So I am sure that this is quite apparent by now, but FunnelPages is currently at a crossroads.

A perfect storm has been brewing around the staff of FP: Jong Kim recently got a sweet job at Fleisher, Dustin Metz is going on to the land of the MFA, Erin Riley has an awesome list of upcoming residencies, Melissa McFeeters is working on her freelance career, Kati & Nike both have tons of things going on in their lives, and I have a few ventures floating around out there.

And it is all great news, but it also unfortunately takes a hit to content on the site. I myself have never been especially interested in writing as much as organizing people, and at this point with what I have going on in my life, I’m not sure if I have it in me to attempt to organize another group as awesome as the ones we have had.

That being said, if you, or anyone you know, might be interested in picking up the torch, by all means, contact me and we will have a chat. It’s a fun ride, and while we have been doing it from the heart for 2.5 years, who knows what the future of FP could hold for someone else.

I’d like to throw out a huge thanks to Jong Kim, who really spearheaded his way into helping me out with the listings, came up with great ideas (like ArtAnswers!), and wrote some really great pieces for the site. You pretty much owned this site, and you’re awesome for that.

Also a big thanks to Dustin “The Kingpin” Metz, who helped drive the critical ship and help things move along; Melissa McFeeters, who made us not only look good, but helped keep us organized; Erin Riley, who came up with solid content and interesting column concepts; Nike Desis and Kati Gegenheimer, who helped make meetings fun and curated Friday’s happen.

Also a large chunk of thanks to Chad Muthard, Andrea McGinty, and all of those who made their way onto our contributors list.

Thanks to all of the artists who welcomed us into their studios and let us put their voice on tape. Thanks to all of the galleries, collectives, and etc. who sent their events, even though they knew we might miss it. Thanks to all of the other Philly internet folk who have helped us out over the years.

And of course, thanks to you, our dear reader, for sticking with us and checking in week after week, regardless how long it took for a new set of listings to make their way up.

See you in the real world. I love you.

-Shaun M. Baer

It’s a quickie this week, just links and times and locations. And images. Because that is what makes the internet go ’round.

Friday, June 4th

Artspace Liberti: Inside Outside
Starts at 7pm, ends at 10pm. Fishtown

Extra Extra Gallery: Liminal Refraction
Starts at 7pm. Fishtown

The Great and Terrible Collective: Mystery Flavor
As this new artists collective does not have a site, here’s a little info:

An exhibition of work from the Great and Terrible membership: Bailey Goldenbaum, Breana Copeland, Courtney Mendenhall, Dana M Osburn,Lisa Murphy and Rachael Ocelus. PLUS beers, snacks and SPECIAL SURPRISES.

Starts at 6, ends at 11pm. Kensington.

Highwire Gallery: Off the Cuff
Starts at 5, ends at 9pm. Fishtown

Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space: Affinity
Starts at 6, ends at 9pm. Mount Airy

Philadelphia Arts Hotel: Open Studio: Jaeyeon Chung
Starts at 7, ends at 10, artwork on view starting at 8:30. East Kensington

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center: Photography Jam Session with ASMP Philly

Register for the event here.
Starts at 6. Crane Arts

Projects Gallery: It’s Who You Know
Starts at 6, ends at 9. NoLibs

Space 1026: Some People I Met Rolling Around on the Ground
Starts at 7, ends at 10. North Chinatown/Center City

Tiger Strikes Asteroid: Clint Jukkala and Mia Rosenthal
Starts at 7, ends at 10. North Chinatown/11th St. Art Mecca

Vox Populi: Yes, Yes I am happy, aber glücklich bin ich nicht; Ray Studios Presents…; Meredith Nickie, This is Going Down; Video Lounge: Moira Teirney, American Dreams #4; Screening: Joan Jonas, Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy
Starts at 6pm, ends at 11. North Chinatown/11th St. Art Mecca

Saturday June 5th

DaVinci Art Alliance: Brothers Present Abstract Images, Book Reading at Da Vinci Art Alliance
Opening and Book signing Begin at 5, ends at 8pm. South Philly

Schuylkill Center: Elemental Energy: Art Powered by Nature
Starts at 6pm with multiple events and times, see website. Roxborough

If you emailed us and I missed you, I am sorry, but feel free to put it in the comments, photo and all.

I love you.

Shaun Baer

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Art in City Hall: Currency
It was Oscar Wilde that once said…

When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.

