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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 » »

Words, words, noise and a melon on First Friday

First Friday was full of goodies. We started at the Fab. Here’s some pictures and a short video and some gossip at the bottom so be sure to scroll down. Ed Ruscha at the Fabric Workshop last Friday night Ed Ruscha was looking like a little leprachaun in front of a packed audience at the Fabric Workshop’s new space last Friday.  The 2nd floor gallery space — which makes a great lecture hall — was certified for only 200 people with a live feed downstairs for the big spillover crowd.   Ruscha and his slide of the Barnyard Rembrandt According ... More » »

Artblog pieces together a trend

Amze Emmons, in his show World Headquarters, at the Painted Bride The new camouflage tenting material is made of recycled fabric. Such is the new camping these days, and it’s showing up in art work all around town. Last night we spotted it in several pieces by Amze Emmons, at his World Headquarters exhibit curated by InLiquid in the Painted Bride‘s cafe. Tents and buildings with patchwork fabric walls appear here and there in his unsettled cityscapes. Katie Abercrombie’s landscape includes some ad hoc furnishings for the nomadic life. Last week, we spotted a bit of the trend in work ... More » »

Spacing Out at Space 1026

Aryon Hoselton demonstrating the flashlight by Sto. The flashlight stands by itself, without human intervention. The tent is by Kelie Bowman, and the papier mache objects are all by Sto. The two of them run Cinders Gallery. Space 1026 is hosting work this month curated by Brooklyn’s ultra-hip Cinders Gallery, and the show is hipster lovable. So I’m in love. Sto, My space my things, detailpapier mache objects The show if filled with work that mixes DIY and yearning for a simpler time; that brand of nostalgia is all over the place right now. But it’s definitely a tip-top example ... More » »

White Noise mystics at Space 1026

Jessie Rose Vala, Cosmic Storm, Graphite on paper, 10 feet tall x 6 feet wide At a moment when the so-called adults of the world are failing to find solutions to the big problems that face us on Planet Earth, a desperate new generation is turning to mysticism for a way out of the mess we are making. Their thinking is not so far from the thinking of the ’60s, with its search for transcendance through sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. White Noise at Space 1026 this month is a group show about modern mysticism, spirituality, new psychedelia and ... More » »

Another episode of the wonderfulness of too much good stuff!

The stars are in alignment and lots of wonderful things are opening and happening all at once this weekend. I hope to make it to some of these …see you out there! FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 2007 Street Button–5th annual emerging artist showFLEISHER/OLLMAN GALLERY, 1616 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1006-9pm Jacob Hellman photo collage at White Lodge Gallery (in School of Rock building) Jacob HellmanPhotographs and InstallationsWhite Lodge Gallery1508 Brandywine Street5:30pm-8:30pmSATURDAY, DEC. 15, 2007 Oliver HerringFLUXspace3000 N. Hope St.6-10 pm See slide show below for more HausWerk imagesTyler student working on installation at the soon to be demolished house in Paoli. More ... More » »

What we want to see Friday

First Friday’s coming up Dec. 7, 2007. Here’s some of what we’re excited about. For gallery times and locations, check the links to the gallery websites. David Kessler‘s Shadow World videos and Candace Karch’s black and white photographs at Bambi. At Vox Pop, members Josh Rickards (image above), Max Lawrence and Micah Danges, plus more in the 4th room, the video lounge and in Screening!! Jane Irish, Room with Blue Vases/VVAW San Francisco, 2006. oil on Tyvec with raised letters and modeling paste, 5 x 8 feetIrish is at Locks Gallery along with etchings by Lucien Freud and work by ... More » »