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First Friday at 1026, Vox and Tiger

The show Yesterday Today is Tomorrow at Space 1026, if described in one word, is quaint. This is not necessarily an unfavorable assessment. The artists are certainly intentional in a way which is playful and aloof, and I find that quaint.

Weekly update — Philagrafika at the Print Center

This week’s Weekly has my review of the Philagrafika show at the Print Center. There are many treats in the print festival Philagrafika 2010. One of the best is in the upstairs gallery at the Print Center—the Space 1026 yurt, a demure, grand dame of an object that is the embodiment of the one for all, all for one spirit of the hard-working Chinatown collective.  The yurt (see Printeresting website for working photos) is one of several installations at the Print Center in a large Philagrafika group show featuring 14 artists and art collectives from around the world. Not surprisingly, ... More » »

Sweet horror trip

Dead of the Living Night at Space 1026 is a mash note for horror movies with a surprise psychedelic candy-coated center.

First Friday layer cake–pix galore

What a delicious First Friday–a layer cake of delights. I’m putting up a bunch of pictures, hoping they might entice you to take a taste.

Weekly Update – September First Friday looks good

This week’s Weekly has my First Friday roundup.  Below is the copy with pictures. Seripop, the Montreal screenprinting duo, blows into Space 1026 with a load of 400 rock band posters, books and zines to show and sell. Seripop, founded in 2002 by Chloe Lun and Yannick Desranleau, is the Space 1026 of Canada—an alternative print studio whose products have a funky, psychedelic vibe. The duo has won awards for their “gigposters” for underground music phenoms including Wolf Parade, Chinese Stars and their own band, AIDS wolf.

Philadelphia Notes

An artists’ demolition derby in a still from Aaron Rose’s Beautiful Losers (2008)Lives of the Artists (ca. 2000) I asked Tyler Kline to join me at the January 21 International House screening of two films on art/skateboarding cultures since he comes out of a Portland skateboarding and art scene of a younger generation than Aaron Rose’s Beautiful Losers (2008) and I thought he could provide footnotes (which he did). Rose’s film made for an interesting comparison with Ted Passon’s Space 1026 (2007) and told quite a different story of how the art and community developed. Rose portrayed Margaret Kilgallen, Mike ... More » »

The Artist as Subject and Curator

Upcoming Art and Art Films at International House A piece from 2005 by Margaret Kilgallen, one of the artists to be featured in a film at I-House.International House has always been one of Philadelphia’s best venues for film (a hidden one, to judge from the small regular attendance) and they’ve been adding art, courtesy of InLiquid.com which has been presenting video work in I-House’s lobby space. They’ve also been showing ever more films about art and artists. I missed one I really wanted to see in November on L.A.’s Ferus Gallery but we’ll get chance this week to see a ... More » »

On the eve of destruction–Andrew Schoultz and AJ Fosik take over Space 1026

AJ Fosik at Space 1026, part of a two-man show/installation, New Ancient Structures. The other man is Andrew Schoultz In a zippy and smart collaborative installation at Space 1026, New Ancient Structures, featuring work by Philadelphia sculptor AJ Fosik and San Francisco mural artist, Andrew Schoultz, urban grit provides a home for beasts of the forest and mind. The energy level is high, here, and so is the command of the space and the walls. Andrew Schoultz’s mural, reeling telephone poles, overhead wires, and piles of bricks control the space. Schoultz is the guy who creates the milieu, with free ... More » »

First Friday gets short shrift

Here’s some of what we saw Friday night, cut short by the Mayor’s town hall meeting for the arts (see post). Amy Adams, Our Boat That Is Made Of Flowers pair of portraits of the bride and groom You may have missed the news of Amy Adams recent marriage, but she’s letting the world know in her exhibit Our Boat That Is Made Of Flowers, at Vox Populi Gallery. The exhibit may include only two pieces, but they capture a lot. Amy Adams, Our Boat That Is Made Of Flowers, detail One piece is two large portraits of Amy and ... More » »

First Friday faves–all God’s children got shoes

Sarah McEneaney rocked the boat in her uniformly excellent exhibit at Locks Gallery (see Roberta’s Weekly Update), the first place I visited First Friday. And my next stop, the Collections show, curated by Luren Jenison, at Copy Gallery(see Brandon Joyce’s post here), was also a terrific surprise!!! I saw several other exhibits, somewhat uneven, but with some gems. Here’s why: William Lamson–Hunt and Gather, at Vox Populi (video of the video provided by Roberta) I saw two art pieces involving the Philly fave practice of hanging shoes from an electric wire on the street. The piece I wanted to take ... More » »