Much of the work around the Kensington area this month questions the divide between technology and artist. First up is the Brad Troemel Pre-career Retrospective at Extra Extra Gallery. The gallery directors curated the show entirely from Troemel’s website selecting images of work, installations, and videos and installing the show without consulting the artist in [...]
By libby | November 21, 2009
The long east wall in the Ice Box at the Crane Arts Center has so much wall space–25 x 100 feet–that founders Nick Kripal and Richard Hricko decided to make something even bigger of it– In a push to challenge video artists to take advantage of the enormous space, they have installed four computer-controlled video [...]
Yesterday, a bright and sunny Sunday, was the opening of Global Warming, the Philadelphia Sculptor’s show at the Icebox. Miguel Luciano is in the show and one of his pieces, “Pimp my Piragua,” a shaved ice cart, was perfect for the day, the event, and the slowly melting world. Luciano’s vehicle — which he made [...]
By libby | January 23, 2008
Pepon Osorio, Mangual, 2007, video a short video loop of a dark-skinned man vigorously, but unsuccessfully rubbing off white-face makeup–referencing identity and culture and art history all at once. There’s some terrific work included in the exhibit From Taboo to Icon: Africanist Turnabout, an exhibit currently at the Ice Box, a group show of about [...]
installation view of From Taboo to Icon: Africanist Turnabout at the Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts Building, photo Libby Rosof I headed to the Crane Building Saturday primarily to see an exhibition with an intriguing title: From Taboo to Icon; Africanist Turnabout – the premise being that work either derived from or in response to [...]
By libby | November 25, 2007
Brian Kennedy, Passage, detail, installation at the Ice Box, boats, salt Thanks be to the National Lottery for helping Belfast artist Brian Kennedy to bring his installation, Passage, to the Ice Box. Kennedy and the lovely catalog for Passage was also supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (which gets part of its funding [...]
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Victory for Tyler poster Libby and I were up at Crane Arts last night after hearing the AMAZING William Kentridge lecture. (Libby told you about it) It was Second Thursday and the Crane had openings at Nexus, 201 Gallery and inLiquid. Nearby, Tower Gallery celebrated the opening of its first big group exhibit, an outstanding [...]
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The idea for Swapmeet, a painting show at the Icebox Project Space, came about when two friends, one an MFA student at Tyler School of Art and the other an MFA student at RISD, thought it would be cool do do an exchange show between the two programs. Well it is a very cool idea. [...]
This week’s Weekly has my review of Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch’s Big Room Now installation at the Icebox. Here’s the link to the art page. And here’s my flickr for more photos, and check out Libby’s flickr set. Pairing DownHe adds his touch to her papier-mache sculpture. She stars in his YouTube video. Ryan [...]
