Artblog | Martina Merlo

July 17, 2024 by Martina Merlo

Down the Rabbit Hole toward Transgender Joy, John Jarboe’s ‘The Rose Garden’ at the Fabric Workshop and Museum

Martina Merlo travels into the labyrinth of John Jarboe’s ‘The Rose Garden,’ and calls the immersive multimedia piece a “cabaret-cum-gallery experience that is joyously campy, increasingly absurdist, and simultaneously tender and nostalgic.”

May 24, 2024 by Martina Merlo

Risa Puno’s ‘Group Hug,’ whack-a-mole with purpose at the Fabric Workshop and Museum

Martina Merlo sees an exhibition at the Fabric Workshop and Museum that moves them, and while the installation takes the form of a game, it is purpose-driven with a message about caregiving and receiving.

December 4, 2023 by Martina Merlo

Poetry and memory, Patricia Moss-Vreeland at the Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College

Our contributor Martina Merlo sees an exhibition about memory at the Phillips Museum at Franklin and Marshall College. The exhibit of works by Patricia Moss-Vreeland represents the artist’s project on the poetry and science of the brain and in particular, human memory.

November 27, 2023 by Martina Merlo

Stevie Laney and ‘Very’ Magazine, Championing Accessible Erotic Art in Philadelphia

Martina talks with Stevie Laney about her body- sex- and erotica-positive magazine, “Very,” which launches its 8th issue this Wednesday at Tattooed Mom!

October 16, 2023 by Martina Merlo

‘Martin’s End’ at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Speculations on Image Making and Artifact

Our new contributor, Martina Merlo, sees a two person exhibit at Tiger Strikes Asteroid and is excited for the dialog the two artists’ works enter into that deal with the end (or not) of image making.