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.
For the first time, I came home empty-handed from Zoe Strauss’ Under I-95 photo exhibit today, her spring bouquet to South Philadelphia in South Philadelphia, now in its ninth year, with one more year to go. What a crowd!!! They beat me to the punch on all the pictures I was trying to snag. It [...]
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The biggest art event this weekend is Sunday, May 3: Zoe Strauss will exhibit a huge number of photographs–231 of them– under I-95, in South Philadelphia.
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This week’s Weekly has my Spring Roundup article. Below is the copy with some pictures.
Openings are de rigueur in the art world. But this spring grand openings trump all as Tyler School of Art launches its flagship space, Temple Gallery, in the school’s new building at 12th and Norris streets in North Philadelphia.
By libby | February 4, 2009
Zoe Strauss sets her eyes on Alaska and here’s some of what she sees. Photos in this post courtesy Zoe Strauss, resporting from Alaska.
This is a post directed especially at our readers from Alaska! It sounded like Philadelphia photographer Zoe Strauss was about to land on the moon when she went for a residency in [...]
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Like children staring down a box of candy and a bowl of oatmeal we went straight for Chelsea Dec 12 instead of to the museums. The day was sunny and brisk and we took our chances wandering in candyland.
Trenton Doyle Hancock at James Cohan.
We knew before we walked into James Cohan Gallery that we [...]
By libby | December 10, 2008
Oh, we have to give a shoutout to our girl Zoe, who, marching to her own drummer, has still managed to get the attention she richly deserves!!!
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Post by Cate Fallon
Zoe Strauss sitting at Silverstein Gallery signing copies of her book America at the opening of her show. Photos in this post by Cate Fallon.
The night of the opening was cold and windy, so it was good to see a supportive, warm turnout – with beer and pretzels in the “house” and [...]
Barkley L. Hendricks, Gone…Goodnight, 1973, oil, acrylic, and magna on linen canvas, 72” x 72”;
photo courtesy A. Vincent Scarano
Thanks to Zoe Strauss for the heads up on this year’s new USA Fellows, bringing to 5 the number of Philadelphia artists who have received the $50,000 award now in its second year.
The 2008 winners who [...]
This week’s Weekly has my review of the Peter Saul retrospective at PAFA. Below is the copy with some words added back in. And here’s Libby’s and my chat with Saul at the show’s preview party.
Peter Saul. Icebox Number 7, 1963; Oil on canvas, 74 1/2 x 63 inches (188 x [...]
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