Logan Cryer writes about Jayson Musson’s exhibit of new quilted wall works at Fleisher-Ollman, and says their materiality must be considered. With the use of many visible stitched lines factoring into the pieces and their reference to Gees Bend quilts to be noted, the work raises questions.
Read MoreCorey Qureshi sees the solo exhibition of Erin Murray at Peep Projects and comments on the technique of letting the design wrap the frame of the work so it continues the theme “beyond the artifice of structures.”
Read MoreSusan Isaacs sees a 50-year retrospective of works by Joyce J. Scott at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Scott is a Macarthur Award-winning artist, whose works deal with political themes of social justice
Read MoreIn the bold and beautiful paintings of Dona Nelson, Lane Timothy Speidel finds optimism and spring-time hope after a long hard winter. Speidel’s poetic review explains Nelson sees themself as an intermediary.
Read MoreMiles Orvell spends time unpacking the current Wind Challenge 2 at Fleisher Art Memorial. He says the artists are dealing with today’s existential dilemmas, and sums up the show this way: “In our topsy-turvy world, a time of moral, political, and technological upheaval, the Fleisher Wind Challenge 2 offers three wildly different assessments of the human condition and three powerful models of what it means to be an artist today.”
Read MoreIn this guest essay by Chris Funkhouser, the writer tells us of Theodore A. Harris’s ‘Road to Damascus’ encounter with a commissioned painted copy of a 1662 Rembrandt work, “The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Draper’s Guild” at The Curtis Institute. Harris had been working on a series called “Thesentür/The Thinker.”
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Ryan deRoche opens Philly Theatre Week with a review of Plays and Players performance of Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story. The play reflects on themes of financial class, sexuality, and mental health.
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