First Friday was hotter than Hell in the galleries, and we complained a lot. Every person who asked us how our summer was going got the same answer–shitty, hot. But beyond weather, we have to say the art was hotter than we expected for the usually dead month of August. Performance and installation art was [...]
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This week’s Weekly has my first Friday roundup. Below is the copy with pictures. Big news this First Friday: A new gallery, Marginal Utility , is opening in the Vox building. The six-story former factory building already houses Vox Populi , Copy , AHN/VHS , Progressive Sharing , Jeffrey Stockbridge Fine Art and Tiger Strikes [...]
By libby | October 8, 2009
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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The streets may have been deserted, But the few galleries that were opening for First Friday on the July 4th holiday weekend still had a surprising number of attendees, if not exactly major crowds. And since I began at Bambi at the Piazza, everything seemed quite celebratory.
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The Collective Spaces at 319 N. 11 St. were teeming with activity last Friday night – openings at Vox, Copy Gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and a new space called ‘Progressive Sharing‘ that just opened on the 6th floor of the building. Secret Passage by Charles Hobbs, on display at Vox, is a somewhat awkwardly choreographed [...]
This week’s Weekly has my review of the great big drawings by Annette Monnier and Phillip Adams at Copy and Tiger. Below is my copy with some pictures. The town is full of great exhibits this month but don’t miss two ambitious narrative drawings with tales for the times. They will make you [...]
By libby | February 12, 2009
A group of paintings by Alex Paik, taken in his studio Another small gallery is opening in Philadelphia just in time for March First Friday. It’s a group effort by still another great group of artists and in a great location. The gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, is upstairs from Vox Populi, on the 4th floor [...]
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