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Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Domenic DiStefano Works on Paper Exhibition 2013

Robert Bohne´, Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Domenic DiStefano Works on Paper Exhibition 2013

Robert Bohne´, Knit Cap, mixed media at Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Domenic DiStefano Works on Paper Exhibition 2013

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Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Domenic DiStefano Works on Paper Exhibition 2013

Metropolitan Gallery 250 Presents “Second State, Second Edition”

 

Metropolitan Gallery 250 Presents 
“Second State, Second Edition”

The Crane Arts Second State Press to show new print work from emerging local talent

PHILADELPHIA (January 8, 2013) – Philadelphia’s print artist community has been livened by the sustainable workspace provided by Second State Press, a workshop based at Crane Arts in Kensington. Metropolitan Gallery 250 is happy to host them for the first time in Rittenhouse Square, debuting the group’s “Second State, Second Edition” show running January 19th to February 24th, 2012.

The exhibition is comprised of forty-six, 8”x10” prints created by the members of Second State Press, and includes work within a number of mediums, including intaglio (etching), relief, screen printing and lithography. A special First Friday reception that is free and open to the public, will he held inMetropolitan Gallery 250 on February 1st from 6-9pm.

“Second State, Second Edition” is an exciting and unique continuation of the annual Print Exchange, where Second State Press volunteers known as “Fob Holders” have the opportunity to create and show new bodies of work for their peers and their community. The Fob Holders hold coveted spots as members of this competitive program, having unlimited access to the Second State Press workspace in exchange for twelve hours of volunteer work per week within the space.

McTague elaborates, “The Print Exchange is a key component to Second State Press.  This year, we doubled the number of members participation and with the addition of our Fob Holders work inMetropolitan Gallery’s “Second State, Second Edition”, we are especially able to highlight the accomplishments of these breakout artists.”

Second State Press is the premier printmaking workshop in greater Philadelphia. Located on the bottom floor of the Crane Arts building in the South Kensington neighborhood, Second State Press serves as a creative workspace that fosters the development of ideas and innovation for emerging artists. Spearheaded by the Second State Press Directors, Jennifer McTague and Zach Lindenberger, the group provides their artists with printmaking tools, presses and inks through its membership program, paired with the opportunity to continuously grow their work through their annual Print Exchange exhibit.

“The idea is to give artists a professional workshop that’s also affordable,” says Jennifer McTague, Co-Director of SSP.  “There are some interesting things that happen when printmakers from all different backgrounds come to together and share ideas, creating an amazing dialogue around contemporary print making.”

The exhibit will show on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm January 19th through February 24th, and by appointment on weekdays.

For a private showing or information about Second State Press/Metropolitan Gallery 250, please contact Dani Sigel at 508-523-9796

For more info on Second State Press, visit http://secondstatepress.org.

About Metropolitan Gallery 250

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METROPOLIS COLLECTIVE, Open Call for Art

METROPOLIS COLLECTIVE

At Trash Art Gallery this evening

The title of the show, “Switch, Pop, Boom, Box” is a descriptive mélange of the facets appearing in this multi disciplinary artisan show. The SWITCH paintings of Paul Kostabi, the POP culture influenced art of Scott Mitchell Putesky aka. Daisy Berkowitz and the BOOM BOX from the sonic sound collision Scott will be providing for an aural sculpture in the gallery this evening.

Both artists appearing at Trash Art Gallery this evening share a multidisciplinary love of art. Both Paul Kostabi and Scott Mitchell Putesky have had a passion for art beginning in childhood and big dreams and the talent to fulfill them. Both artist found fame rising to the top of the Rock ’n’ Roll world, Paul founding and performing in such bands as White Zombie, Psychotica, Youth Gone Mad, The Dee Dee Ramone Band and currently Damn Kids.

Scott founded and performed in Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids under the stage name Daisy Berkowitz as well as many other musical projects. Paul Kostabi is a seminal figure in the art world and continually garnishes critical acclaim and demand for his artworks internationally. Paul recently had an incredibly successful launch of his new brand of “BAD THINGS” in NYC where his artwork is appearing on various electronic device covers such as iPhones in retailers throughout the city. Scott Putesky is devoting more time than ever to his art and enthusiastically diving in head first into a foray back into the art world after a long musical hiatus.

