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Art in Philadelphia, PA.

Justin Duerr: Song-Story Images in Black and White @ St. Asaph’s

Justin Duerr: Song-Story Images in Black and White (and some Red) @ St. Asaph’s Gallery, presented by Coalition Ingenu is a tour de force in magic realistic drawings. Duerr’s marker drawings, some huge and involving, some small and dream-like, fill the Gothic room with Bosch-ian imagery of bird-men, crawling words and psychedelic thought forms. The presentation by Robert Bullock of Coalition Ingenu is pristine, with simple framing with glare-free plexiglass, permitting the viewer to delve into the mind of Justin Duerr.

Cake decorated by Justin Duerr for his opening party at St. Asaph’s gallery. One of Duerr’s first jobs was working in a bakery where he learned to work with frosting.

Gallery view of the Justin Duerr installation @ St. Asaph’s Gallery, 27 Conshohocken/State Road, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

“Ghost Born Free From Cages and Jails”, drawing by Justin Duerr.

Justin Duerr @ St. Asaph’s Gallery through April 5, 2009.

On the Fringe of Fiber @ Art in City Hall

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Kathryn Pannepacker curated the “On the Fringe of Fiber” exhibit @ Art in City Hall, filling each of the luminous new display cases with cutting edge fiber arts from the elegant to the extreme, blobby constructs and wearable art to crafts and fine art, fluidly mixed together in an eleoquent statement on the state of the arts in fiber. On the Fringe of Fiber is on floors two and four of the historic building; art is truly integral to Philadelphia, Art in City Hall in a real gift to the city and it’s artists.

On the Fringe of Fiber @ Art in City Hall. The dress on the left is shredded paper – Bjork would LoVe it! The dresses were done by Lesley Haas and the middle fiber piece was marvelously done by Duane Weber. The display cases are right outside Mayor Nutter’s office on the 2nd floor.

Pat diPaula Klein, stitched by hand over several months with cotton floss on linen, the process and the materials speak of women’s work, texture and time, rhythm and repetition (catalog).

On the Fringe of Fiber @ Art in City Hall.

Moore College of Art & Design, 160 Years and Beyond, Art in City Hall

Photographic Society of Philadelphia – Art in City Hall

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As DoN entered the 5th Floor of Philadelphia City Hall for the Photographic Society of Philadelphia exhibition of member work a part of Art in City Hall he was greeted by Eilleen Eckstein with a flower for participating artists. Shoshka pinned DoN‘s carnation and they entered the ornate halls together; the gala was jammed with estimates of 300 attendees, the walls are hung with a fantastic array of photographic styles all meeting the only rule, that the framed image not exceed 16 x 20 inches. The crowd was jovial and high spirited.

The Photographic Society of Philadelphia opening night party for Art in City Hall on the 5th floor.

Lynn Shepsman with her photograph, “Deep in Devotion“. DoN is fascinated with how this simple image emanates a certain time and place and when DoN talked with Lynn he learned the image is indeed of contemporary India.

Photographer Alan K. Klawans @ Art in City Hall. Klawens recently curated the excellent small WORLDS show at the Plastic Club.

Alan K. Klawans‘ photos, “Buoy #14“, a composite image and “Nuts and Bolts“.

DoN LoVeS Veronica Schmude’s photographs, “Untitled #1″ & “Untitled #2“.

Kudo’s to the exhibition committee for the most excellent digital catalog, Morris Klein customized the pdf files so that each artists work appears on the cover – here’s DoN‘s. brewer pdf

A visitor studying DoN‘s entry in Art in City Hall’s, Photographic Society of Philadelphia members exhibition. DoN‘s work was framed by Armond Scavo of Earthlight Images, simply heat mounting the prints to foam-core board with no glass heightened the visibility of the images.

Many people asked DoN how he does it – Friday the 13th, DoN will participate in a discussion about light in art, with a video slideshow of his “light being” series at The Philadelphia Sketch Club @ 8:00PM.