June 7, 2004 by Roberta

…didactic than documentary, the artist’s mining a vein of personal response to the environment and combining it with a felt need to archive the old sites before they’re torn down….

May 27, 2004 by Roberta

Summer of shovel love

…down, is one of Philadelphia’s many undersung art heroes. See pictures of the Highwire install on Wagner’s page on Highwire’s website. Wagner’s stack of 950 sticks — yellow as the…

May 22, 2004 by Libby

Naked elitism

…decided it would be swell to go to the Barnes. (Shown, a door from Africa, from the collection) Get in the door and pass go We got lucky. There may…

May 10, 2004 by Roberta

Into the void on a steamy Friday night

…in “Creative Consumption” at Rosenwald Wolf Gallery. Karsten has a whole room full of work at Vox. At Gallery Joe he’s represented by work that seemed somewhat tamer — there…

May 4, 2004 by Roberta

Binge and purge

My PW review about “Creative Consumption” at Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery is out now so I’ll tell you a little more about the show here and give you lots more pictures. “Consumption,”…

April 30, 2004 by Libby and Roberta

Big Bang

…range of sources including police scanners, popular music, short wave and CB radio, and shared audio files. Techno wizard Vecchio says he’s done tests on the new object. “Judging by…

April 29, 2004 by Roberta

Barnes, Barnes, Barnes in three places

[Note: I was in Rosenwald Wolf Gallery looking at the Creative Consumption exhibit (more on that later) when Gallery Director and artblog contributor Sid Sachs told me he had the…

April 26, 2004 by Roberta

Bi-coastal curating and why we love London

…creative industries, which are worth around £21bn. We want to ensure that they are able to thrive in the capital”. And Philadelphia Mayor John Street said what about the arts?…