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Philly portraits at Gallery 339 and PAFA

By libby | October 27, 2009

Portraits are everywhere, right now, major portraits. I had a nice conversation with myself after seeing two terrific shows of Philadelphia portraits in the same week–the show Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia, at Gallery 339;  and the paintings in Barkley L. Hendricks’ Birth of the Blues at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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Badach and Frischkorn’s men and boys

By libby | March 28, 2007

Vek, by Justina Badach
Two photographic portrait exhibits at the Philadelphia Art Alliance borrow from the old masters to very different effect.
Justyna Badach’s Bachelor Portraits exhibit is quite different from other work I have seen of hers. This time she is using straightforward C-prints with no digital whiz-bang alterations, and her subjects are human beings. The [...]

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So near and yet so far

By libby | May 5, 2006

Steven Baris’ The Correct Distance #B5, 30 x 30 inches
Jellybeans is what I think of whenever I see a Steven Baris painting. It has to do with the translucent glow and the Pop colors. Baris’ one-man show of 19 works at Pentimenti until May 27, looks great.
Baris’ translucency is achieved by painting with acrylic on [...]

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