If you’re on the road this summer, or hanging out far and wide, we have some tips here of Philadelphia artists who are all over the place.
Italy to Cyprus by way of L.A.
By libby | February 5, 2009
Anthony Campuzano, Bicycle Bomb, 2008, ink on board, 20 x 30 inches
Two Philadelphia galleries are showing art with lots of words–both shows with tie-ins to current exhibitions at the ICA. The galleries are the blue-chip Locks and Fleisher/Ollman, and the shows they have mounted are tip-top.
At Fleisher/Ollman, the group exhibit Rich Text is keying off [...]
Post by Jennifer Zarro
Installation shot of Alex Da Corte and Jack Sloss’s Love Explosion at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery.
The party is over and everyone must go. There’s a morning-after feeling to the Jack Sloss and Alex Da Corte show on view at the Fleisher Ollman Gallery. Piled-up presents are partially opened, colored globe lights on [...]
Drew Leshko, 2006, Negro Church, South Carolina, 1936 after Walker Evans, Lambda print. 18×13 1/2″ Leshko’s piece is included in the West Collection.
This just in (and thanks Drew Leshko for the heads up!)
The West Collection — that innovative outfit supporting emerging artists since 1996 — has instituted a prize! The West Prize [...]
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By libby | April 29, 2008
Alex Da Corte, 2008, Accessory, acrylic fingernails, nail polish, sequins, pins, earings, seed beads, Swarovski crystals, glitter, foam, metal rod on rotating mirror base, 62 x 20 x 20”
What do Alex Da Corte’s fabulous Accessory snake and Norm Paris’ Michael Jordan Save the World have in common besides Philadelphia origins?
They were both featured in [...]
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This is Part two. Part one is here.
If you prefer to listen, download the podcast at oneculture.mypodcast.com.
IN WHICH THE INTERVIEWER GETS BENT OUT OF SHAPE OVER THE WHY OF A PRETTY PICTURE
Annette: All your stuff is hand-made by yourself?
Alex: Yeah.
Annette: Would you ever change that?
Alex: No. I think, well, some people say [...]
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Alex DaCorte
Alex Da Corte has an exhibition opening, Love Explosion, on Friday (with Jack Sloss) at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. It’s not the sort of thing you should miss out on. The text below is the transcripted version of a talk with Alex DaCorte over the hum of traffic outside The Last Drop. If you would like [...]
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This week’s Weekly has my Spring art roundup. Below’s the copy. More photos at flickr.
Young artists are ready for action.
Mike Stifel’s Strange Attractors, detail, at FLUXSpace. Soap bubbles infused with air create sculptures that look like pet soaps (ala pet rocks).
Philly’s art world is buzzing as young artists and curators [...]
Stonefox Artspace, December 11th 2007-february 12th 2008.
Just Give me a Fucking Chance
The bit of printed paper matter provided as a didactic (read the PR on artcal) for Alex Da Corte’s one-man show at Stonefox Artspace (and only the second exhibition hosted at the architectural firm) informs me that Alex’s photographs and related sculptures “explore [...]
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This week’s Weekly has my review of East Coast/West Coast at Pageant Gallery. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr.Polar ExplorersAn exhibition at Pageant Gallery examines opposites and innuendos.
“East Coast/West Coast” at Pageant: Soloveev Gallery has little to do with geography. What the group show seems to have on [...]
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