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Wonders

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SMALL WONDERS 2014, Arch Enemies Arts

ARCH ENEMY ARTS PRESENTS: SMALL WONDERS 2014, 3RD ANNUAL AFFORDABLE ART SHOW

ARCH ENEMY ARTS is excited to announce the opening of the third installment of our annual affordable art show, Small Wonders.

SMALL WONDERS 2014, Arch Enemy ArtsMatto, Rabbit Soldier, ARCH ENEMY ARTS PRESENTS: SMALL WONDERS 2014 AEA’S 3RD ANNUAL AFFORDABLE ART

Featuring almost 50 artists from across the globe and over 100 pieces of original artwork, Small Wonders 2014 includes not only Philly and AEA staples like Paul Romano, Maria Teicher, Air Rat, & Caitlin McCormack, but also 34 artists showing at ARCH ENEMY ARTS for the very first time.

Small Wonders 2014, Arch Enemy ArtsJulie Filipenko, Hold My Hand, ARCH ENEMY ARTS PRESENTS: SMALL WONDERS 2014
AEA’S 3RD ANNUAL AFFORDABLE ART 

As with both previous installments, all the work will be sized below 12″, and priced at $250 or less. Small Wonders is our only cash-and-carry show of the year, so everyone can walk out of the opening with art in their hands. It’s way cooler than standing in line at 4:00am for a discount flat screen on BlackFriday.

Small Wonders 2014, Arch Enemy ArtsCarly Janine Mazur, As Above, ARCH ENEMY ARTS PRESENTS: SMALL WONDERS 2014
AEA’S 3RD ANNUAL AFFORDABLE ART 

The opening reception is free and open to the public

First Friday November 7th, 6:00 – 10:00pm
ARCH ENEMY ARTS, 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Small Wonders 2014, Arch Enemy ArtsLori Nelson, Gnashie, ARCH ENEMY ARTS PRESENTS: SMALL WONDERS 2014 AEA’S 3RD ANNUAL AFFORDABLE ART

“Seeking to fill the need for a centralized hub focused exclusively on new contemporary genres within Philadelphia’s already vibrant art scene, ARCH ENEMY ARTS was founded in 2012 as Philly’s freshest new venue dedicated to exhibiting emerging and established artists, both local and international, with an emphasis on lowbrow, representational, pop surrealism, photo-realism, decorative, figurative, urban, macabre and illustrative style art in a wide range of mediums. Located in Old City, ARCH ENEMY ARTS is Philadelphia Magazine’s “Best of Philly”™ Best Art Gallery for its 40th Anniversary, and was voted the “Best Art Gallery in Philadelphia” on Philly HotList in 2013, and in 2012.” – ARCH ENEMY ARTS

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Encaustics

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Tremain Smith, New WorkTremain Smith, Lotus Born, 2014, oil & wax on panel, 36” x 48”

Tremain Smith, New Works, Encaustics and Mixed Media at Rosenfeld Gallery

November 2nd – 23rd, 2014, Rosenfeld Gallery, 113 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

“Tremain Smith‘s major media since the 80’s has been encaustic with mixed media. She was the first artist in my gallery to work with hot wax and has developed many technical innovations over the years. She is inspired by a wide range of spirituality from many times and places. The work is always abstract usually with geometric imagery. The recent work explores the usage of the grid.” – Richard Rosenfeld

“Tremain Smith has four works in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  Her work is in corporate and private collections across the country.  She has had dozens of solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Maine, Delaware, Florida and Hawaii.  Group exhibitions include SOFA Chicago, Art Miami, the Painted Bride, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the USArtists American Fine Art Show.  Smith was awarded a 3-month artist residency in 2004 at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina.  She taught encaustic painting at the Penland School of Crafts in 2006 and will be again in 2015, as well as at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and R&F Paints in 2014.”

Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid or paste is then applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used. The simplest encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but there are several other recipes that can be used—some containing other types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or other ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments can be used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment. – Wikipedia

Tremain Smith, Encaustic Painting

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Essence

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Su Knoll Horty, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery Su Knoll Horty, Essence 8, 30″ x 40″, oil on canvas, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery

Bluestone Fine Art Gallery,142 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, presents ESSENCE. Landscape Perspective in the Abstract on November 3, 2014. The exhibition features new paintings by Su Knoll Horty.