But at this moment, the elephant in the news room is our collective flailing economy – locally, nationally & internationally. More pulling on this elephant’s tail is Art in City Hall’s 61st juried exhibition on the theme of currency. The exhibition features artworks made by the various forms and manipulation of currency. The unnamed jurors, members of the Art In City Hall Exhibitions Committee, chose sixteen artists working with the theme. Exhibiting artsists are: Marlene D’Orazio Adler, Bridgett Bonn-Wagner, Robert Bullock, Anthony Ciambella, Deborah Fine, Colette Fu, Tom Herbert, Vera E. Kaminski, Marilyn E. Lavins, Renee Leshner, Joe McAleer, Amy Orr, Michael R. Ryan, Charlotte A. Schatz, Tom Sloan and Alison Willse.
Reception from 5 to 7pm at City Hall. Center City

Miro Mash-Up #3: TOY SOLDIERS + VAN STIEFEL + MIRO
The concept of Miro’s Mash-Up series is pure experiment. The intrepid dance troupe pairs themselves with a band and a composer, giving everyone three days to collaborate. The fourth day is the one-time only performance. With a little bit of chance, a pinch of happening and a dash of collaboration, the ongoing project hits on a lot of key notes in the performative art history lexicon. Join the troupe for their third of such an event, this time to be premiered at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on South Street. Let me just point out that it’s been quite the happening venue as of late. The Zagar’s have done it once before, and they’ll be damned if they can’t save South Street once again. The dancers are joined by Van Stiefel, co-director of New Music at West Chester University and the WCU Laptop Quartet. Their quartet is similar to barbershop, except everybody is judging you.
Dance from 6.30 to 8.30pm at the Magic Gardens. South Philly

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Seraphin Gallery: I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
This might be one of the few times that a DJ might get away with playing a certain Kylie Minogue track on repeat. If ONLY everyone at the opening would comply by wearing those psuedo-German-sexy-red-riot-cop numbers. Presenting his second curated show this month (the other being the Art Handlers show at Cerulean Arts), Hiro Sakaguchi is refreshingly honest about his curatorial process. As he states, “Simply, I choose artists whose works I want to see again for selfish reason.” Effectively, the show becomes a reflection of whatever was/is going on in Sakaguchi’s mind grapes. It’s a brave statement, in an overtly simple way. What else can we decide as viewers but whether we like Hiro’s tastes or not? Featured artists include: Philip Adams, Gabriel Boyce, Aj Brendensteiner, Robert L Chaney, Gretchen Diehl, Mike Kowbuz, A.D. Loveday, Brenna K. Murphy, Erin Murray, Michelle Oosterbaan, Sarah Roche, Marie Sivak, Marie Ulmer and Casey Watson. If Sakaguchi’s own works are any indication, Godzilla will be present as well. Or a H-U-G-E bear.
Opening reception from 6 to 8pm. Center City/Antiques Row

My House Gallery: Omega Point – Upwards
And on the opposite end of the curatorial spectrum is Omega Point – Upwards at My House Gallery. Omega Point itself is a term used to describe the maximum state of complexity & consciousness which we all appear to be evolving to. It’s an effect that specialization allows… any one of us can bore any other one of us with our areas of expertise. When applied to the creative process, the idea is that our creativity is limitless. From this thought stems the first of three exhibitions under this curatorial idea. Upwards presents the work Beth Brandon, Jason Honig, Bill McRight & Tim Strazza. Instead of summing up the artists’ work in one sentence or less, you can read about each artists’ oeuvre at the My House website. In other news, this showcard looks a lot like my 6th grade science notebook. Foul play, I say!
Opening reception from 6 to 10pm. South Philly

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Galleries at Moore & Philadelphia Sculptors: 5 into 1
Curated this year by Catherine Martens Betz (a graduate of the School of Design at the UPenn, and a 5 into 1 participant in 2007), this annual exhibition selects artists from each of the five schools into the Galleries at Moore lobby. It’s the closest thing that art schools ever get to a draft. Co-sponsored by Philadelphia Sculptors, there will be an award ceremony and opening reception from 3.15pm to 5.30pm that will present one student with a “Best In Show” Award, as selected by Julia Guerrero. Winner receives their very own exotic cheese platter, while everyone else has to share. Prior to that, at 1.30pm Guerrero (who has a ridiculously long title that you can Google if you really want to know) will give a presentation on the Redevelopment Authority’s past 1% for arts projects, the new municipal arts registry, and upcoming policy changes that will improve accessibility to artists. Oh! And I almost forgot to mention this year’s artists! Congrats to yous guys.

