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Beautiful inside, outside, anytime, anywhere–Beautiful Human at Haverford

Beautiful Human at Haverford College’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is a small show with big thoughts that burble and pop as the works by five artists hold a conversation with each other about identity and imagination. The show’s points of view zoom from imaginative self-identificaton to masks and costumes as tribal and cultural signifiers to the [...]

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Untitled forum at Jaskey a first

A drawing by Matt Fisher in The Drawing Narrative, the exhibit now up at Jenny Jaskey Gallery; photo taken by Robert Fallon
In the middle of artist Matt Fisher’s talk last week, I thought, gee, this is interesting. So I pulled out a pad and started taking notes.
Matt was speaking at Untitled, Jenny Jaskey Gallery’s [...]

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Weekly Update – Pentimenti pleases

This week’s Weekly has my review of Pentimenti’s summer show. Below is the copy with some added pictures. More photos at flickr.
Breezy Does ItPentimenti’s group show offers loveliness and edge.
“In Summer the Song Sings Itself”Through Sept. 15 (gallery closed July 24-Aug. 28). Pentimenti Gallery, 145 N. Second St. 215.625.9990.
Thomas Doyle’s miniature environments [...]

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What we want to see Friday

Joseph Borelli, carved pink insulation. We saw it at his Tyler MFA show and were wowed! We don’t know if it’s in this show, but here’s a taste of his work.
It’s not fireworks, but there’s some good stuff coming up this Friday. Libby will be inChicago and miss the sparklers, but Roberta will be out [...]

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Sit up straight, stop frowning

Birch Bark Ass, by Matt Fisher
A show of paintings and drawings of modest size at UArts Gallery 817 (upstairs from Rosenwald-Wolf) is definitely worth attention. The show called “Posture and Expression” was curated by artist Rob Matthews.
The title lets you know right off the bat that the show has some lessons to teach; it also [...]

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