Monthly Archives: July 2013

People, Places & Things

Reta Sweeney, Twenty-Two GalleryReta Sweeney, People, Places & Things, Twenty-Two Gallery

New work by Philadelphia artist Reta Sweeney July 12th through August 4th, 2013. Artist reception Friday, July 12th, 6 – 9:00pm.

“I began painting at a very young age, not knowing what I was doing of course, and minored in art in my college preparatory high school. I have continued to search for that really good painting I feel is inside me somewhere. So, in that quest I have studied at Fleisher Art Memorial, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The  Woodmere Art Museum, Bucks County Community College, Rowan University and have taken numerous workshops with well-known artists. I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art.

I paint still life and plein air alla prima. But, interest in people has brought me to both my nursing career and to my love of the figure in art.  In this group of paintings I have enjoyed capturing people in their daily lives…in whatever they happen to be doing.

And the quest and the passion continues…” Reta Sweeney

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Absolutely Abstract 2013

Gary Bolton, Absolutely Abstract 2013, Philadelphia Sketch Club

Gary Bolton, Clearing, acrylic on canvas, Best in Show Absolutely Abstract 2012, Philadelphia Sketch Club

“The Philadelphia Sketch Club presents ABSOLUTELY ABSTRACT 2013, an exhibition to be held at its historic center city gallery from August 9 through August 24, 2013.  This show will present a variety of visual sensations through non-representational and suggestive subject matter in various two dimensional mediums.  The diversity of the works produces an explosion of color and form that intrigues even the casual viewer.  An Artists’ Reception will be held on Sunday, August 11, from 2 to 4 PM.  Gallery hours are Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 PM.  Admission is free.

The Philadelphia Sketch Club is located at 235 S. Camac St., between 12th & 13th and Locust and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA.  For information call (215) 545-9298 or visit www.sketchclub.org.  The Juror for this exhibition is Bill Scott, an abstract painter and printmaker who is recognized internationally for his work.” – Philadelphia Sketch Club

Juror: Bill Scott is an abstract painter and printmaker. He is represented by Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, where he has had five solo exhibitions. His work has been included in numerous group shows. His works are in a number of public collections, including the British Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Woodmere Art Museum. Since 1999 he has made intaglio prints with the C. R. Ettinger Studio, and has made commissioned etchings for the Print Club of Cleveland as well as the Print Center and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Bill Scott is a critic at PAFA in both the Certificate/BFA and Continuing Education Programs.

ABSOLUTELY ABSTRACT 2013 is an open juried art show – click here for the prospectus,

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Sky Holes

Sky Holes, DoN Brewer, PHOTOgraphy 2013

Sky Holes, DoN Brewer, PHOTOgraphy 2013 at The Philadelphia Sketch Club

DoN‘s digital photograph, Sky Holes, is included in the juried photography exhibition held annually at The Philadelphia Sketch Club. The abstract landscape image of sunlight shining through trees onto an urban surface has a vibrating tension of shape and color. The black door on the left is very dark n the shady part and reads as black but the sunlit parts match the tones of the shadow part of the white door on the right.

The title Sky Holes refers to the shapes and special tones painters use to create the illusion of sun shining through gaps in trees. The colors of the holes are different that the color of the sky because the light refracts through the leaves changing the hue that the eye detects. In Sky Holes the shadows take on a 3D effect and the light is softened and refocused through the gaps in the trees. The door handle and glimpse of sidewalk grounds the image in reality while the amorphous pseudopodia of the sky holes flip to abstract shapes.

Sky Holes has been exhibited in Art Ability International Juried Art Exhibition at Bryn Mawr Rehab Center, Creative Powers: Selections from Art Ability at Delaware Art Museum, Photographic Society of Philadelphia group show, Shannondell at Valley Forge and now PHOTOgraphy 2013 at The Philadelphia Sketch Club.

Public Reception:
Sunday July 7th from 2 – 4 PM
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; 1 – 5 PM

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Written and photographed by DoN Brewer.

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Buy Sky Holes, archival digital inkjet print on glossy photo paper, double matted and framed in black metal at The Philadelphia Sketch Club or through Art Ability. Or you may purchase Sky Holes through PayPal on DoNArTNeWs (plus shipping). DoN will pay the appropriate commissions to those organizations from this transaction, their support and confidence in DoN‘s art is immeasurable.

Sky Holes, framed 11 x 14″ archival inkjet print of glossy photo paper, double matted and framed in 16 x 20″ black metal, $175.00 plus shipping if required. DoN will deliver within a  reasonable distance.


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Cairo

Noah Addis, Cairo, 110 Church Gallery

Noah Addis, Future Cities: Cairo, 110 Church Gallery

In a week that has been filled with imagery from Cairo, Noah Addis‘ installation of large format prints at 110 Church Gallery in Old City is even more relevant and emotive. Today in Philadelphia the weather is extraordinarily hot outside, but, Cairo, Egypt is a meme for hot places on Earth. The photograph above is a large scale print and was shot with a four by five camera capturing an information rich image of the architectural landscape of the Egyptian city.

The solemn windowless structure, a grid of cement and brick, is housing for people. They don’t live without windows, however, they punch out some of the bricks to create openings transforming the blank wall offering a glimpse into the life of the people who live there.

Noah Addis, Cairo, 110 Church Gallery

Noah AddisFuture Cities: Cairo110 Church Gallery

Noah Addis sets up his four by five camera and waits for that magic light moment to capture on the large negatives, he’ll wait for hours to catch the image that creates the narrative the best. There aren’t many people in the photographs but the signs of life are everywhere. Seeing how other cultures live and comparing it to life here is so compelling and informative. The photographs are beautiful and impeccably printed but the signification of the shapes and their relevance to global culture is unforgettable.

Noah Addis, Cairo, 110 Church Gallery

Noah AddisFuture Cities: Cairo110 Church Gallery

The landscape above with the soccer field and community park has to be seen to believed. The town with cliff side villas is a community where trash is recycled. The debris pours down the mountainside like a mudslide of human consumption and consumerism. The soccer field walls hold back mounds of trash that cannot somehow be recycled, up-cycled, reused or restored by the inhabitants.

Future Cities

“According to United Nations estimates there are more than a billion squatters living today–one out of every six people on earth. This number is expected to double to two billion by 2030. And by the middle of the century there will be three billion squatters.” – Noah Addis artist statement

110 Church Gallery, through July 27, 2013

ARTIST TALK
Saturday, July 27 @ 1:30 pm

Saturdays
Noon – 4 pm

In an ongoing partnership with The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) we are pleased to present Future Cities, Cairo, an Alumni Solo Exhibition featuring work by Noah Addis curated by Stella Gassaway. The exhibition is on view through July 27, 2013 at 110 CHURCH gallery located at 110 Church Street in Old City Philadelphia.

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