Moore College of Art and Design – Jamie Moore and Emma Pouncey
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts – Marguerita Hagan
Tyler School of Art – Alison Feldish and Sheila Whitsett
The University of the Arts – Eric Preisendanz and Anna Romaniuk
University of Pennsylvania – Heather Ramsdale and Christie Whisman
Presentation at 1.3opm and opening reception from 3.15 to 5.30pm. Center City.

We’re out for this week. If we’ve missed anything, please let us know about your event in the comments below. And in the future, please know that I try super duper hard to list all or most of what is sent to listings{at}funnelpages{dot}com. So send those press releases!

Second Thursday May 13th

Nexus: Rebecca Gilbert & Maureen Ciaccio

Gilbert & George might be fun
but Ciaccio just rolls off the tongue
Both starting with nature
These artists will feature
art installations that they’ve done.

Hmm… so I’m finding pretty quickly that you can’t be very descriptive with a limerick. Or funny. Oh well, I’ll just gab afterwards. Nexus this month features two artists who are inspired by nature, but diverge from then on. Rebecca Gilbert’s installation, entitled Raised Bed Fortune Patch, consists of hundreds of tiny, delicate woodcut & glue engraving print sculptures that mimic the forms of nature. Maureen Ciaccio draws from the organization of nature by referencing its’ human manifestations in maps, books & architecture. Using cast papers, beeswax and wire, Ciaccio explores the leaf pattern as a map to find the tenuous nature of place.
Opening reception from 6pm – 9pm. Crane Arts

IceBox Project Space: UPenn 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition

For so long buzzing a-round like bees
These grads now can shout out with glee
With all we now know
We’ll put on our show!
And finally grab that DAMN degree.

In other news, is Crane Arts just renting out the Ice Box space to schools now? After the Medium Resistance show, it was Hunter’s MFA, then UArts Design Program, and now the UPenn MFA show. Anyways, the exhibiting artists, get ‘em while they’re hot: Marc Blumthal, Tay Cha, Susan Fang, Nsenga Knight, Matthew Krawcheck, Chris Lawrence, Jiwon Lee, Liby Limoso, Kyle LoPinto, Joe Ovelman, Maria Rajewski, Heather Ramsdale, Jacolby Satterwhite, Ramon Urenia, Leigh Van Duzer, Christie Whisman, Nathan Thomas Wilson, Cay Yoon.
Opening reception from 6pm – 9pm. Crane Arts

UDel @ CraneArts: X ING: 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition

See above Ice Box show for limerick.

Exhibiting artists here are: Virginia Bradley, Abby Donovan, Janet Hethorn, Amy Hicks, Rene Marquez, David Meyer, Troy Richards, Bob Straight, Peter Williams and Lance Winn.
Opening reception from 6pm – 9pm. Crane Arts

Rebekah Templeton: Sample 3

There’s a great college scam underway
That parents spook kids with today
As they go off to bed
To rest their little heads
They’re told “Be good, or you’ll get an MFA.”

Take THAT upper level education. Presenting a slimmer selection than the previous listed MFA exhibitions, Rebekah Templeton presents the paintings, sculptures and videos of four first year MFA students: Matt Kalasky, Tyler Kline, Aubrey Levinthal, and Stuart Lorimer. To save some space, here is the first line from the press release of each description.

Matt Kalasky’s videos use humor to poke holes in the mythic reality of pop culture…
Tyler Klines’ sculptures use aluminum foil, a common domestic material that is both ‘portable and grounded’…
Aubrey Levinthal’s paintings are full of fragmentary narrative elements…
Stuart Lorimer’s painting practice is characterized by an oscillation between representation and abstraction…

Opening reception from 6pm – 9pm. Center City

Indoor Rooftop Studios: Open Studios

For the first time they open their door
For a free open studio tour
Piggybacking the Crane
Without any shame
Free food and beer is in store!

But keep in mind, donations are welcome, if not peer pressured out of you. Also there will be music! Maybe one of these artists can give us a little insight into the space via our studios question. Can I put in a request to the DJ for the Sharam remix of Party All the Time? Not because the song is good, only because it seems apt. You can find the studio space at 1712 North 2nd Street.

