The nature of Devil’s Pool is truly gorgeous, but what Kaufman’s eye dwells most lovingly on is the people, especially their gestures, the body language of those standing on the rocks, flying through the air, or hanging around in the water. She’s also good with faces.
Read More“Remembering, Repeating, and Working-Through” is a short but extraordinary paper written by Sigmund Freud in 1914. I have been reading it for years with unshaking enthusiasm.
Read MoreFor the museum, this exhibit of Indian contemporary photography is a great complement to the PMA’s commitment to Indian art. For Philadelphians, the show is a great introduction to work that has not been widely exhibited here before.
Read MoreThe color combinations of these works create an illusion of depth, opacity, and even motion: the orbs seem to pulse.
Read MoreVia International Center for Photography – Mary Ellen Mark Memorial Scholarship
Closer to home, Icebox Project Space is looking for your 2016 predictions for their publication. For more information visit the Icebox Project Space website.
Read MoreThe works of Meksin, Sack, and DeMuro are introspective, thought-provoking, and push against some of the boundaries that the curators sought to explore. However, I thought that Kati Gegenheimer’s drawings, although pleasing in their own right, did not fit in.
Read MoreGoing to Delaware? Let’s carpool. The Delaware Art Museum has a terrific lineup of 2016 exhibitions, including a solo show in October of works from the 1960s by Elizabeth Osborne; a Smithsonian-organized exhibit in March of works by Latino artists including Philadelphia and Artblog favorite Pepon Osorio; and a group exhibit from the University of Delaware holdings, of humorous art by African American artists.
Read MoreWick’s work invokes feelings about the earth we inhabit, about our fragility and vulnerability, about our fears and our passions, and about what we are doing to the earth and to each other.
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