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Autumn Invitational, Off the Wall Gallery

2015 Autumn Invitational (New Work From Our Award-Winning, Top Selling Artists) Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s

Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, 13th and Pine Streets, Philly. September through November 13th, 2015. Artist Reception Thursday, October 1st, 2015, 7:00 – 10:00pm

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Absolutely

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Absolutely Abstract 2015

Absolutely Abstract 2015, The Philadelphia Sketch Club

The Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Absolutely Abstract Exhibition is like wandering through a magic garden of random events captured in slow motion time. Time is elemental to the wide selection of contemporary abstract art filling the historic gallery. It’s so weird because The Philadelphia Sketch Club is the oldest artist’s club in America and the abstract show is about exploring the time when abstract art was considered radical.

The collection of artworks range from action paintings, deep impressionist landscapes, nature photography and more. There is a lot of art in the show, every effort was made to make it fit. At dinner tonight my host was cranky about overly edited art shows and whether it’s better to display salon style or not. It would be really fun to edit the show to a top 40 but there is great pleasure in the sensual overload of an abundance of art.

Absolutely Abstract 2015Absolutely Abstract 2015, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Michael Cooper, Fertility Figure Gone Wild, wood, clay and paint

Fertility Figure Gone Wild manages to find an alternate reality space in a room full of enthusiast competition for attention. The piece is interactive and modulates the space around it with depth of force field, developing a conversation with the viewer. Dream-like states flow while scanning and gazing, the temporal information flows like time in a multiverse.

The space does feel like a time capsule with reflections on the past and illumination of the future in color and marks, architecture and history. Connecting with deep primal image recognition and stories seem to flow through the room like a stream of consciousness. Abstraction is all around, our peripheral vision is abstract shapes and marks that communicates information to the consciousness. Absolutely.

Absolutely Abstract 2015Absolutely Abstract 2015, The Philadelphia Sketch Club

2015 Absolutely Abstract Open Juried Exhibition through September 19, 2015. 235 South Camac Street, The Avenue of the Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 19107. Hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 5:00pm

Written and photographed by DoN Brewer

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UNcommons

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UNcommons, Little Berlin, University of PennsylvaniaKaitlin Pomerantz

UNcommons

September 4 – 27, 2015. Opening reception Friday, September 4 from 6 to 9 PM

“Little Berlin gallery is pleased to present UNcommons, a guest exhibition with the University of Pennsylvania. UNcommons deals with issues of space and spatial interventions in the physical, psychological, and digital worlds. The exhibition showcases five artists – chukwumaa, Shaina Gates, E. Jane, Kaitlin Pomerantz, and Marianna Williams. The opening reception will take place at the gallery, located at 2430 Coral Street in Kensington, on Friday September 4th from 6:00 to 9:00PM.

Each of the five artists featured in UNcommons presents possibilities for reconfiguring, remembering, and disrupting our experience of space in a variety of media, including natural and found materials, paper, photography, video, and sound. Further information about the artists can be found on the event page for the exhibition: http://littleberling.org/  Curated by Haely Chang, Kirsten Gill and Hilary Whitham, UNcommons is the first exhibition in the newly launched Incubation Series, a collaboration between students in the Fine Arts and History of Art graduate programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
UNcommons is sponsored by the Departments of Fine Arts and History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information about the exhibition or the series, please contact Hilary Whitham at pennincubationseries@gmail.com.”

“Little Berlin is a cooperative exhibition space run by approximately 10 people who curate the space using a collaborative, do-it-yourself ethic. Located in Kensington, Philadelphia, members actively pursue community outreach through ongoing projects such as the Philadelphia Public History Truck, The Fairgrounds community garden as well as monthly exhibitions. As opposed to an artist cooperative, we do not usually show our own artwork. Instead, we feature emerging and established artists from the neighborhood, from around Philadelphia, and from across the country.

little berlin is located in the Viking Mill, a historic textile-mill turned artist space in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia located at Boston St. at Coral St. – enter through the courtyard at Coral St.” – Little Berlin

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City

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The City of Love, Ekaterina Ermilkina

The City of Love, Ekaterina Ermilkina, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery

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Ekaterina Ermilkina, The City of Love, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, 142 N 2nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19106

September 4th – October 23rd, 2015

First Friday September 4th & October 2nd, 2015

“Established in 2011 by Pam Regan, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery has been operating in the Old City District of Philadelphia on the corner of Second and Quarry streets. The gallery features original works by contemporary and traditional artists in a range of mediums, including painting, ceramics and sculpture. Our artists’ hail from Philadelphia and around the country – many of the city’s most well-known and emerging artists have exhibited their works in group and solo shows. Each month, we host new exhibitions that kick off during Philadelphia’s popular First Fridays that bring hundreds of art lovers into the neighborhood for special events and openings year round.

Our goal is to showcase the most engaging works in a welcoming atmosphere during regular business hours and by private appointment. We work closely with collectors, designers and architects, helping clients select the art best suited to residences, businesses and other destinations in the tri-state area. For our clients who visit us via Amazon Art, we offer complimentary shipping.  For our local clients, we offer complimentary delivery and installation.  Bluestone Fine Art Gallery is free and open to the public.” – Bluestone Fine Art Gallery

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allTURNatives

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allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2015, The 2015 Windgate ITE International Residency Exhibition at The Center for Art in Wood, John Thornton Films

“The 2015 Windgate ITE International Residency Exhibition at The Center for Art in Wood. For 20 years Philadelphia’s Center for Art in Wood has hosted the Windgate ITE International Residency Program. This year, five artists, a scholar, and a photojournalist were brought to Philadelphia and given the opportunity and freedom to develop their work, explore new ideas, and learn from one another. I met this year’s extraordinary group at their exhibition which is called “allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2015.” – John Thornton Films

“Celebrating The Center for Art in Wood‘s 20th year hosting the Windgate ITE International Residency Program, the resident fellows worked together for two months in Philadelphia to collaborate and focus on new directions in their work, which culminates in the allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2015 exhibition in the Center’s Gerry Lenfest Gallery. This multidisciplinary exhibition will reflect each resident fellow’s experience including objects produced before and during the residency. Three dimensional work will be accompanied by photos, video, and other documentation depicting the summer experience. Follow the Windgate ITE blog at https://internationalturningexchange.wordpress.com/2015/

THE 2015 WINDGATE ITE RESIDENT FELLOWS ARE:
Julia Harrison, Artist (WA, USA); Rex Kalehoff, Artist (NY, USA); Zina Manesa-Burloiu, Artist (Romania); Adrien Segal, Artist (CA, USA); Grant Vaughan, Artist (NSW, Australia); Seth C. Bruggeman, Scholar (PA, USA); Winifred Helton-Harmon, Photojournalist (PA, USA).” – The Center for Art in Wood

allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2015, The 2015 Windgate ITE International Residency Exhibition at The Center for Art in Wood through September 26th, 2015

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Visit The Center for Art in WoodThe Center for Art in Wood
141 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Phone: (215) 923-8000
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The Center for Art in Wood is open 10:00 am. – 5:00 pm. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed on Sunday & Monday.

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