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Weekly Update — Vox V visions

Here’s my review of the show at the Weekly. Below is my copy with some pictures.
“Vox V,” the national juried emerging art show, demonstrates that childhood memories, loss and sadness – themes at play in the art world for at least fifteen years — are still major obsessions.

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People we love in places we love that are not Philadelphia!

If you’re on the road this summer, or hanging out far and wide, we have some tips here of Philadelphia artists who are all over the place.
Italy to Cyprus by way of L.A.

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Weekly Update – Emerging artist shows highlight sculpture

This week’s Weekly has my review of two emerging artist shows — Street Button and Isskustvo Transmagica Provinces Animamina. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flicker (street button, isskustvo ). And here are Libby’s street button post and Libby’s Isskustvo post. Happy Happy Joy ToyNew sculpture emphasizes friendliness.
Jesse Greenberg’s installation at [...]

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Brave new world emerges at Pageant

Jesse Greenberg unloaded a bunch of these all over every horizontal surface in the gallery
Isskustvo Transmagica Provinces Animanina may be a bewildering title for an art exhibit, but the objects in the show at Pageant Soloveev Gallery are equally bewildering–and wonderful. I felt like I was walking into a space filled with gifts.
Pageant once again [...]

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MegaBinxes: Useful, comforting, fabulous

Jesse Greenberg, in a photo he sent me, demonstrating how to interact with one of his MegaBinxes.
Jesse Greenberg invited me to his studio a while back and when I finally made it over there last month I found him busy preparing for his show at Bobo’s on 9th (til Oct. 19). Greenberg, a young [...]

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Mexabinxes on 9th St. at Bobo’s

Jesse Greenberg, Megabinxes, posing at his studio at Philadelphia Society for Advanced Studies in Kensington.
I’ve been meaning to tell you about my studio visit with Jesse Greenberg, a RISD grad and friend of Ryan Trecartin and company and of the Bobo’s on 9th crowd. They’re all here now here in Philadelphia–a little RISD tributary [...]

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