Paul Kostabi

Paul is a critically acclaimed artist born in Whittier California on October 1, 1962. Currently residing in New York City, he is an artist, musician, music producer and audio engineer. He is the brother of artist Mark Kostabi. Paul Kostabi’s artworks are published, shown and collected worldwide in an incredibly long list of publications, galleries, institutions and museums that span the globe. His paintings are present in Permanent Collections of: The Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Whitney Museum of Art, Video, Paper Tiger Sessions, The Paterson Museum, New Jersey, The New England Museum of Art, Brooklyn, Connecticut, Millennium Museum, Museion Museum, Bozen, Italy, to name a few.

SWITCH: An on and off mechanism used to turn things on and off; a flexible rod, typically used for corporal punishment; a paintbrush? This series of new artworks by Paul Kostabi was inspired by the recent Super Storm Sandy, which devastated the North East. He watched the tide rise and the wind blowing on his SWITCH forest. Through all the havoc and anxiety of possibly losing everything, the SWITCH forest survived and possibly even thrived. Then he got the call from a neighbor stating that his Japanese Knot-weed trees were “blocking her view”. As he cut them down, one by one, he felt there had to be a further use for these beautiful weeds that had made a wonderful natural barrier. This inventive series of works, a departure from Paul’s signature figurative expressionism, use only SWITCHES, no traditional paint brushes, as we know them. Paul’s “SWITCHES” range from 20 feet to 2 feet long. He uses bamboo chutes to literally whip and strum the paint into place. Some by chance, some by careful manipulation of the SWITCH. He applies the first layer from 20 feet away, which is hard to control, providing a loose background that he later ties together with each additional layer using diminishing lengths of the SWITCHES. Paul says “There is a sort of Zen like action to the application and free flowing acrylic paint that hardens to a nearly flat surface after switching the first layer into a smooth texture ready for the second layer with a shorter switch. There is even a switch for the application of oil paint. Each painting has at least four layers some as many as twenty.” The process from start to finish can take days or even weeks to complete one painting. Paul acknowledges and admires the work of Brice Marden, as he created masterful twig paintings that are gentle and flowing, with a subdued monochromatic color scheme. Paul describes his recent SWITCH works as “Very colorful with enough contrast to be similarly compared to a colorized movie”, which he obtains by constantly photographing his images in black and white to see where color or contrast needs to be added or subtracted in order to get the well balanced final compositions you will view this evening.

Scott Mitchell Putesky (aka. Daisy Berkowitz)

Scott Mitchell was born in Los Angeles just before a certain eponymous cult darkened the Hollywood Hills with murders that shocked the world. Years after, the burgeoning performer and designer had desires to be Picasso, a TV star, and a circus ringmaster. He was actually a magician, puppeteer, painter, musician and stage actor… all by the age of twelve. And there was always the drawing. While music dominated Scott’s high school years (he was in three different bands), a teacher encouraged him to pursue graphic design. He went on to earn a degree in marketing and advertising art and after working in various print shops, he formed a bizarre little band called Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids that combined his passion for music and art. Scott coined the name Daisy Berkowitz for himself (the rest of the band members had similarly contrived names – combining a female screen star with that of a serial killer) and designed the band’s t-shirts, flyers and cassette liner art. He also wrote most of the group’s music – a high-concept low-tech skewering of American glamour, vice, hypocrisy and exploitation. Marilyn Manson (& the Spooky Kids) went on to change music and art the world over in the twilight of the 20th century. The maniacal fun of “The Spooky Kids” would become legend. Music is still a vigorous part of Scott Mitchell’s creative output.

