The University of Delaware Art Department’s space in the Crane Arts Building (UD@Crane) has a new nine-artist exhibition underway that seeks to examine the role of surfaces in visual creations. The show “Surface as Signifier,” curated by Peg Curtin and Bruce Garrity, manages to delve into conceptual territory by judging these books (or rather artworks) by their […]
Article · February 28, 2013 by CSchwartz
A special exhibit at the North Chinatown Asian Arts Initiative takes a close look at what it means to be an Iranian woman, challenging both Eastern and Western notions of femininity. This Knight Arts grantee is currently displaying the show “That Person Who Is Your Creation: Iranian Women Exploring the Feminine Self” curated by Philadelphia […]
Article · February 26, 2013 by CSchwartz
Some of the most vibrant geology in Philadelphia can right now be found at the Crane Arts Building. In the Archive Space, Walter Dunnington takes a closer look at the stuff the earth is made of with his many views of stones and sediment. Walter Dunnington, “Tumblestack.” Dunnington’s canvases take on many forms, just like […]
Article · February 21, 2013 by CSchwartz
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe proves that its promise to provide quality, year-round programming to the region is in full swing. This Knight Arts grantee just brought the first ever “Robot-Human Theater” to Old City’s Christ Church Neighborhood House. Produced by Seinendan Theater Company and Osaka University Robot Theater Project, this innovative and […]
Article · February 19, 2013 by CSchwartz
Two artists in the Painted Bride Art Center line the café gallery’s walls with paintings that examine self, family, art history and contemporary society. Artists Kim Alsbrooks and Helen Mirkil join together with InLiquid to demonstrate their portraiture skills in “Portraying Kinship.” Kim Alsbrooks, “Isaac Penn-Gaskell.” While thematically the two artists reside in a similar […]
Article · February 14, 2013 by CSchwartz
The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design are right in the thick of it for the exhibition “Afterglow” by Thomas Glassford. An enormous, scaffold-like construction currently resides in an entire room of Moore’s gallery space and confronts visitors with forms that are both natural and synthetic, confounding perceptions and warnings of a dystopian […]
Article · February 12, 2013 by CSchwartz
At the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym’s gallery throughout the month of February, a dozen artists try their hands at bending, molding and soldering metal into a variety of recognizable and fantastical forms. The “Process Show: Metal” at this Knight Arts grantee demonstrates technological explorations, smooth sculptural contours, as well as examples of what metal is – […]
Article · February 7, 2013 by CSchwartz
At Napoleon throughout February, two artists explore the earthly as well as the otherworldly through a variety of media for the show “One More Day.” Napoleon member Tamsen Wojtanowski and artist Christina Roth share the space in an exhibit that is at once grounded and lofty; mystical but not gratuitous. Tamsen Wojtanowski, “Soma.” Wojtanowski directs […]
Article · February 5, 2013 by CSchwartz
The always engrossing Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) is currently showing the work of six photographers for their exhibition “99 Days.” This Knight Arts grantee may be gearing down from its gigantic Philly Photo Day project from late last year, but that certainly doesn’t mean putting the brakes on its other programming. In “99 Days,” […]
Article · January 31, 2013 by CSchwartz
Artist Brianna Didyoung transported visitors during the Fourth Friday opening of her solo show “Modern Witch” at Red Hook Coffee & Tea on January 25th. The corner South Philly coffee shop took a turn for the surreal when Didyoung displayed her brand new pseudo-self portrait paintings. Despite a snowstorm, there were plenty of attendees on […]
Article · January 29, 2013 by CSchwartz
Currently at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is the show “Plainsight, Plainspoken” by Corey Antis and Anna Neighbor. Although the title of the exhibit implies the mundane or the regular, the work focuses on a variety of forms and ideas that explore the uncanny and strange. This show was originally assembled for a gallery in Kansas […]
Article · January 24, 2013 by CSchwartz