We had a chat with Gary Steuer last month in his 7th floor office in City Hall. The art czar’s desk is in a cubicle next to his assistant’s in a small North-facing office down a dark corridor. But Steuer has a sweet little conference room with a window overlooking the Masonic Temple [...]
This week’s Weekly has my review of the show “In Your Dreams” at Art in City Hall. Below’s the copy with some pictures.
At a time of great energy and excitement in the city’s art community, “Art in City Hall”—an exhibition program launched in 1984—is stuck doing business the old-fashioned way.
By libby | March 28, 2009
I got this email from Tu Huynh, who runs the Art in City Hall program in response to my question about the cases looking different. He answered that and more:
I’ve been out sick…caught a virus from my kids, so I apologize for getting back to you sooo late. First off, thank you for the write [...]
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By libby | March 24, 2009
On the Fringe of Fiber, the fiber show on now view at City Hall is a break-through show for the Art in City Hall program of bringing Philadelphia art into that dim public space. Two things have made the difference.
Martha Savery-Kahn, untitled, book, glass, paint
By libby | August 17, 2007
Anne Minich, Cloud, wood, oil, found materials
As far as art “of the people, by the people, for the people” in City Hall, the “for the people” element has taken a turn for the worse. To get into City Hall these days, you have to go through a checkpoint (being paid for by Homeland Security). [...]
By libby | November 22, 2006
Leo Sewell’s Doc Duck is anassemblage of surgical instruments transformed into a representation of aduck. (I think this is the right description for this photo)
Gobble, gobble. I thought this could pass as turducken. Have a good one.
Oh, and the duck is now on exhibit as part of the Metals and More show of works [...]
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I always have mixed feelings about the Art in City Hall shows. On the one hand, I’m completely sold on the idea of art in public spaces. On the other, City Hall’s tall, narrow glass vitrines, placed on two floors of the building, are a challenge for the art and a challenge for [...]
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