What exactly is the role of abstraction in our contemporary world? This is one of the big questions being posed in the show “Documents: Abstraction, Landscape, Culture” at LG Tripp Gallery. The exhibit features artists Anthony Vega, Paul Fabozzi and Seonglan Kim Boyce, and makes no reservations in dissecting abstract art and its broad social […]
Article · May 17, 2012 by CSchwartz
Over the weekend at Penn’s Landing – and just in time for Mother’s Day – was the Art Star Craft Bazaar. The beautiful weather drew out a crowd to the waterfront to see more than 140 local and national vendors. Consisting of art, design, clothing, music and smoothies aplenty, the bazaar has a little something […]
Article · May 15, 2012 by CSchwartz
Downtown at Le Meridien Hotel at 1421 Arch Street, curator Gaby Heit has organized a small show of work by local artists. All of the showcased artists besides Liz Goldberg have formerly exhibited at Prelude, Heit’s gallery, which focuses on promoting and displaying work by students and recent graduates. Other highlighted artists include: Bradford Carmichael, […]
Article · May 10, 2012 by CSchwartz
Grizzly Grizzly is currently exhibiting a two person show called “Microwave” that demands attention. On display are an installation by Charlotte Hallberg and a short video by Johannes DeYoung. Conceptually, each artist only has one work apiece, although in the case of Hallberg, the installation is quite large and spills over onto three walls. Immersing […]
Article · May 8, 2012 by CSchwartz
UNfestival is a short film and music video show with an emphasis on Philadelphia filmmakers. The third manifestation of the festival screened videos at PhilaMOCA on Friday, April 27th to a standing-room only crowd. The event is presented by Fractal Circus, a local filmmaking and video consultation group. The idea is to gather all of […]
Article · May 3, 2012 by CSchwartz
Through June 10th at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, you can catch the show “Remainder.” Four artists make up this group exhibition of photographic abstractions: Amy Beecher, Aspen Mays, Klea McKenna and Brent Wahl. All of the artists wield process in intriguing, yet entirely divergent ways. Brent Wahl has two stylistically opposed images near the […]
Article · May 1, 2012 by CSchwartz
For one of its sparser shows in recent memory, the ever-surprising Knight Arts grantee Vox Populi has an exhibition which showcases a mere four artists, most with only one work apiece — far less than its usual fare. Each artist presents individual pieces of wildly different styles, any of which could almost be a standalone […]
Article · April 26, 2012 by CSchwartz
Tiger Strikes Asteroid takes a foray into pastel(er) pastures this month with the show “Bar Sinister” by Michael Macfeat. This solo show, curated by Terri Saulin, is on display in the gallery through April 29. Spaced evenly along the walls are rectangular color studies. On one wall and hanging from the ceiling are simple wooden […]
Article · April 24, 2012 by CSchwartz
The theater company Tiny Dynamite has a smashing success with its productions as part of “A Play, a Pie and a Pint,” thanks to its 2011 Knight Arts grant. The idea is that the audience gets to see an entertaining play at a non-traditional time of day (often happy hour) aside a slice of pie and […]
Article · April 19, 2012 by CSchwartz
If you are a resident of the earth, you are also part of what is known as the biosphere — the thin layer of the planet’s surface, which harbors life as we know it. Many parts of the environment are gigantic, like an ocean, while others, such as bacteria, are too small to see with […]
Article · April 17, 2012 by CSchwartz
Philadelphia is in the midst of a makeover courtesy of world-famous Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, the duo also known by their suffixes: Haas & Hahn. The pair of painters is here thanks to a Knight Arts Challenge 2011 grant to the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Both artists are living in […]
Article · April 12, 2012 by CSchwartz