By libby | October 10, 2009
The magic of worlds merging–homeless and well-heeled, city workers and city slickers, artists and would-be’s–suddenly has returned Love Park into a meeting place, under the spell of Marianne Bernstein’s Welcome House–a glass house or box framed in wood, set in the park not too far from the so-called Philadelphia Welcome Center.
Posted in tags a-z | Also tagged betsy casanas, design philadelphia, eugenie perret, first person arts festival, interface studio architects, klip collective, love park, marianne bernstein, minima, pedro ospina, semilla arts initiative, welcome house |
The three top prizes at this year’s Victory for Tyler exhibit (subtitled Sculpture 2009), went to Philadelphia artists.
The huge, 29-artist exhibit attracted 500 people to Saturday’s opening at the Ice Box at the Crane Arts Center. There is a second opening tonight, at The Crane’s Second Thursday, 6-9 p.m. that will include some more performances. [...]
Posted in tags a-z | Also tagged austin lee, chris golas, francine gintoff, gene hracho, gregory labold, ianthe jackson, joseph di giuseppe, joshua kerner, laura hricko, roxana perez-mendez, sarah o'donnell, sarina basta, sculpturecenter, susanna gieske, tim belknap |
Candy Depew’s new installation at the Design Center feels like an escapist fantasy. The radically altered black bicycle in the entry hall becomes the perfect vehicle on which to hit the road and not look back.
Image of Mezuzot from the show, A Kiss for the Mezuzah, curated by Matthew Singer of the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art.
Not long ago Matt Singer, Curator of the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art emailed to ask me if I’d write an essay for a show he was putting together at the museum called “A [...]
Roberta’s installation shot with Zoe Strauss’s photos, Jen Packer’s paintings, Nick Lenker’s Elephant in the Room and Kip Deeds’ scroll and small painting.
Roberta’s photo of Jayson Scott Musson’s posters, with JT Kirkland and Jen Packer (well, half of her) on the left.
Libby’s photo of Thom Lessner and Nick Lenker’s works
Libby’s photo of Barbara Bullock and [...]
Post by Andrea Kirsh
Andrea Kirsh discovers Hidden treasure, and the promise of a great party
Candy Depew and Virgil Marti have done extraordinary installations in two Philadelphia sites, and if both include gilded skulls, it may be in anticipation of the Day of the Dead, or Halloween, or merely a sign of the times. But don’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged andrea kirsh, virgil marti |
