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Art in Chinatown north – the Good, the Bad and the Slippery

Vox Populi’s Dead Flowers—guest curated by Lia Gangitano of PARTICIPANT INC, New York—invites us to consider the spirit of the underground through little known director Timothy Carey. A vintage poster for The World’s Greatest Sinner! at the entrance of the exhibition proudly announces Carey’s film as—and suggests that any other work in the show should [...]

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First Friday layer cake–pix galore

What a delicious First Friday–a layer cake of delights. I’m putting up a bunch of pictures, hoping they might entice you to take a taste.

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Fall go-round, round 2

Friday I went to the Vox building with Cate and a few of my St. Joseph’s students.  We were early and so missed the huge crowds which was good for seeing the art.  This is in no way a comprehensive review of the many shows on view but it seemed that revolutions were the recurring [...]

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John Vick: One Quiet & One Loud

John Vick is a curatorial fellow in the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  He has a Master’s degree in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Successful artworks seem to fall under one of two humors – they can call attention to themselves overtly or be so plainly understated [...]

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First Friday at 319 N. 11th St.

The Collective Spaces at 319 N. 11 St. were teeming with activity last Friday night – openings at Vox, Copy Gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and a new space called ‘Progressive Sharing‘ that just opened on the 6th floor of the building.
Secret Passage by Charles Hobbs, on display at Vox, is a somewhat awkwardly choreographed interactive [...]

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Weekly Update — Mighty drawings at Copy and Tiger Strikes Asteroid

This week’s Weekly has my review of the great big drawings by Annette Monnier and Phillip Adams at Copy and Tiger.  Below is my copy with some pictures.    
The town is full of great exhibits this month but don’t miss two ambitious narrative drawings with tales for the times.  They  will make you ponder, [...]

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Craigslist–David Dunn’s tv of tvs at Copy

Copy Gallery has installed for the month of February a video called Craigslist, by Dave Dunn, one of the gallery’s organizers and curators. The video is of 1,100 images of tvs. The images are not his own. They are home-made photos of tvs uploaded to Craigs Lists around the world. Gotta sell your tv? You [...]

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Obsessive collectors convention this month at Copy

Post by Brandon Joyce

Installation shot from Collections Show at Copy. Image features Neon Pink Things collected by Callie Konane Rickards (center), Andrew Jeffrey Wright’s Family Circus books collection (left) and Erica Prince’s Best Friends photos collection (right)
This month, at Copy Gallery, Luren Jenison curated a Collections Show, with entries gathered from the private caches of [...]

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Words, words, noise and a melon on First Friday

First Friday was full of goodies. We started at the Fab. Here’s some pictures and a short video and some gossip at the bottom so be sure to scroll down.
Ed Ruscha at the Fabric Workshop last Friday night

Ed Ruscha was looking like a little leprachaun in front of a packed audience at the [...]

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This Side of Paradise, by Nick Paparone

Nick Paparone, This Side of Paradise, installation at Copy. Image provided by the artist.
That sly boots Nick Paparone wrote us a note declaring that his current installation at Copy Gallery was a “life changing experience.” I really like Nick’s work (not to mention Nick himself) and it probably was a good move on his part, [...]

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