Tag Archive "studio-visit"
Studio visit with two Los Angelenos in Philly – Fabian Lopez and Shanna Waddell
Fabian Lopez got in touch recently about a show he curated at the old Nexus space at Crane Arts. Lopez is a recent Tyler MFA, and the 7-person exhibit includes his work and work by some friends of his. The show fills the space well — it’s mostly painting and works on paper but there is one sculptural installation. I met Lopez and his studio-mate, Shanna Waddell, who is also in the exhibit, and after looking at the show we went upstairs to their shared studio space (they are renting Susan Moore’s large studio – plenty of room for two) ...
Interview: Joe Boruchow, cut paper with an edge
Joe Boruchow, in his studio, with his graphic novel in a binder on the desk and a study for Abundance on the easel. Cut paper artist Joe Boruchow‘s solo show at Bean Cafe (it closes today), is the second show of his we’ve seen there. Bean loves Joe and Joe loves Bean and he’s shown there a bunch of times since 2002. Boruchow’s narrative cut-outs are great, and he seems to march to his own drummer. We wanted to meet him and hear more about his art and him, so we paid him a visit. Installation detail of Fire Sale, ...
Studio visit: Bruce Wilhelm tears holes and makes a mess
Bruce Wilhelm and his painting machine, a device he invented to simplify painting large background fields of stripy washes. We visited Bruce Wilhelm at his South Philly house/studio on Halloween morning before going to the Phillies parade. Wilhelm is a recent transplant to town from Richmond, VA. The young artist, 27, a Richmond native, is unusual in that he’s making more money on his art than on his day job, from which he just got furloughed due to the economic turndown. But he’s represented by ADA Gallery (he has a show there right now, up until Nov. 30) and since ...
Studio visit: Through the eyes of Celestine Wilson Hughes
Celestine Wilson Hughes Celestine Wilson Hughes drives a school bus. She gets up at 4 a.m. to get to the job on time. And while on the break between driving the students to and from school, she wraps the edges of her bits of glass in foil to prepare them for use in her work. The glass is sharp and her fingers hurt. The irregular pieces are mostly tiny–many of them smaller than half an inch. Weekends she’s in the cellar studio, assembling the bits and pieces into complex compositions. Hughes in her living room. Hughes didn’t discover her inner ...
Studio visit: Miriam Singer maps the city
Works in progress by Miriam Singer As works on paper go, Philly artist Miriam Singer‘s work–talismanic cityscape-maps that record time and place and daily life in layers–is not so much on paper as of paper. And that makes these combination prints/drawings a good fit with all the paper cutting and 3-D paper work that’s been filling the galleries lately (see post). I paid her a studio visit a earlier this month, and learned she will be in The Rolling Canvas Art Collective, an exhibit and art auction at MBN August 1, of bike-related art presented by Fuji Bikes, Jinxed and ...
Judith Schaechter talks, Part 2
This is part 2 of a two-part article about our studio visit with artist Judith Schaechter. Read Part 1. Judith Schaechter’s computer, with files in Photoshop that store her drawings of heads and bodies for her figures. While at the computer Judith was demonstrating to us how she mixed and matched heads and bodies on her figures. It was a little like paper dolls swapping clothing and a little like low tech animation. Roberta said “You should animate your works.” And Judith said, “Have you seen my animations?” She proceeded to show us two animations she produced, one of which ...
Judith Schaechter talks computers, cats, and irreverent stained glass
[This is part 1 of a two part story.] Judith Schaechter with one of her five cats in her South Philly house. We had lunch with one of contemporary art’s heavy hitters the other day and she made us quiche. Judith Schaechter had just come home from a driving lesson during which her driving instructor was pumping her for information about how to be an artist while she was on Delaware Avenue trying to remember how to brake and steer. Meanwhile, back at home, she tossed the lunch on the table as if it was nothing and started talking. Two ...
