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We have a couple of good artist opportunities from the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and Mural Arts, as well as a couple of events from Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Finally, a good read from Zadie Smith in the New Yorker.
Read MorePlayful and serious at the same time, Lenka Clayton’s Object Temporarily Removed at the Fabric Workshop and Museum raises important questions about art’s audiences and its value. Inspired by Constantin Brancusi’s “Sculpture for the Blind,” Clayton asks, what if this sculpture were really made by the blind? And what makes Brancusi so special if other artists at the same time were making similar work?
Read MoreBetween and among the bodies, repeated patterns emerge and tensions twist. Each human interaction—which depends on the particular people attending—can be analyzed in terms of the submission and dominance of the players.
Read MoreRabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit is a large show of varied works by artists who are most often behind the scenes promoting, administering, manufacturing, and educating in support of the renowned artist-in-residence program or other contemporary exhibitions held at the museum.
Read MoreI am caught in a perfect storm of tourists, students and everyone else that washes up on the steps of the Philadelphia convention center. Whether they are looking for the entrance to the parking garage next door, change for parking meters, a public restroom or an art museum, I am the person they talk to when they walk through that door.
Read MoreLucy finds herself starstruck at the Sarah Sze press preview at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. She ponders the definition of site-specific art in 3 floors of works made with paper, metal and “stuff,” where each floor is a new Sze-planet to explore.
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