At the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, three artists join forces under the banner “Otherness.” The Knight Arts grantee displays a varied fare of painting, prints, jewelry and assorted objects, which share a common thread in their occult and darkly romantic themes. Margaux Kent, Paul Romano, and JL Schnabel bask in the doleful and supernatural while also […]
Article · September 12, 2013 by CSchwartz
At the Painted Bride Art Center, artist Deirdre Murphy shares a vast swath of her complex, patterned paintings in a solo show entitled “Murmurations.” Presented by InLiquid, the many explosive canvases of abstract shapes, layers and flocks of birds provide a sensory feast inside of the Bride’s Café Gallery that both mimics and defies nature. […]
Article · September 10, 2013 by CSchwartz
Throughout the month of September, PhilaMOCA – the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art – is displaying a wide spread of weird and wonderful artwork to pregame for their upcoming “Mausoleum Party.” The free night of mystery entertainment and complimentary beverages promises to be a wacky display of local talent, complemented by the already wily art […]
Article · September 5, 2013 by CSchwartz
At Paradigm Gallery just south of South Street, two artists have taken over the small space with an assortment of two-dimensional works that–although similar in terms of their often risque content–are derived from quite divergent processes. Erin M. Riley and Joe Boruchow split the small, South Philly gallery for the show “In & Out” which […]
Article · September 3, 2013 by CSchwartz
Benjamin Volta of Volta Studio, in collaboration with the Asian Arts Initiative‘s Youth Arts Workshop, tackled the exterior of a large section of fence surrounding the PECO Callowhill Substation located at 11th and Callowhill Streets. The project entitled “Emoji Energy.” This Knight Arts grantee guided a group of local teens to explore the history of […]
Article · August 29, 2013 by CSchwartz
At Napoleon, three artists toe the line between the destructive and the creative, the passive and the active in “Gleaners // Informers.” While most of these so-called ‘artist-citizens’ are not explicitly political or gushingly idealistic, they lift bits of their surroundings and disseminate them to the audience in an informative, almost documentary fashion. Curated and […]
Article · August 27, 2013 by CSchwartz
Throughout August, Practice Gallery has been delving into the urban environments that many of us call home with a certain scientific scrutiny. Instead of the aesthetic eye that generally dominates the world of contemporary art, We The Weeds—a team made up by artist Kaitlin Pomerantz and botanist Zya S. Levy—skews the focus of our city […]
Article · August 22, 2013 by CSchwartz
Once again, the Clay Studio astounds with its wildly diverse fare of both functional ceramics and sculptural experiments by both resident artists and participants of the Tenth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition. This Knight Arts grantee provides tantalizing aesthetics by many talented artists, ranging from the most simplistic of forms to complex figurative […]
Article · August 20, 2013 by CSchwartz
Little Berlin, the always engaging Philadelphia “undefined exhibition space,” is underway with their August exhibition “Growth and Decay.” The show at this Knight Arts grantee heavily explores the nature of, well, nature: biomorphism, living things and organic processes up to and including their eventual breakdown and decay. All of the forms in the space turn […]
Article · August 15, 2013 by CSchwartz
Goldilocks Gallery held the second pop-up shop for the Philadelphia-based Modern Misfits Art & Fashion Collaborative. Entitled “AS IF,” the show featured a variety of art, handmade objects, collected trinkets and altered fashion by 10 female artists and designers. Participating in the show were: Maddie Highland, Nora Quinn, Camille Diana Moser, Aubrey Loftus, April Melchior, […]
Article · August 13, 2013 by CSchwartz
Philadelphia artist Douglas Witmer curated the current exhibit at Tiger Strikes Asteroid (a Knight Arts grantee) as a summer show first and foremost. Entitled “Ice Water Flyswatter,” this grouping of artists from around the country and Europe explores the nature of precise design while also offering a bright and lively smattering of paintings and forms […]
Article · August 8, 2013 by CSchwartz