Tag Archive "thom-lessner"
Photo post: First Friday we saw and we thought
Thought I’d take you on a tour with me and Andrea of some of the stuff we saw. To see all my pictures, go to my Flickr set here. 222 GalleryBig Kids, Little Kids, curated by John Freeborn Jesse Goldstein, Stripes, screenprint, 18 x 24 inches The first gallery, 222, and the first piece I saw was Stripes, by Jesse Goldstein, and what a great beginning. It was beautiful and struck me as a reverse UPC code! Speaking of commerce and upc codes, the exhibit is filled with bargains. Check it out. Plus show curator John Freeborn’s book, Big Kids, ... More » »
We dig Dig!
Roberta’s installation shot with Zoe Strauss’s photos, Jen Packer’s paintings, Nick Lenker’s Elephant in the Room and Kip Deeds’ scroll and small painting. Roberta’s photo of Jayson Scott Musson’s posters, with JT Kirkland and Jen Packer (well, half of her) on the left. Libby’s photo of Thom Lessner and Nick Lenker’s works Libby’s photo of Barbara Bullock and Candy Depew’s works. Thought we’d share some pictures of Dig, the show of Philly artists we curated at H and F Fine Arts in Mt. Rainier, MD. The show looks great — we think! And we hope you can get there! More ... More » »
Inbox incoming, round one
Libby and I were just talking with Thom Lessner who told us about a book project he was doing with a publisher called Blue Q. A tiny book he said, and his book, he hoped, would be out this fall. A day later, I received a press kit from Jonathan Levine Gallery and, like it was meant to be, there was a little Blue Q book inside, not Thom’s book, but a book by California artist Souther Salazar who is having a solo show at Levine’s gallery opening June 23. The tiny book by Souther Salazar is called The Monster ... More » »
Local matters globally, a response
[Ed note: Shelley is commenting on a recent post by James Rosenthal.] Post by Shelley Spector I am writing in response to James Rosenthal’s recent entry about Philadelphia’s art scene being positively featured in the New York Times.To put it in a few words, Rosenthal said, “We still suck.” He cited his ongoing problems with the city and used the closing ofSPECTOR, as an example of the city’s failure when it is actually just the opposite. I opened SPECTOR seven years ago to “act locally, think globally.” Its agenda was to promote Philly artists and start a ripple by being ... More » »
Skateboard culture
The can is a piece of art by Jason Fritzsche. Left over from an art exhibit at Minnow, it’s now used in a display of other goods. “You have to go to Jinxed,” said artblog correspondent Andrea Kirsh. So we went there and to Minnow, Saturday, two South Street area emporia that specialize in the hand-crafted side of skateboard culture. How much was handcrafted? Oh, tons of it. And between the two stores, I felt like I had gone to an art show. Metal The highlight of the day, however, was something said by Metal, the owner of Minnow, at ... More » »
