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2424 Studios

“Sublimation”– New Work for David Meyer, Curated by Eileen Tognini. Opening Reception, Friday March 12, 2010 7-10 pm. For David Meyer, creating a tangible interpretation of memories becomes the dialogue between comprehension and experience. The exploration of memory and its distortion becomes a mediated process Meyer expresses through the transformation of photographic images into sculptures, and perforated “prints”. Exhibition through March 27 M-F 9AM-5PM
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Area 919

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Art Star Gallery

Art Star is pleased to present Mediation on the Chawan, a solo exhibition by Philadelphia artist Ed Bing Lee. Internationally renowned Fiber artist, Ed Bing Lee will exhibit 30 pieces by the Chawan, a bowl used in the tea ceremony. Lee has created each Chawan inspired form by making thousands of tiny knots in a variety of materials, such as cotton, waxed linen, paper, shoelaces, and assorted ribbons. The show will be on display from February 20th – March 21st.
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AxD Gallery

Fabricated Stories: Featuring mixed media works by Dolores Poacelli and David Carrow. The works of these two artists engage us with their physicality. They are very much fabricated. Dolores “paints” with hand-shaped metals and other materials, while David assembles the artifacts of daily life into sculptures. The juxtaposed elements of each artist’s work inspire curiosity and contemplation about the stories embedded in their making. Exhibit continues through March 6.

Chromatic Alchemy: Features paintings by John Clark and Gabriel Turner Byrne. Alchemy can be viewed as an elusive bridge between science and poetry, where reasoned search and serendipitous encounter coexist as potential agents of truth. John and Gabriel both revere the science and traditions of their artistic media, yet seek in their own ways, to court chance occurrences and circumstance as offering means to new discoveries. Opens with reception March 12, from 5 – 8p.m and continues through April 3.
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Bambi Gallery

Gillian Pears’s “Still” is currently on display in the main gallery. Throughout the last two years, Gillian Pears, developed her current body of work. She is interested in the interaction between an imagined state or experience and our collective world. Influence by literature, she constructs a space that is neither concrete nor fictional in its representation. Linda Guenste’s “Fun with…” is currently on display in the new projects space. Linda attended the Art Studies League in New York City, Philadelphia College of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the arts where she won numerous prizes including the prestigious Henry J. Shiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarship. Opening reception First Friday March 5th, exhibit running through March 28th.
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Blink Art Gallery

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Bridgette Mayer Gallery

The Bridgette Mayer Gallery is pleased to announce its fourth solo exhibition by artist Neil Anderson. “Nightlife & The Divided Plane” will be on view from March 2 – 27, 2010, with an opening reception First Friday, March 5, from 6:00 – 8:30 pm. The exhibition will feature large-scale, abstract oil paintings. Also on view in the Vault Room will be an exhibition of new plaster works by Jeffrey Peezick. Neil Anderson’s most recent series of paintings continues to reflect the artist’s preoccupation with exploring formal elements of his medium, while introducing a new factor: the divided plane. By coupling two linen surfaces, Anderson creates a strict horizontal or vertical division through each composition, thus emphasizing the flatness of the plane. Yet, his abstractions utilize winding lines, amorphous forms and saturated pigment to build each painting’s figure/ground relationship, with the shapes and textures absconding from the surface as the lines recede.

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Cerulean Arts

Intersection: A Philagrafika 2010 Independent Project curated by Lisa Marie Hamilton, Erin Castellan, Lisa Marie Hamilton, Jill Parisi, Rita Reisser. Running February 24th through March 27th.

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Clay Studio

Clay + Fiber: A group exhibition that explores work that combines these two seemingly disparate media. Each artist represented in the exhibition use each material in vastly different ways. February 19 – March 14, 2010.

Sanbao: A Way of Living and Working: Jackson Li’s (Li Jian Shen) vessels and sculptures, celebrate both the material and culture of his homeland and China’s contribution and place in the rich history of ceramics. His vases, bowls, and tea bowls, all meticulously crafted are surfaced with imagery and pattern rooted in tradition, as are the decorative surface motifs; however, the motifs have been contemporized and updated. His sculptures, created in stoneware are narratives, combined memories of time and place throughout Li’s life deeply rooted in the landscape, history and culture of his native land.

Ron Meyers: New Work: Ron Meyers is an icon of the American ceramics community. February 19 – March 14, 2010.

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Copy Gallery

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Crane Arts Building

Medium Resistance – Revolutionary Tendencies in Print and Craft: Recent discourse tends to force print and craft works into not-so-recent, even outright conservative categories: as fine art, they must be autonomous, original, and auratic; as artisanship, they must rely on tactility, skill, and apprenticeship. In both instances, crafts and printmaking are defined in defensive opposition to the forces and effects of mass culture, reproducing an old-fashioned binary in which art and artisanship provide a substitute sphere of “authentic” creative experience rather than a critical engagement with cultural production at large. Located at Ice Box (Wed – Sun 12-6pm). March 3 – April 4 ,2010.