Studios open from 9pm until whenever. Kensington

Friday May 14th

Cerulean Arts: Caution: Art In Here

With preciousness always among
Their toil and effort unsung
With a whole show that’s for
Art handlers galore
It’s one show that’s surely well hung.

Guest curated by Hiro Sakaguchi, Cerulean Arts presents an exhibition of all PMA Art Handlers. These are the guys that know that it’s frowned upon in-house to refer to the museum as the PMA, but will do so anyways. Sakaguchi, an art handler, artist and teacher, has been an art handler for nine years now and finally gets the chance to exhibit with his co-workers. Exhibiting artists include Nick Balko, Luke Barley, Sam Faix, Eric Griffin, Chris Havlish, Austin Heitzman, Michael Holland, Don Kaiser, Sebastien Leclercq, Patrick OLoughlin, Hiro Sakaguchi, James Strauss, Michael Studebaker and Justin Webb.
Opening reception from 5pm – 9pm. Olde City

Sande Webster Gallery: Barbara Schaff & Mike Wallison

A holdover from the last week
TWO openings seem now to be sheik
Just one is a snooze
So let’s double the booze
and party like it is Greek Week.

Sande Webster Gallery raids the cheese cabinet once again for a Second Friday opening for Barbara Schaff & Mike Wallison. Barbara Schaff’s paintings use the power of human gesture to portray the world around her. Mark Wallison’s paintings focuses on the depiction of ephemeral and dramatic light. Claude Monet would have been proud.
Opening reception from 6pm – 8pm. Center City

Saturday May 15th

Projects Gallery: Susan B. Howard

See above Sande Webster show for limerick.

Projects welcomes Susan B. Howard into it’s lineup this month with her first solo show at the gallery entitled Tipping Point. The work is layered, the paint is carved and pushed, the imagery and the colors are bright and swirling, and chock full ‘o animals. Stop by the opening, and you can find out if there is some weird ceremony Projects makes all of their newbies go through, like making a painting with the brush taped to your forehead or something.
Artists’ reception from 5pm – 7pm. No. Libs

If we forgot about you this week, feel free to add it in the comments below. Or if you think you got a better limerick, please, amuse me.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Slought Foundation: Mark Dion, in conversation
Mark Dion is coming to town again, this time to give a lecture and have a conversation with Mildred Lane Resident Fellows at the Slought Foundation. Via the p.r.: “This event is presented in conjunction with the exhibition “An Ordinall of Alchimy,” organized in partnership with Cabinet as part of their “999″ exhibition series”.
Starts at 6:30pm. West Philly/University City.

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Fleisher Ollman: Anthony Campuzano & Jennifer Levonian

P.R. quote time. Anthony Campuzano’s All-Right Still:

Referencing past work, the studio practice, lessons learned, artistic folklore, and personal sources of inspiration (music, newspaper headlines), the artist undertakes a monumental investigation into looking and making through various artistic tropes and frameworks

and Jennifer Levonian’s Her Slip is Showing:

For her first solo show with Fleisher/Ollman, the artist debuts two new animations and a series of watercolors used in their making. Buffalo Milk Yogurt features a man who has a nervous breakdown in a gourmet supermarket while a naked woman practices yoga in a display of fall pumpkins.

Not sure of the time here, the FO site is always a little behind…

First Friday, May 7th, 2010

Bambi: Erin Riley and Matt Osborn

Erin has taken a break from the FP for a few months now in preparation for a few shows, and this is one of them! She’s bringing the result of her latest stint at the loom: weaved pieces chock full of gnarly vehicle accidents. That Curated Friday is coming full circle. Osborn meanwhile presents drawings and the like living in the land of legends and satire.

Starts at 6, ends at 10pm. NoLibs / The Piazza

Gallery Joe: Rob Matthews: It fills us. We arrange it.

Rob Matthews exhibits his third solo show at Gallery Joe this month. 15 ink and chalk drawings, according to the P.R., show Rob’s “more informal side”, though they still look pretty intensive and formal, so, who knows.

Starts at 6:30. Center City.

Highwire Gallery: Becoming and Unbecoming

From the p.r.:

Becoming and Unbecoming describes both the process and product of artist Jeff Waring. Plein air meets plain dirt, with cardboard and acorns mixed in. Waring’s open field recipes include buckets of house paint and tar, handfuls of pollen and berries, and generous splashes of acrylics and inks, sun-dried and rain-soaked.

