Artblog’s new contributor, Alicia Link, sees an exhibit at AUTOMAT that raises thoughts about the weight of things, emotional, physical and even institutional, calling attention to the fact that the five artists in the exhibit, who are very involved in the Philadelphia arts community, have also been faculty, staff or guest critics at PAFA, whose weighty decision to close their degree programs left many reeling.
Read MoreBlaise Tobia sees an exhibit at the Episcopal Cathedral in West Philly and comments that the show is well worth seeing, “for the quality and variety of the works on display.”
Read MoreAndrea Kirsh sees an exhibit by Nancy Hellebrand at The Print Center and found the exhibit, “beautiful and surprising, revealing and provocative, and likely to resonate in memory long after viewing it.”
Read MoreVriddhi Vinay visits ‘Power/Play’ at Twelve Gates Arts and says the multi-media exhibit is “as aesthetically flamboyant as it is educationally daring.”
Read MoreLogan Cryer writes about Jayson Musson’s exhibit of new quilted wall works at Fleisher-Ollman, and says their materiality must be considered. With the use of many visible stitched lines factoring into the pieces and their reference to Gees Bend quilts to be noted, the work raises questions.
Read MoreCorey Qureshi sees the solo exhibition of Erin Murray at Peep Projects and comments on the technique of letting the design wrap the frame of the work so it continues the theme “beyond the artifice of structures.”
Read MoreSusan Isaacs sees a 50-year retrospective of works by Joyce J. Scott at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Scott is a Macarthur Award-winning artist, whose works deal with political themes of social justice
Read MoreThis week’s news has lots from The Arts League including their second artist convening and the announcement that their Executive Director, Zoë Rayn Evans is moving on and they are looking for a new E.D. Also, a couple outstanding exhibits are closing soon.
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