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 [...]
An artists’ demolition derby in a still from Aaron Rose’s Beautiful Losers (2008)Lives of the Artists (ca. 2000)
I asked Tyler Kline to join me at the January 21 International House screening of two films on art/skateboarding cultures since he comes out of a Portland skateboarding and art scene of a younger generation than Aaron [...]
Upcoming Art and Art Films at International House
A piece from 2005 by Margaret Kilgallen, one of the artists to be featured in a film at I-House.International House has always been one of Philadelphia’s best venues for film (a hidden one, to judge from the small regular attendance) and they’ve been adding art, courtesy of InLiquid.com [...]
By libby | December 28, 2008
Siona Benjamin, See No Evil, in which the artist puts Queen Esther in her own shoes.
We all have some dreamy idea of a Cheers kind of life in a single town where everyone knows your name. But that doesn’t take into account the non-stop migrations around the world–people fleeing war or famine or hardship–or boredom.
Around [...]
By libby | April 10, 2008
Amze Emmons, Breathing Apparatus, at the Painted Bride Cafe Gallery
How bad is the whining greed and entitlement that marks the American Way these days? It’s really bad. As a nation we can’t even accept that bad stuff happens–by accident, by fate, by the alignment of the stars. We’re bogged down in law suits based on [...]
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By libby | September 3, 2007
by Miriam Singer
One show at the Philadelphia Fringe is not enough. It’s so hard to know what will be good, what will not, that you sort of have to sample a bunch and hope for the best. This year, we finally figured that out and purchased tickets to four shows. Two down, two to go–plus [...]
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Keiko Miyamori, detail of installation of bark rubbings on rice paper that she made in Japan
I’m grateful to “Greenmachine,” outdoor installations using technological components by three artists, if only for getting me to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, a very beautiful site at 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, a bit north of [...]
No this is not a basketball post. But there are many good art events to choose from this weekend–in addition to the Photo Booth at Space 1026 on Saturday afternoon (see post) here are a couple events that sound like fun.
If you’re like me you’ve been back to ICA once or twice since the [...]
Leslie Mutchler, accumulation piece with paper and flags.
The first time I saw a Leslie Mutchler piece, it was at Tyler School of Art in a group show on the theme of paper put together by Produce Gallery. Mutcher’s work was an accumulation of stacks of small cut papers on a large plywood plank with [...]
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