.matrix: The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is excited to announce the exhibition and opening reception for .matrix. Traditionally, prints are created from a single original surface, known technically as a matrix. The artist in .matrix are either embracing or challenging this idea of a single original. All of the artist share an interest in pushing the limits of the printed image and how it is created and used, whether by creating new printing techniques, site specific installations or re-contextualizing images. Located at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. March 2, 2010 – May 28, 2010

InLiquid presents, Chad Curtis, Drawing Machine: Curtis’ drawing machine retains the tension between high and low-tech, exposing the banality of its components aside the precision of the digital electronics. The nuance of the machine resides in this tension, offering accessibility to the viewer that presents a duality — digital and analog — reflecting the state of contemporary life. This accessibility, further enhanced by the tactility of the images, challenges the assumptions of both digital processes and of the handmade, residing somewhere in between and less easily categorized. Located at The Hall. January 29 – April 4, 2010.

Rate of Return: Co-curated by William Deering and Troy Richards. Rate of Return explores the question of value and repetition through the multiple. Does frequency, quality, availability and quantity of images affect and effect our relationship to objects, people and their meaning? Do we take for granted the very notion of availability, and repeatability today? Located at University of Delaware Gallery. February 11, 2009 – March 14, 2010.

Practice of the Druggist: Ben DeMott and Eric Miller will develop an installation of abstract work that purveys their common and individual interests, as well as their relationship as friends and collaborators. Their formulary will navigate through ancillary interests, commonality, brotherhood, and culture; then it will develop into broader formats of accessibility and technology. Located at the Project Room. March 3rd – April 3rd, 2010.

Fabricating Ideas: An on-going project dedicated to exhibiting work that uses the latest advanced manufacturing technologies and three-dimensional fabrication tools in the artistic process. While each of the participating artists has a very strong foundation in ceramics, they are all innovators with regard to material, process, and conceptualization. Located at Crane Arts Grey Area. March 3rd – April 4th, 2010.

Paisley for the Patio, Tamara Laird: Large scale ceramic sculpture presented as monuments to ornamental motifs amidst a blooming garden. Located at Crane Arts Green Space. March 3rd to April 4th, 2010.

Grabados de Oaxaca: Graphic Works from Oaxaca, Mexico: The distinguished history of printmaking in Mexico is best represented today in the vibrant art center of Oaxaca. Works by Rodolfo Morales, Fernando Olivera, Eddie Martinez, Leoviglio Martinez, Felipe Morales & others. Located at Indigo Arts. March 11th to May 8, 2010.

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Da Vinci Art Alliance

CONFLUENCE: Intended to celebrate the possibilities and complexities of the printmaking worlds of Bobbie Adams, Rachel Citrino, and Linda Dubin Garfield. The convergence of these artists is their obsession with and love of mark-making….how their personal marks and the etch, the press, the pixels, dance. This is a celebration of the mark. March 7th through March 28th.
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Esther M Klein Gallery

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Fleisher Ollman Gallery

Fleisher/Ollman is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new drawings, collages and constructions by Chicago artist, Luis Romero. Romero’s flat works, mostly graphite and pen on paper, betray an interest in visual contradiction. Empty surfaces give way to false depth and concentrated lines appear to form tangible shapes. While demonstrating Romero’s awareness to Op Art and modernist formalism, these drawings are equally grounded in a personal mark-making practice. February 25th – March 27th, 2010.

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The Fuel Collection

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Gallery 339

Stuart Rome: Drawn From Nature. January 29, 2010 – April 3, 2010.

Henry Horenstein: SHOW. January 29, 2010 – April 3, 2010.
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Germ Books

Art inspired by Nikola Tesla will be on display as a benefit show for the Nikola Tesla Inventors Club. Featuring work by Rebecca Aker, Reverend Michael Alan, Jonathan Allen, Jason Coal, Patricia Hall, Greg Hergert, Joseph Kilrain, Barbara Marinelli, Helen Ounjian, Boris Petrovic, Matt Phillips, Chip Raman, Cayung Siagian, Ilija Suala, Aleksandra Vasic-Lalovic, Hunter Yoder. February 5th through March 21st.
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Highwire Gallery

Highwire Gallery presents George Shinn: New, Renew & Rerun and Myself, maybe: an installation by Barbara Spadaro. March 5th through March 28th, 2010.
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Institute of Contemporary Art

Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World). Show runs January 15—June 6, 2010. The ICA presents the first major museum survey of the work of Maira Kalman. An illustrator, author and designer, Kalman illuminates contemporary life with a profound sense of joy and unique sense of humor. Like a gift, her work appears to lift the spirits, no matter how ordinary or overwhelming circumstances may be. This exhibition features a selection spanning thirty years of original works on paper and design production, along with less widely seen aspects of Kalman’s work in photography, embroidery, textiles, and performance.
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International House

The Women’s Caucus for Art. In conjunction with the International Women’s Day Panel, this exhibit showcases work from WCA Philadelphia members including Alison Altergott, Ellen Bonett, Timothea Canny, Molly Crowley, Veronica Gledhill, Marie Elcin, Deborah McCarthy, Bonnie MacAllister, Marcelle Pachnowski, Sonia Sherrod, and Michelle Wilson. Through diverse mediums, these artists chronicle their experiences through imagery of women at work, cultural representations of the feminine, and abstract goddess depictions. March 8th – March 14th, 2010.

