Both Báez and García are currently based in New York City, and their reflections on the island of their birth are shaped by that geographic distance. Water features prominently in their work, the ocean that surrounds their island but also which separates them from it.
Read MoreIn other Temple news, business school student Faiza Samreen wrote to say she and some fellow students are organizing an art show/fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity on April 3, 3-7PM at Hubbub Coffee on Spruce Street, near the University of Pennsylvania. They’re charging admission to the show and all funds raised will go the Habitat for Humanity.
Read MoreMoody and surreal, Chewing the Scenery is not as grandstanding and over-the-top emotional as its title would imply. That said, the exhibition of ten mostly under-known Philadelphia artists is tautly – and satisfyingly – theatrical.
Read MoreI assume, but am not sure whether the three artists who received this year’s Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art were selected with a view to showing their work together. Of course, it’s never an easy task to integrate the work of three artists into a coherent exhibition.
Read MoreNew Space, New Work marks a new direction for Gallery Joe, but as always, Becky’s enthusiasm and respect for her artists remains the foundation of the program.
Read MoreThe Black Show makes me think about José Saramago’s epic novel “Blindness” (1997), in which blindness invokes darkness, oscillating between sociopolitical misconception and human malice. “I don’t think we did go blind,” reflects one of Saramago’s figures at the end.
Read MoreDon’t miss The Review Show LIVE, this Thursday, March 10, 6PM – 7:30 PM at the Galleries at Moore. Join Artblog, The St. Claire and Moore Galleries for LIVE Art Reviews of 3 exhibitions – Rodney McMillian at ICA, Pepon Osorio’s reForm at Temple Contemporary and Ian Etter and Usha Farey at Practice. Panelists are Walter Robinson, Martin Peeves, Kelsey Halliday Johnson with Suzanne Seesman, moderator
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