh reports from Art Basel/Miami Beach, in four installments. Here’s the third.–r&l Dec. 8Back to the Beach I began the day with a breakfast at the Delano Hotel on Miami Beach, hosted by AXA Art (the world’s largest art insurer) and NetJet, a sort of Philly_Car_Share for private jets, 300 of which they had flown into AB/MB. That tells you something about the socio-economics of the audience. It was a discussion about conservation, care of collections and dealing with art in a natural disaster. Heather Becker of the Chicago Conservation Center discussed ... More » »

So near and yet so far

Steven Baris’ The Correct Distance #B5, 30 x 30 inches Jellybeans is what I think of whenever I see a Steven Baris painting. It has to do with the translucent glow and the Pop colors. Baris’ one-man show of 19 works at Pentimenti until May 27, looks great. Baris’ translucency is achieved by painting with acrylic on Plexiglas. He also finishes his painting with a kind of waxy material. The resulting surface has a matte glow. All of these add up to a sense of layers in space, of depth. Baris’ Spread #A9, 14 x 14 inches Some pieces have ... More » »