Philadelphia Sketch Club Members Show @ Newman Galleries
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Category Archives: Philadelphia Art Shows
In Your Dreams – Art in City Hall
Justin Duerr, The Guardian Sisters of the Wombic Calm Inside the First Bor, ink on paper, 39″ x 70″, Courtesy of Coalition Ingenu.
Art House @ Salon des Amis – Show Extended to June 19th
Guest Curator, Betsy Alexander and Burnell Yow! put together a terrific show. Take a look at some of the photos from the show, HERE.
Philadelphia Citypaper makes note of the show.
This review by Victoria Donohoe of the show at Salon Des Amis, in
which 16 Dumpster Divers are represented, appeared today in the Inquirer
Weekend section. Note: the show has been extended till June 20th.
‘Arthouse’ show
“Arthouse,” an extravagant, 162-item show curated by artists/
collectors Betsy Alexander and Burnell Yow! at Salon des Amis Gallery
in Malvern, features other work by most of the same talent whose art
fills the couple’s Fitler Square home.
The energy and conviction that charge this display’s enigmatic images
of people, places, dreams and nightmares is impressive. And the large
showing of found-object pieces by key Dumpster Diver artists makes
other exotic or primitivistic imagery look neither gratuitous nor self-
indulgent.
Salon des Amis Gallery, 2321 Yellow Springs Rd, Malvern. To June 20.
Tue-Sat 11-6, Sun 1-6. Free. 610-647-6010.
Main Gallery, Millville – Visions Outside
Valerie Carroll & Reta Sweeney @ TwentyTwo Gallery
Reta Sweeney @ Gallery TwentyTwo. Part of what DoN refers to as the School of Philadelphia (Peltzman, Barns, Monaghan…), Sweeney sees light with a delightful optimism and has the ability to create welcoming atmosphere in paint. Reta’s paintings are joyous, reveling in the liquid medium, working quickly and efficiently, applying color with skill, so as to sign the work by scratching into the wet paint with satisfaction.
A Rose Bouquet, oil on canvas, Reta Sweeney @ TwentyTwo Gallery.
Cherry Blossoms and Tulips, Reta Sweeney, oil on canvas and Valerie Carroll @ Gallery TwentyTwo – DoN was impressed and inspired by the pairing of these two paintings, it’s not just the color palette, soothing pinks enhanced with warm atmosphere, but the balance of symbolism and visual cues that creates a broader real world narrative. This is a lesson in how to decorate with art confidently placing expressionism with impressionism in close proximity increasing the visual energy of the art.
Valerie Carroll @ TwentyTwo Gallery. Paintings like this make’s DoN want to paint, reaching deep into the soul creating an image to explain the human condition, paint strokes representing the passage of time, entropy and generativity vs. despair visualized with mysterious smudges and emotional color.