Katie Dillon Low sees an exhibit at the Painted Bride Art Center presenting the collective work of a community collective, ‘Hook&Loop,’ whose members are ‘Disabled, Neurodivergent, Chronically Ill, Mad, and Sick people, based in Philadelphia.’
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low sees an exhibit of her friend Pierre Trombert and talks about the artist’s many loves: “Trombert’s life has been a series of love affairs, which he has been writing about in a series of memoir manuscripts for several years now. One of the affairs was with the magnificent house that he bought for a song at 5th and Spring Garden Street in the early eighties.” Katie calls Trombert’s cohort of drawings at Butchie Alley “a love affair with line.”
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low writes a terrific piece on the “(re)FOCUS: Now” exhibit, one of two exhibits at the Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design; the other is “(re)FOCUS: Then” (with artists from the original 1974 exhibit).
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low has an encounter with many ideas about technology at the show ‘echo broadcast’ at Practice Gallery. The group show spans work that deals with the eco-concerns of the plastics and heavy metals in electronic devices; to our technologically addicted society’s isolation behind our screens.
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low sees a curated exhibit at Atelier Art Gallery in Brewerytown and loves it. Anchored in the works of Anne Minich, Katie says the show is balanced, with much to offer all tastes.
Read MoreHeather Ujiies use of fibers, textiles, fashion, and visual art strikes a dreamlike chord evoking shared visual histories and global mythologies. Lost in Paradise displays massive printed textiles alongside sculptures and paintings that transport the viewer to the world Ujiie sees. See the show at James Oliver Gallery before it closes August 12th.
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