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Jenny Jaskey Gallery

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The Knapp Gallery

The Knapp Gallery continues its tradition of First Friday openings and welcomes Jim Bloom. March 5th to March 28th 2010.

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Locks Gallery

Locks Gallery is pleased to present Shades of Gray, an exhibition of new drawings by John Moore. This exhibit, John Moore’s first exclusive drawing show, is composed of eighteen charcoal works, all completed in 2009. An ambitious endeavor into a medium that the artist had only previously handled while in college, these large-scale drawings each have a unique subject and are not studies or preparatory drawings for paintings. Shades of Gray will be on view March 5th through April 10th, 2010.
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Nexus

Extra-Dimensional Printmaking Invitational: The Extra-Dimensional Printmaking Invitational at NEXUS/foundation for today’s art will feature artists and artworks that embrace the history, tradition, and process of print while rejecting the confines of the 2-D picture plane. Invited artists will exhibit works that are Extra-Dimensional in spatial physicality and conceptual scope. Located at Nexus. March 1th – April 2nd, 2010.
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The Ox

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Padlock Gallery

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Pageant: Soloveev

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Painted Bride Art Center

The Painted Bride presents ENCANTAMIENTOS/ENCHANTMENTS – Henry Bermudez & Rodriguez Calero. Guest curator Anabelle Rodriguez-Gonzalez brings together the work of Henry Bermudez and Rodriguez Calero, who are both well versed in creating magical illusions and nuances that take us beyond our world. January 15th – March 14th, 2010.
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The Print Center

The Print Center is proud to be a partner of Philagrafika 2010, an international festival that celebrates the role of print as a vital force in contemporary art. Set to be one of the largest arts events in the United States, Philagrafika 2010 will showcase the work of more than 300 artists and will unite 88 Philadelphia art institutions, including the five core venues:Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Moore College of Art & Design,Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University along with The Print Center. The Print Center will serve as the hub of Philagrafika 2010’s activities.

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Projects Gallery

Projects Gallery is pleased to present To Die For from April 2nd – May 1st, 2010. The exhibition will take place at Projects Gallery 629 N 2nd St. An Opening Reception will be held on April 2nd, 2010, 6-9 P.M. The public is cordially invited to attend.

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Proximity

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S.A.G.E.

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Space 1026

Separations Anxiety, Printmaking at Space 1026 presents the diverse range of prints and printed materials made by the 25+ members of our Philadelphia collective. Fundamental to our creative process, this exhibition exposes our printmaking methods (and madness) presenting finished prints alongside the materials used to make them. Hand cut rubilith, whiteout drawings, photocopies, hand drawn ink positives, and even relief printed acetate; if it is out there, 1026ers have tried it. All this plus test prints, and the of course, the much coveted SUPER RARES. Freaking awesome! Oh and zines, heck yeah. If it’s print related, we’ll be showing it. As a collective, Space 1026’s installations have ranged from massive multi-story constructions covered in printed works to an elegant geodesic dome. March 5th – 27th, 2010.
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Vox Populi

Dead Flowers, a group exhibition based on the work of actor/director Timothy Carey. Carey became known as a pioneer of underground film due to his rarely seen 1962 film, The World’s Greatest Sinner. Screenings of this and other unreleased films by Carey, as well as a presentation of his ephemera and artifacts, will be organized in cooperation with Romeo Carey, the artist’s son and Executor of the Timothy Carey Estate. The exhibition draws themes from Carey’s unique correlation between his life and work, which sought to define what it means to be an artist through an uncompromising understanding of the meaning of success. March 5th – May 2nd, 2010.

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Wexler Gallery

Coinciding with the 44th annual National Council for Education on the Ceramic Arts Conference in Philadelphia (March 31-April 3, 2010), Wexler Gallery proudly presents The Peaceable Queendom, an installation of new work by Philadelphia based sculptor Adelaide Paul in the main gallery space. The exhibition will run from March 5th through May 1st, 2010. An opening reception with the artist will take place on First Friday, April 2nd, from 5-8pm.

The Hermaphrodites: Living In Two Worlds: a group show curated by Leslie Ferrin, owner of Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield, MA. The exhibition will take place on the gallery’s second floor and will run from March 5th through May 1st, 2010. An opening reception will take place on First Friday, April 2nd, from 5-8pm.
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Works on Paper

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Yo Darkroom

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