E-Moderne

August 5, 2014
E-Moderne Gallery

E-Moderne Gallerie, Gavin Rain, Grace, oil on canvas, 39″ x 39″ Right off the bat, I agree that Gavin Rain‘s work is reminiscent of the later work of Chuck Close, as so many facebook commenters have pointed out. But the comments are based on the images you see on the internet, not the real deal. In […]

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Soundings

July 16, 2014
soundings

Mowat Ralston Untalan : Soundings, 110 Church Gallery Mowat Ralston Untalan : Soundings, 110 Church Gallery “Sounding refers to a mechanism of probing the environment by sending out some kind of stimulus. The term comes from the ancient practice of determining the depth of water by feeding out a line with a weight at the […]

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MEDIUM

July 9, 2014
MEDIUM

Neil Johnson, Amy 2, hand tinted photograph, MEDIUM, Annual Members Exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance MEDIUM, Annual Members Exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance Da Vinci Art Alliance asked me to juror the annual members exhibition and I was truly honored to choose the medal winners. The new executive director Gaby Heit and the board of […]

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Art?

July 5, 2014
But is it Art?

Hokey, untitled, foam insulation and paint, But is It Art? 9th Annual Community Juried Art Show at Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks But is It Art? 9th Annual Community Juried Art Show at Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks Being on the jury for the But is It Art? 9th Annual Community Juried Art Show at Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks was an amazing and […]

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I Am Here

July 1, 2014
James Oliver Gallery

Darryl “Cornbread” McCray  I Am Here, James Oliver Gallery I Am Here, James Oliver Gallery Cornbread and Isaiah Zagar talked with Sara McCorriston of Paradigm Gallery about their early experiences with street art. Cornbread says he is the World’s First Writer. Tagging his moniker on everything in a bold clear typography that would start a world wide trend […]

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Arch Enemy

June 26, 2014
Arch Enemy

Eric Richardson, Three Kings, 2013, acrylic on wood, 30″ x 34.5″ at Arch Enemy Arts. Arch Enemy Arts Visiting Arch Enemy Arts is like an art gallery from a Philip K. Dick novel. Fine art, alien artifacts and mythological creatures from science fiction, fantasy and magic realism inform the art with codes, memes and metaphors. The […]

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Chattersphere

June 9, 2014
Chattersphere

Chattersphere, Kelly Kozma New Works at Paradigm Gallery + Studio “Paradigm Gallery + Studio provides an artistic space for both the visual and performing arts, with a focus on dedicated, emerging Philadelphia-based artists.  We provide artists with individualized attention, strong promotional support and a transformable gallery space to make their own.  We strive to make […]

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Robert Bohné

June 1, 2014
Robert Bohne

Robert Bohné, King of the Kitchen, oil on canvas, 12″x12″ Robert Bohné, Close to Home at Church Street Gallery, West Chester Bob and I loved the same man. Francis Tucker was mentor and friend to both of us, schooling us in the science and technology of painting to create an illusion of reality by understanding materials. […]

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Taryn Scanlon

May 25, 2014
Taryn Scanlon

Taryn Scanlon, Untitled, oil on canvas, 36″ x 48″, PAFA MFA 2014 Taryn Scanlon, Untitled at 113th Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts “We inhabit a culture of formulaic order. Our habits, actions and lives become part of the calculated automation which hums and buzzes incessantly alongside the 24 hour news cycle. Medicated, smitten with technology, inundated with advertisements, […]

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Bradford Carmichael

May 16, 2014
Bradford Carmichael

Bradford Carmichael, PAFA MFA, Victory, oil and mixed media on canvas, 54″ x 37.5″ Bradford Carmichael, PAFA MFA “I investigate layers. These layers are depicted in different ways: the layers of the earth’s crust, or the layers of the atmosphere are just a few. These are metaphors for the layers that make up the human condition, from the very […]

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