Under Balson, one of Philadelphia’s top coop galleries gained professional style while keeping its reputation as an incubator for some of the city’s best, adventurous young artists. While she served at Vox, the gallery brought in interesting out-of-town work, like Jonathan Berger’s dark coney-island-of-the-mind “goner” installation, to augment the local shows. She recently curated “Point of View,” a show of offbeat takes on landscape (above, a shot from Kim Collmer’s “Silver Seeds” video, part of the Point of View exhibit, and below, a detail of Jonathan Berger’s “goner.”)
Adams, whom we saw Friday at the Esther Klein Gallery where she curated the “Art & Community IX: Urban Life” show, gave us the news about Balson. Adams also is exhibiting her own work this month at Vox.
Hey, good luck, Yana.collmer, kimberger, jonathanbalson, yanaadams, amy
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