June Blumberg poses en costume with her self portrait at Muse, which was crowded with too much work–oh, and they moved a couple of doors north of where they were, to the other side of 3rd Street Gallery.
I just got the word yesterday that Caitlin is swamped with school work, so here’s my take on the last First Friday. I for one never made it past Second Street because I had to cut and run to the ICA for the John Armleder-Christian Marclay performance.
The Charly Palmer paintings with collage materials at ArtJaz stood out.
But I took some pictures of this and that (Flickr photoset here). Among the highlights were the Charly Palmer paintings at ArtJaz Gallery, the Philadelphia-inspired show at 3rd Street Gallery (work by Ryan Heiser stood out), and the preview of things to come by Pentimenti artists in the Project Room.
Nexus holds its final blow-out everything-must-go sale before it moves to the Crane Art Center
I bumped into Nexus Director Nick Cassway recently and he reported the gallery’s First Friday clearance sale was a smashing success. They got some needed dough and are on the move north. I can’t report on specific dollar amounts, but it’s good news. The bad news–they’ll no longer be part of First Friday.
