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Weekly update — Philagrafika at the Print Center

This week’s Weekly has my review of the Philagrafika show at the Print Center. There are many treats in the print festival Philagrafika 2010. One of the best is in the upstairs gallery at the Print Center—the Space 1026 yurt, a demure, grand dame of an object that is the embodiment of the one for [...]

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Sweet horror trip

Dead of the Living Night at Space 1026 is a mash note for horror movies with a surprise psychedelic candy-coated center.

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First Friday layer cake–pix galore

What a delicious First Friday–a layer cake of delights. I’m putting up a bunch of pictures, hoping they might entice you to take a taste.

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Weekly Update – September First Friday looks good

This week’s Weekly has my First Friday roundup.  Below is the copy with pictures. Seripop, the Montreal screenprinting duo, blows into Space 1026 with a load of 400 rock band posters, books and zines to show and sell. Seripop, founded in 2002 by Chloe Lun and Yannick Desranleau, is the Space 1026 of Canada—an alternative [...]

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Philadelphia Notes

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 [...]

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The Artist as Subject and Curator

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 [...]

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On the eve of destruction–Andrew Schoultz and AJ Fosik take over Space 1026

AJ Fosik at Space 1026, part of a two-man show/installation, New Ancient Structures. The other man is Andrew Schoultz In a zippy and smart collaborative installation at Space 1026, New Ancient Structures, featuring work by Philadelphia sculptor AJ Fosik and San Francisco mural artist, Andrew Schoultz, urban grit provides a home for beasts of the [...]

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First Friday gets short shrift

Here’s some of what we saw Friday night, cut short by the Mayor’s town hall meeting for the arts (see post). Amy Adams, Our Boat That Is Made Of Flowers pair of portraits of the bride and groom You may have missed the news of Amy Adams recent marriage, but she’s letting the world know [...]

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First Friday faves–all God’s children got shoes

Sarah McEneaney rocked the boat in her uniformly excellent exhibit at Locks Gallery (see Roberta’s Weekly Update), the first place I visited First Friday. And my next stop, the Collections show, curated by Luren Jenison, at Copy Gallery(see Brandon Joyce’s post here), was also a terrific surprise!!! I saw several other exhibits, somewhat uneven, but [...]

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Words, words, noise and a melon on First Friday

First Friday was full of goodies. We started at the Fab. Here’s some pictures and a short video and some gossip at the bottom so be sure to scroll down. Ed Ruscha at the Fabric Workshop last Friday night Ed Ruscha was looking like a little leprachaun in front of a packed audience at the [...]

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