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Philly portraits at Gallery 339 and PAFA

Portraits are everywhere, right now, major portraits. I had a nice conversation with myself after seeing two terrific shows of Philadelphia portraits in the same week–the show Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia, at Gallery 339;  and the paintings in Barkley L. Hendricks’ Birth of the Blues at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Report from under I-95: Wet but wild

For the first time, I came home empty-handed from Zoe Strauss’ Under I-95 photo exhibit today, her spring bouquet to South Philadelphia in South Philadelphia, now in its ninth year, with one  more year to go. What a crowd!!! They beat me to the punch on all the pictures I was trying to snag. It was a sure sign of success. Maybe Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Karen Heller brought more folks out–nothing like mainstream media. Here’s the link but it will be gone in six months. Or maybe it was the rain. Can’t work in the garden or paint the house; ... More » »

Art of the people, by the people, for the people–Zoe Strauss under I-95

The biggest  art event this weekend is Sunday, May 3:  Zoe Strauss will exhibit a huge number of photographs–231 of them– under I-95, in South Philadelphia.

Weekly Update – Spring for grand openings everywhere

 This week’s Weekly has my Spring Roundup article.  Below is the copy with some pictures. Openings are de rigueur in the art world. But this spring grand openings trump all as Tyler School of Art launches its flagship space, Temple Gallery, in the school’s new building at 12th and Norris streets in North Philadelphia.

Ahoy, Anchorage–Zoe Strauss hot in the cold

Zoe Strauss sets her eyes on Alaska and here’s some of what she sees. Photos in this post courtesy Zoe Strauss, resporting from Alaska. This is a post directed especially at our readers from Alaska! It sounded like Philadelphia photographer Zoe Strauss was about to land on the moon when she went for a residency in Anchorage in the middle of the winter. But, dontcha know, the moon turns out to be a lot like Philadelphia once Zoe wraps her arms around it. An email we just got says she’s giving a talk today at the Anchorage Museum. But the ... More » »

Fear, loathing and lady photographers in New York

Like children staring down a box of candy and a bowl of oatmeal we went straight for Chelsea Dec 12 instead of to the museums. The day was sunny and brisk and we took our chances wandering in candyland. Trenton Doyle Hancock at James Cohan. We knew before we walked into James Cohan Gallery that we were ready to love Trenton Doyle Hancock’s show. His works excite us with their combination of extreme inward-looking eye, paranoia and turgid visuals. In a cool world Hancock sizzles. His manic layering, repetitive imagery, gazillions of words, and push to decoration give us great ... More » »

Zoe Strauss thumnailed in New Yorker!!!

Oh, we have to give a shoutout to our girl Zoe, who, marching to her own drummer, has still managed to get the attention she richly deserves!!! The photo The thumbnail

America – in blue, white and a touch of red

Post by Cate Fallon Zoe Strauss sitting at Silverstein Gallery signing copies of her book America at the opening of her show.   Photos in this post by Cate Fallon. The night of the opening was cold and windy, so it was good to see a supportive, warm turnout – with beer and pretzels in the “house” and the mood one of family celebration.  The feeling of Zoe Strauss‘s “America: We Love Having You Here” at Silverstein Gallery is of home and comfort – although some of the images are anything but comfortable. The landscape of the gallery requires that you ... More » »

Congratulations!!! Three new Philly USA Fellows!

Barkley L. Hendricks, Gone…Goodnight, 1973, oil, acrylic, and magna on linen canvas, 72” x 72”;
photo courtesy A. Vincent Scarano Thanks to Zoe Strauss for the heads up on this year’s new USA Fellows, bringing to 5 the number of Philadelphia artists who have received the $50,000 award now in its second year. The 2008 winners who we claim for Philadelphia are Terry Adkins, Judith Schaechter and we’re going to claim Philly native and PAFA alum Barkley L. Hendricks as ours too even though he doesn’t live here now. Adkins, sculptor and UPenn professor shows locally at Pageant Gallery and has ... More » »

Weekly Update — Peter Saul’s super heat at PAFA

This week’s Weekly has my review of the Peter Saul retrospective at PAFA. Below is the copy with some words added back in. And here’s Libby’s and my chat with Saul at the show’s preview party. Peter Saul. Icebox Number 7, 1963; Oil on canvas, 74 1/2 x 63 inches (188 x 160 cm); Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lenox, Dallas Peter Saul is not a pacifist or a left wing radical. And he’s not a communist, because, he says, he never did find where the party hung out. But the wry contrarian—now having a major museum retrospective at ... More » »