Photography can be used to capture a moment with family and friends, to document vacation destinations or to exchange information. It can also express pure aesthetics by way of art photography and abstraction. LGTripp Gallery’s December show is called “FOCUS: 4th Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition,” which presents works by seven artists in their first exhibition […]

Little Berlin held the closing of its exhibit “The Western Lands” at its repurposed textile mill in North Philly on Friday, Dec. 2. The air might have started to get chilly, but there was a huge room of art, live music and some hot toddies to warm up with at the reception. On Little Berlin’s […]

Industry is the name of the game for the month of December at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA). Tonight, December 1, will be the opening of Recent Works by Jordan Griska and Tim Portlock from 5 to 7 p.m. Both artists explore different elements of the contemporary industrial landscape in America, which has […]

Miguel Mansur is a Philadelphia-based illustrator who works halfway between traditional techniques and digital ones. He creates work that is both technically strong and socially relevant. Back in July, he landed an illustration gig for the video game Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. He said the job helped give him invaluable experience in how […]

The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center has a few things going on through the end of November and the beginning of December, even outside of its current Philly Photo Day exhibit. If you haven’t visited Philadelphia Photo Arts Center to check out the nearly 900 photos taken in Philadelphia on Oct. 28, you still have a few […]

Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art recently opened its newest solo show by Derek Frech, the Philadelphia-based artist and co-director of Extra Extra gallery. The exhibit is called “Holodeck,” named after the virtual reality environment of “Star Trek” fame. The work in the show hails from an imagined dystopian future where nature is viewed nostalgically through technological […]

The inaugural call for entries at Grizzly Grizzly is entitled “Other Possible Titles” and runs from Nov. 4 until Nov. 26. The show consists of 35 pieces selected from nearly 250 submissions that were chosen by a jury composed of members of the Grizzly Grizzly collective. As an exhibition, the show is meant to demonstrate […]

The dual exhibit at LGTripp Gallery showcases two different Philadelphia artists with colorful techniques. First, Matthew Stemler exhibits a new site-specific installation, entitled “Flotsam,” in the front half of the gallery. In the back part, Raphael Fenton-Spaid displays recent tiled painting work. Upon entering LGTripp Gallery, the installation by Stemler demands your attention. In fact, […]

The ongoing exhibit “We the People” at The Fabric Workshop and Museum highlights some of artist Nari Ward’s more recent sculptural and installation work. In this show, Ward examines the ideas of citizenship, discrimination, materialism and poverty through three-dimensional media. Ultimately, the ideas expressed in these works reflect his experiences and observations growing up in […]