September 28, 2015 by Lauren Findlay

Experience of Place at Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Enter Bridgette Mayer Gallery–a space well known for its contemporary displays of landscape, photography, and the modern medium–and home to Experience of Place. The current exhibition highlights the works of Eileen Neff and Sharon Harper (Bridgette Mayer veterans), Jessica Backues, Michael Eastman, and Brea Souders, and creates a dialogue between five different artists translating their vision of place.

September 28, 2015 by Jennifer Zarro

The Senior Artists Initiative (SAI), an inventory and oral history project

Every two years, the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral hosts an exhibition of work by artists of the Senior Artists Initiative’s Inventory and Oral History Project. This year’s exhibition, on view through Sept. 30, includes works by Sharon Church, Nic Coviello, Cindi Ettinger, Patricia Ingersoll, Bruce Katsiff, Barry Parker, Brian Peterson, Jill Rupinski, and Rochelle Toner.

September 26, 2015 by Donald Hunt

Opera Philadelphia and The Bearded Ladies Cabaret present ANDY: A Popera

What happens when an artist’s art becomes more than just that? What are you to do when your art is now a manufactured brand? These are some of the questions that Opera Philadelphia and the Bearded Ladies Cabaret’s world premiere of ANDY: A Popera (also part of the 2015 Fringe Arts Festival) asks the audience head-on.

September 22, 2015 by Tina Plokarz

Gestures toward a photographic canon—Take Two at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

A Monet-like photograph of water lilies fading in water (Stephen Shore), a monstrous face drawn over a dark backdrop (William E. Parker), and printed leaf-cutouts installed in conversation with images of birds on the exhibition walls (Eileen Neff)–all these photographs might seem disconnected on first impression, but this would be deceptive.

September 22, 2015 by Irena Frumkin

Intersections — Joe Boruchow and Kid Hazo at Paradigm Gallery + Studio

Both Boruchow and Kid Hazo are very much immersed in Philadelphia’s current, thriving public and street art scenes dominated by a new generation of artists. Boruchow is primarily a wheatpaster and a muralist, while Kid Hazo focuses on satirical, small-scale public installations.

September 22, 2015 by Michael Lieberman

Dana Schutz at Petzel Gallery, NYC

I have heard Dana Schutz’s work compared to that of the Austrian artist Maria Lassnig. I have heard her speak about the influence of German Expressionism upon her, and about her admiration for many contemporary artists, including the Latvian Ella Kruglyanskaya. But Schutz’s work is so unique and idiosyncratic that one is hard-pressed to pinpoint her artistic lineage.

September 4, 2015 by Roberta

Without fanfare, ta da, Fanfare for Crossing the Road happens in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia “Fanfare” will be added into a short video documenting the ongoing project, which was performed previously in London, Cardiff, Helsinki, and Lisbon.

September 3, 2015 by Jennifer Zarro

Traction Company at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

“Truss” is a full-scale replica of a timber roof support from the Traction building, a former trolley-manufacturing warehouse now serving as studio space for Traction’s collective of 12 artists, all PAFA alumni.