Artblog | Galleries

February 25, 2019 by Samuel Brown

Artists’ fundraiser Prints for Protest at Second State Press helps many of today’s protest groups

Sam Brown sees a provocative show at Second State Press of printed posters made by the group “Prints for Protest.” He appreciates how many different ways artists in the show connect with protest issues alive today.

February 22, 2019 by Deborah Krieger

Neighborhoods in conflict and the role of the artist, in Guadalupe Rosales’s solo show at Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

What is the role of an artist when their old neighborhood is gentrified by art galleries and the neighborhood doesn’t want them there? This highly topical question, and others, are examined by Guadalupe Rosales in her splendid “Legends Never Die: A Collective Memory,” at Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College. Deborah Krieger writes a great personal take on the show.

February 18, 2019 by Ilana Napoli

Edison Price Lighting’s art and industry program has positive impacts on artists and factory workers

Ilana Napoli revisits the Edison Price Lighting factory in Queens for the second year in a row to see the exhibition at the company’s gallery space, with art made by artists from upcycled materials from the factory. She applauds the art and industry program and notes that it positively impacts the artists in residence as well as the factory workers, who are very interested in the art program and set aside interesting left-over materials for the artists to use in creating new art.

February 15, 2019 by Sarah Kim

Black Trans Futuristic at William Way Center captures Black Trans Identity in FIux

Sarah Kim visits the exhibit at the William Way Center and views art whose materials defiantly separate it from traditional mainstream art. Altars made with found materials; altered photo-portraiture; drawing installations and collage, made by six artists, the art is metaphorical and symbolic of the state of being in flux, in transition. Kim’s powerful writing leads you through the exhibit, adding insightful commentary and insights. After considering this show about fluid states of identity, Kim concludes that ultimately, selfhood is the experience itself, and art, which is based in objecthood, can point the way.

February 1, 2019 by Samuel Brown

Cornucopia / Urn, Spillway Collective brings together artists Nora Chellew and Suldano Abdiruhman

“Cornucopia / Urn” is a show at Spillway Gallery that features work by Nora Chellew and Suldano Abdiruhman. Samuel writes about the interplay between these two artists and how they create a dream-like space that evokes the fragmentation of memory and the nostalgic feelings we have towards the past. He also reached out to the show’s Curator, Babs Weiss, to learn more about the thought-process behind the exhibition’s conception. The show closes on February 9th, so make your way on over!

January 24, 2019 by guest writer

From public to republic, a letter to the public at Icebox Project Space

Guest contributor Mina Zarfsaz describes the power of “Letter to the Public,” an interactive installation currently on view at Icebox Project Space through January 26th.

January 22, 2019 by Michael Lieberman

Untethered, the playful art of Matt Catrino at High 5 Gallery

Michael Lieberman checks out the newest show on view at High 5 Gallery, a relative newcomer to Philadelphia’s always-vibrant gallery scene. The exhibit “Untethered” is tied together by its warm coloration and overarching sense of whimsy. Michael says the work is a steal at its current price, so if you’re a collector on a budget, swing by before the show closes on January 31!

January 19, 2019 by Logan Cryer

Jennifer Packer’s beautifully obscured figures in Quality of Life at Sikkema Jenkins

Logan Cryer visits “Quality of Life,” Jennifer Packer’s current show at Sikkema Jenkins in Chelsea. Packer, who Artblog founders Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof first met as a student in their senior painting class at Tyler School of Art, composes lush, figurative paintings from an economy of strokes and suggestive erasures. Her show closes January 19, so check it out for yourself while you still can!