Photographers have always turned to natural (or unnatural) environments for inspiration and probably always will, often when they become overwhelmed or discouraged by the anxious hum of the city.
Read MoreThere is an abundance of voices here, with soprano Laquita Mitchell and tenor Rodrick Dixon in addition to a combined choir of talented singers from Lincoln University, Delaware State University, and Morgan State University, who brought intense passion to their roles.
Read MorePerkins curator Alan Willoughby says about Poacelli, who teaches a class in mixed media at the art center: “I love her work. She has a great sense of color, layering, space and vibrancy. She is constantly producing, and people are not tired of looking” at her art.
Read MoreWhen you walk into the exhibition, you feel like you are walking into a planetarium or peering through a telescope or microscope, dark matter perhaps beating in the background.
Read MoreA deep blue sky melts into a silvery fluorescence at the horizon, permeated with the crisp black silhouettes of branches shattering across the frame.
Read MoreThe art historical exhibit pivots around one of the PMA’s blockbuster items, Peter Paul Rubens’ “Prometheus Bound,” a tour-de-force figure painting of the big-muscled god being killed by an eagle in a particularly gruesome fashion. It’s a large painting both beautiful and terrifying, a scene of torture that accentuates the vulnerability of flesh.
Read MoreIt’s fitting that Jaffe worked with the Engineering Department at Rowan to create the animatronic programming of the puppets. Suspended in the air and controlled by a complex system of computer commands, the puppets of the inventor/artist/engineer Nikola Tesla haunt the space, twitching, speaking, raising their arms, moving their heads.
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