A&E Re-View Philadelphia’s place in American Modernism, and American Modernism’s place in Philadelphia, are at the heart of two exhibitions at the Woodmere Art Museum this month. email print font size options Posted: Thu, Dec. 15, 2011, 3:00 AM…
Working directly from the figure in ink and embroidery, Shizuko Kimura brings a sense of immediacy to sewing techniques that are generally the opposite of direct that is, executed in carefully planned stages. Kimura’s seemingly effortless integration of Eastern…
“Decorative” isn’t usually a bad word, but it has a bad reputation in the world of art. At PAFA’s Alumni Gallery, iconic Philadelphia abstractionist Moe Brooker’s 15 recent paintings make a good argument that unabashed decorativeness does not have to…
ARTS . Art Walkabout Is Fair Play Surfer-curator Alex Baker leaves PAFA with a bang and expands his horizons down under. by Robin Rice print email reply rss feed Published: Oct 24, 2007 Roaming by Steve Powers, enamel on…
COVER STORY Building Momentum Re:Viewing A Passion for Perfection (and the Perelman itself). by Robin Rice print email reply Published: Sep 19, 2007 (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION) If you’re reading this, chances are you already know about the…
ARTS . Art In With the New Mark Blavat, Syd Carpenter, Quentin Morris and David Stephens at Art Around Gallery by Robin Rice print email reply rss feed Published: Feb 20, 2007 Max Maddox and Theresa Rose make an…
August 10-16, 2006 Arts : Art One Good Turn Artists team up to go against the grain at the Wood Turning Center. by Robin Rice Irish lathe artist Liam Flynn admits that before his summer residency at the Wood Turning…
August 10-16, 2006 Arts : Art One Good Turn Artists team up to go against the grain at the Wood Turning Center. by Robin Rice Irish lathe artist Liam Flynn admits that before his summer residency at the Wood Turning…
August 11-17, 2005 art toy story: Ray Eames works with a prototype for The Toy (1951), a modular sculpture kit that could make dozens of different objects. The Pop of the Tops Modern furniture pioneers Charles and Ray Eames toyed…
June 9-15, 2005 art Book Club The Gershman Y’s exhibition of book arts spans the definition of the term, from more traditional works like Dotty Attie’s portfolio There Lived in Egypt (detail above) to Edward Hutchins’ multimedia Words for the…
