Artblog | Artists

December 23, 2015 by Michael Lieberman

The centerpiece of the show is Goodman’s “Untitled,” reproduced here. This to me is Goodman at his finest: the brilliant contrast of light, color, and darkness, the ambiguity of direction, the mysterious, luminescent, transformative power of the cylindrical object that dominates the canvas.

December 22, 2015 by Roberta

Sad passing of George Earl Ortman, DCCA goes Delaware Contemporary, Good links, Dona Nelson+AiA, Diane Burko+Numero Cinq, Jesse Krimes+NOLA, Doug Witmer+Gray Contemp Houston, Serena Perrone+DIA, and Opportunities

Congratulations to Jesse Krimes, whose solitary confinement piece at the one-day Amnesty International program created some good discussion about the important prison issue. Krimes has a solo show opening at Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery opening January 12.

December 21, 2015 by Jennifer Zarro

Kukuli Velarde on Artblog Radio

Kukuli Velarde describes Corpus and also discusses her painting practice in this Artblog Radio interview conducted by Jennifer Zarro and recorded in the artist’s home and studio in Philadelphia in December, 2015.

December 20, 2015 by Marvin Aguilar

Nathan Pankratz at Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Looking at the titles, the show is undeniably an homage to love and how it reveals itself to people. Yet the show also is a metaphor for the artist’s love of interacting with paint.

December 18, 2015 by Artblog

The 2015 Liberta Awards!

Thank you to our outstanding Board Members, our terrific Advisory Committee, our Generous Supporters and You, Our Readers, who inspire us to keep producing our online art publication and off-line programs. Special thank you to the hard-working, intelligent and insightful Artblog team and a special shout out to our tech guru, who wrought magic with our website in 2015! As 2015 slinks off, Artblog wishes you peace, love and happiness, and lots of art in the new year.

December 17, 2015 by Michael Lieberman

Nineteen years and counting for Norristown’s Pagus Gallery

Each year, Pagus puts on an annual exhibition of the work of the artists in the NAB. This year’s show includes 62 works by 28 artists.

December 16, 2015 by Roberta

From sea to stars – Rebecca Rutstein’s Big Year

2015 was an especially eventful year for the artist, who shows her work at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Rutstein, whose work is inspired by science and the natural world, spent 6 weeks last summer as an Artist at Sea, painting and working with scientists mapping the ocean floor on Robert Ballard’s ship, The Nautilus. This year, she also completed her first public art piece, “Sky Terrain,” at 11th and Montgomery on the Temple University Campus.

December 15, 2015 by Roberta

Patrick Morgan+Knight Arts Phila, Big Mama’s Cinemateque+Paul Clipson, Dona Nelson+Stanley Whitney in Roberta Smith’s best of list, Bob Cozzolino’s Peter Blume purchase at PAFA, plus NEA awards $1M in PA, Freeman’s blockbuster auction and Opportunities

We got a note from Craig Scheihing of Big Mama’s Cinematheque introducing us to the “artist-run film lab, a venue for contemporary avant-garde filmmakers to share their work, and a classroom / workshop space for individuals interested in working with 16mm film.” Wonderful! I’m delighted to know there is a hotbed of alternative or experimental filmmakers here!