Su Knoll Horty Artist Statement

“Just be so good that you cannot be ignored.” Su Knoll Horty uses this quote from Steve Martin as daily inspiration when working on her paintings. Working primarily with oils, using a palette knife to layer on the color, then scraping or rubbing it off. This creates the transparent layer of color and shaped ‘stains’ Su uses to build her color relationships, focusing on the effects that adjoining colors have on one another.Su says, “My challenge as a painter is to create emotion through the use of color. I am inspired by the complexities of color and how color fields create harmonious and often, unexpected dimensions. I explore the ways compositions change through layering and fusing color. Spaces of clarity juxtapose with spaces of intricacy, and vibrancy contrasts with calm.”

Su Knoll Horty‘s latest work explores a simplified landscape space, which often contrasts organic shapes and perspectival elements with simple bands or static rectangles of color. These contrasting elements give an added vibrancy and movement to the already vibrant colors Su uses.

Su Knoll Horty, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery Su Knoll Horty, Essence 8, 30" x 40", oil on canvas, Bluestone Fine Art GallerySu Knoll Horty, Essence, 30″ x 40″, oil on canvas, Bluestone Fine Art Gallery

About Bluestone Fine Art Gallery

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 works in both 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 original art best suited to residences, businesses and other destinations in the tri-state area. Bluestone Fine Art Gallery is free and open to the public.

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Way

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William Way LGBTQ Community CenterWilliam Way LGBTQ Community Center Group Art Show: Gina Giles, Thom Duffy, Lance Pawling

“Thom Duffy, Gina Giles, and Lance Pawling are the winners of the 2013 William Way LGBT Community Center Juried Art Competition and their exciting and diverse bodies of work will be on display this September and October in the gallery.

Thom Duffy will display beautifully created watercolor still lifes on paper featuring an autumn theme. Gina Giles has exhibited in The Plastic Club, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Franks, Hicks Art Center Gallery, and more and will display photographic works. Pawling is a performance and installation artist known for his work with the improvisational theater group Dumpsta Players. Lance Pawling’s found-object sculptures ‘provide the viewer with a magnetic vounce through wonder. Evocative, often disturbing and equally alluring, his work redefines our ideas of refuse.’ The show will be on view in the gallery from through October 31, 2014.

The group art show at William Way LGBTQ Community Center presents three of Philadelphia’s most interesting and influential artists that were chosen from the 2013 Juried Community Art Show. I believe these artists are influential because they each are living their own authentic artistic self-actualized selves and influencing Philadelphia’s artistic culture.

Gina Giles is documenting the drag scene in Philadelphia, a performance art with a long Philadelphia history, through candid and backstage photographs. Thom Duffy is a fine painter who created a whole new body of work, beautiful Autumnal watercolors in a variety of sizes. Thom also operates a successful business, Thom Duffy Massage Therapy LLC, ‘offering a full array of therapeutic massage services for men and women to achieve specific targeted goals and physical well-being’. His job is to make you feel better. Lance Pawling, who’s day job is at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, is influential because of his fearless performances in burlesque shows as well as his visual art skills. I caught the latest performance of The Weird Beard Review, an all male burlesque review, at L’Tage and watched the man with the Dali moustache transform from art nerd to bearded lady sex bomb before my eyes.

October is Gay History Month and a lot of gay history is being made around the world. ‘LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It is observed during October in the United States, to include National Coming Out Day on October 11.[1] In the United Kingdom, it is observed during February, to coincide with a major celebration of the 2005 abolition of Section 28.’ (Wikipedia).

The group art show at William Way LGBTQ Community Center is part of gay history now and I believe that the main takeaway is that ‘gay art’ is art just like LGBTQ people are people. Living an authentic life with a freedom of spirit and nature just feels right and brings happiness to our lives.

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Found

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Lost and Found, Philadelphia Dumpster DiversLost and Found, an exhibit of found object based mixed-media work by members of the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers, will open at West Chester University October 30th through December 12th, 2014.

Lost and Found Opening: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 4:00 – 7:00pm
West Chester University’s E.O. Bull Center for the Arts
2 East Rosedale Ave., West Chester, PA 19383

Gallery Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm, Saturday: Noon – 4:00pm

“The West Chester University Department of Art + Design is housed in the new E.O. Bull Center for the Arts which provides a state-of-the art setting conducive to creative endeavors. Intensive and individualized instruction prepares the young artist for work at the professional level. The art galleries present an ever-changing exhibition of work from all areas of the visual arts.” – E.O. Bull Center for the Arts

“For over 20 years, the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers – a group of about 40 Philadelphia-area based artists, collectors and friends – have been working with found objects and recycled materials to create extensive works and group efforts.” – Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

 

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