Scott has been dedicating more time than ever to making new work and developing a style that is visually appealing while representing his own unique place in counter-culture. Scott resists, but doesn’t rail against, conventional parameters, he just chooses to ignore rather than expand boundaries in visual and aural art, drawing inspiration and influence from humor, darkness, passion, music, the 1980’s, mysticism, sex, pop culture, film, social dysfunction, Americana and science. His works this evening utilize vintage magazines, catalog extractions, personal photography and memorabilia, acrylic paint, colored pencil, paper, and board. Working in Mixed Media suits his broad range of influences and desires. His work is theme and conceptually based often with metaphors, messages and visual codes carefully placed within, typically with no delineation between pop culture and sub-culture. This is the future where everyone is famous for fifteen miles.

Also this evening, Scott will also be unveiling his first musical installation at Metropolis Collective, which comes after several years of consideration and several months of development. The aural installation utilizes four portable early 1990’s Sony CFD type stereos (boom boxes) with detachable speakers and CD players set against opposing walls of a gallery/space/interior. The speakers face the room’s center at right angles to each other. One of these models recorded many early Spooky Kids rehearsals. No processed reverberation or aural spatial effects are utilized in recording so the sounds can be heard reacting to their present physical surroundings – the listener’s space. The noises and instrument voices behave as any others would in the same environment. A soft assault on the ears, the “box” is actually the space the listener occupies.

The total program is a twenty-five minute loop of five five-minute segments with all notes in the key of C, Lydian scale, with a standard tuning of A = 440 and play out at a spectral tempo of 100 beats per minute without an obvious rhythmic pulse. A true eight independent channel conveyor of music and noise that seems chaotic at first but after moments you can hear them sing to each other as if across a street or through outer space. Scott says of his installation,“Pumping up the volume is not for break dancing, but it will make your psyche pop-and-lock.”

In the Hole In The Wall Art Gallery

Also this evening at Metropolis Collective is the “Multidisciplinary” group exhibit in the collective’s Hole In The Wall Art Gallery, which will feature the creations of multi disciplinary artists who are all performing musicians. Exhibiting artists include Dave Barr, Scott Mitchell Putesky (aka. Daisy Berkowitz), Christopher Millar (aka.Rat Scabies), Paul Kostabi, Joseph Arthur, John Carruthers, Dean Chooch Landy, Gaye Black, RT Vegas,Ducky Duke and Pat Sandman.

Performing live on The Stage Noir

Performing live this evening on the Collective’s Stage Noir is Central PA’s very own Ducky Duke and TheVintage. Matt ‘Ducky Duke’ states, ”My music is basically a rock’n’roll, bluesy country, soulful vibe with some pop infused. I think the songs put across a vintage sound coupled with a more modern approach and they really sum up everything that I am as a person and musician. Its just rock’n’roll done in my own way.” Ducky Duke and The Vintage is Ducky (Matt Schmohl) -Guitar/Vox, Greg Hildebrand- Guitar/keys, Micheal Tarrant- Bass, Logan Summey- Drums/Percussion.

About Metropolis Collective

Metropolis Collective is a contemporary eclectic fine art gallery and performance space run by a husband and wife team made up of Richard Reilly and Danielle Charette. Reilly is a former NYC native with 20 years of experience working with the prestigious Adelson Gallery, and professional Rock musician and founder of the seminal first wave NYC punk rock band The Victims amongst others. Charette is a Harrisburg native who resided in NYC for most of her life prior to returning to the area. She is an emerging contemporary expressionist artist who actively exhibits nationwide.

Metropolis Collective is home to the Trash Art Gallery, the Hole In The Wall Art Gallery, Danielle Charette Art, Rick-o-Chet Records and The Stage Noir. The collective exhibits an eclectic variety of contemporary fine art (photography, paintings, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, installations and drawings) as well as hosting musical and artistic performances. The gallery represents the talents of many artists locally residing and non-native, emerging and internationally established. Based in Mechanicsburg Pa, Trash Art Gallery is located at 17 West Main Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Gallery hours are [Tues-Thurs 12-7, Fri-Sat 12-8pm and by appointment]. For more information, please call: (717) 458-8245, or visit our website: http://metropoliscollective.com/, Facebook:

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Common interests: mobility and transformation of public life

— Glassboro, NJ: Rowan University Art Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition Common interests: mobility and transformation of public life, which examines how public spaces – from hardscapes to natural landscapes – inform our everyday lives begins January 22 through March 16, 2013 with a reception and gallery talk on Wednesday, January 30, 5 – 7 pm. Working with sculpture, interventions, social practice, drawing, performance, and video, the artists in the exhibition reflect on the limitations and possibilities of public space, proposing new ways of accessing, navigating, and improving our shared spaces and resources.

