We sent this press release out this morning. The grant involved was a small grant–$2,500–but it’s our grant and we love it to death. We hope it’s a precedent–for us and for Philadelphia!–l&r
artblog, the Philadelphia region’s oldest and most complete source of online reviews, discussion and opinion on the visual arts, has been awarded a [...]
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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Nicholas Poyner, Self Portrait #666, 2008, Platinum, silicone and hair
Given what one UArts sculpture student is showing in Philadelphia right now, the Art Institute president’s attempt at censorship of art is downright laughable (see post)–using a gun to swat a mosquito.
On the other hand, Nicholas Poyner’s horror show sculptures and faux snuff video in [...]
By libby | February 3, 2008
Judy Gelles’ video interviews about age, that show only the subjects’ mouths
Perhaps I was in the perfect frame of mind for taking a good look at what two Philadelphia artists are showing at Moore College, in tandem with a group show that includes a large number of internationally known artists.
The two artists are in Encapsulated [...]
By libby | December 28, 2007
Jackie Tileston, Opera Brain Incantation, mixed on linen
Gardens become figments of the imagination on the shortest days of the year. So naturally, a show about gardens that begins as the days shorten and ends before they lengthen turns my thoughts to the divide between art and the real thing–any real thing, any art.
Jackie Tileston, detail, [...]
This week’s Weekly has my review of Facts Fantasies and Fictions at the Galleries at Moore. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr.Paint MisbehavingMoore’s narrative art show is slippery and subversive.
Sarah McEneaney, looking regal, in a new work at Moore College’s Facts, Fantasies and Fictions.
Narrative art [...]
By libby | October 5, 2007
The deluge
Steve Sherman, Figure with Breaking Wave, 2007, chalk on paper (the light reflections are not a part of the drawing)
My trip to The Galleries at Moore College this past week was a little frightening–mass competing exhibitions, four in all. My reaction to the deluge of art–dive into what interested me, forget the rest. In [...]
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By libby | October 2, 2007
James Johnson, When I was a Kid I thought Mr. Rogers Could See Me Too2006, detail,inkjet prints; on the monitor to the right is a video by Kara Crombie.
Photography is all over town–and there’s more on the way. From L’Autre, a group show at University of the Arts, to Tina Barney at Gallery 339, [...]
Before too much time passes I want to complete my Sherman Alexie report. (see post for Part 1.)alexie, shermanAlexie spoke in Philadelphia in an event jointly hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences and the Galleries at Moore, both of which have Lewis and Clark bicentennial-related programming at the moment.
The author began by saying [...]
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I went to hear author Sherman Alexie Wednesday night at the Academy of Natural Sciences. This was one of the evening lectures that went with the “Cocktails with Lewis and Clark” programming to coincide with their bicentennial exhibit about the explorers’ 1804-1806 trip across America. (image is Bucks County coffee served nicely in front [...]
