We wandered over to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania last week while Duke Riley was installing his show about Ralston Laird and Petty’s Island, his chosen subject for his Philagrafika project. The artist, 38, had the society’s large glass cases full of artifacts and photos from his excursions to Petty’s Island, and he’d made [...]
By libby | February 4, 2010
We’ve been making some of the rounds, talking to a variety of Philagrafika artists in The Graphic Unconscious and Out of Print exhibits. Here are some tidbits, mostly recollected, but I noted when the conversation is based on notes.
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Philagrafika 2010, the largest international city-wide art festival in Philadelphia, celebrating the vitality of printmaking, opens this Friday, and with 90 different venues and events to consider; what’s an art lover to do? Well, we’re going to help you here with some tips and picks.
By libby | November 8, 2007
Duke Riley, a drawing from his installation After the Battle of Brooklyn.
After seeing Kara Walker show at the Whitney Thursday, one of our goals of Saturday’s Chelsea run-around included seeing her work at Sikkema Jenkins. But we saw lots more,, and an awful lot of it had historical and political thoughts in it.
Riley’s submarine, [...]
Photo: Damon Winter / The New York Times
We at artblog love Brooklyn artist Duke Riley’s art, which we first saw at Pulse art fair in 2006. Riley’s art comes from a deep love of history and a kind of whimsical insertion of himself into re-enactments of long ago events. Most recently, Riley created a one-man [...]
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Picture is Dan McCarthy’s painting of a mythical beach scene. Click to see it bigger.
Over the course of two days our trek of two piers and one historic armory gave me the sense that artists are reaching out to channel ghosts of the past or spirits of a parallel universe. [...]
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Chris Gilmore’s “Ford A” made of cardboard.
Not only are Western artists making Eastern-influenced art but everybody’s playing fruit basket upset with the materials. How about Chris Gilmore’s “Ford A,” a luxury sports car made out of cardboard at Perugi’s booth at Pulse? A clear highlight at Pulse, it was one of [...]