Curated by Sara Reisman the exhibition features work by Pierluigi Calignano, Sue Jeong Ka, Jonggeon Lee, Mary Mattingly, Diego Medina, Francesco Simeti, Tattfoo Tan, Lan Tuazon, and Alex Villar. Villar and Tuazon’s projects – video installation and sculpture, respectively – highlight the tensions created by the boundaries that limit and restrict access to public spaces. As if in response to these kinds of limitations – fences, curbs, and imposing facades – Pierluigi Calignano and Diego Medina’s drawings and sculptures suggest abstracted yet expansive architectural concepts that can be read as proposals for public art, architecture, and monuments. Working with memory of both public and domestic spaces, Jonggeon Lee’s artworks reposition fragments of historic architectural details and monuments to evoke the time, place, and textures of their original existence.

Undermining the implied stability of architecture, Francesco Simeti and Mary Mattingly have both produced works that are designed as mobile structures. Simeti’s sculptural installation entitled Rubble (2007) is based on Charles Eames’ House of Cards printed with close up images of ruins and debris that is a theoretical kit designed to rebuild from the remains of destruction. Mattingly’s recent projects The Waterpod (2009) and Flock House (2012) are both human-tested mobile living systems that serve as models for living with (and surviving) the threat of rising water levels and flooding.

Both Tattfoo Tan and Sue Jeong Ka offer up ways to improve our shared resources in the form of two very different libraries that sustain our health and intellect. Tan’s Free Seeds Library provides the public and gallery visitors with access to free seeds as a means of controlling the destiny of our food and promoting ecological diversity. Ka’s Refresh Library is an interventionist approach to book conservation in which she has developed a method for restoring broken and incomplete books in the public library.

Common Interests: mobility and transformation of public life is a small survey of artist projects that call into question how public space and assets are managed, offering ideas and means for reclaiming autonomy in public space.

Reisman has curated exhibitions and projects for numerous institutions, non-profits, and other art spaces including The Cooper Union School of Art, New York; Smack Mellon, New York; Queens Museum of Art, New York; Socrates Sculpture Park, New York; Philadelphia ICA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria, among others. She was the 2011 critic-in-residence at Art Omi, an international visual artist residency in upstate New York. She is currently the Director of New York City’s Percent for Art program that commissions permanent public artworks for newly constructed and renovated city-owned spaces, indoors and out.

Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are Monday – Friday, 10 am to 5 pm (with extended hours on Wednesdays to 7 pm); and Saturday, 12 to 5 pm. For more information, call 856-256-4521 or visit www.rowan.edu/artgallery.

Rowan University Art Gallery is located on the lower level of Westby Hall on the university campus, Route 322 in Glassboro, NJ.

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The Plastic Club New Members 2013

Terrance Smith, The Plastic Club New Members 2013

Terrance Smith, Some Are Dead, charcoal, The Plastic Club New Members 2013

The New Members 2013 ExhibitThe Plastic Club introduces thirty-eight new members – Norman Tomases, Rik Viola, Elizabeth Hughes, Roderick Schichtel, Ellen LoCiceroJohn Attanasio, Lori Balistocky, Gail Morrison – Hall, Sung Ham, Mark Ciocca, Victoria Nevins, Joan McGraneAlice K. Chung, Jordan Artim, Meri Collier, Janice Ward, Cayla Belser, Kelly McCaughern, Alexis Turner, David Katz, Tilda Mann, Rose Maria Kalogerakis, Aimee GoldsmithTerrence Smith, Robert Kallish Robert Allen, Judy Engle, Ruth Formica, Neil C. Johnson, Veronica Kelly, Carol Magakis, Rosa Kim Paik, Frank P. Rausch III, Constance Rea, Ruth E. Rineer, Ed Snyder, Sanny Williams and Sheila Fox.

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