Starts at 5, ends at 9. Fishtown

Little Berlin: Value City

I’m not sure what to make of the logo/title for this show (is it soaking in some kind of irony or does it actually make sense?), but here’s the general gist: Value City looks at work the worth and value of the physical art object and the worth and value of the concept. Kind of a “How much for the Leave the Land Alone piece?”, and starts a rip in the fabric of art space/time. 5 artists take a swing at the common theme.

Starts at 6pm. Neue Kensington

Projects Gallery: Susan B. Howard

Projects welcomes Susan B. Howard into it’s lineup this month with her first solo show at the gallery entitled Tipping Point. The work is layered, the paint is carved and pushed, the imagery and the colors are bright and swirling, and chock full ‘o animals. Stop by the opening, and you can find out if there is some weird ceremony Projects makes all of their newbies go through, like making a painting with the brush taped to your forehead or something.

Starts at 6pm. NoLibs

Sande Webster Gallery: Barbara Schaff & Mark Wallison

Sorry to copy and paste again:

In her first solo exhibition at SWG, Schaff displays a survey of work from the past and present. Whether the subject is the landscape of coastal Maine, the Virginia hillside or her iconic bird?s nests, Schaff expresses a deep sensitivity to nature through the power of the human gesture.

And as for Wallison, well

Wallison?s recent work reveals a continued fascination of painting dramatic light. He is able to capture an elusive quality of light that makes his subjects appear to be glowing from within.

Starts at 6pm. Center City

Silicon Gallery: BEHIND THE SCENE/SEEN: AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST

Linda Dublin Garfield presents 21 photomontages, inspired by a trip to Eastern Europe:

Visiting the beautiful countryside of Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic and experiencing the lovely, sophisticated cities of Budapest, Vienna and Prague left her with a deep sadness that she could not explain. The idea for a series of 21 photomontages based on her trip was born in the narrow streets of Prague, in the rolling hills of Hungary and in the darkened cells of Terezin.

I will say this is a tad confusing though: the Silicon site says that this month is an Andrew Pinkham show. Unless we are just looking at the wrong site or something. Consider it an adventure!

Start: 5 End: 8pm. Center City

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Woodmere Art Museum: Philadelphia Story

With artists including Anne Canfield, Mike Cole, Sidney Goodman, Frank Hyder, Jane Irish, Kate Javens, Rob Matthews, Pamela McCabe, Sarah McEneaney, Susan Moore, Jen Packer, Sarah Roche, Hiro Sakaguchi, Bob Scheib, Charles Schmidt, Mark Shetabi, and Ira Upin, Philadelphia Story examines figurative-based & narrative paintings, all with a “Philadelphia vision”, which could mean every painting will have an Arctic Splash hidden in it somewhere.

Starts at 5, ends at 7pm. Germantown.

You know the deal, I might have missed you, and I am sorry if I did. But now you can wheatpaste your show card in the comments, so do it to it!

I love you.

Shaun Baer

The last one was in 2007 so shouldnt this be called a triennial? Well, its due in two days, but if you miss the deadline Bambi will keep your CD on file for future use! Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon are the jurors.

What to Submit: Artist statement, resume, 25 bucks (students only 10!) and 5-15 images. Complete info courtesy of Facebook.

Deadline: Postmarked by April 30th, 2010.

Vox Populi Project Space

This is a pretty cool opportunity to do whatever you want with a piece of prime art real estate. Vox Populi of 319 N. 11th Street fame has done the work to get funding so it is letting artists, curators, gallerists, designers, etc utilize one of their spaces for a decent amount of time (one to two years). It requires a bit of support materials, but I would say you can get this application done in one very long day with some snacks. Write a good proposal because I am sure the competition will be fierce.

What to Submit: Project timeline, objectives, resume, references, proof you deserve it, its all here.

Deadline: Postmarked by April 30th, 2010.

40th Street Artist in Residence

The 40th Street AIR is a program intended to improve the community west of the Schuykill River, by providing studio space to artists who live there already. Bubble much? Well, its free studio space and support, all you have to do is tell them why you deserve it! More information in this handy Google document.

What to Submit: Application form found here, resume or biographical sketch, an explanation of your relationship to West Philadelphia and visuals explained in application.

Deadline: Postmarked by May 10th, 2010.

My ultimate goal here is NOT to be mean-spirited and/or promote stereotyping that’ll make it IMPOSSIBLE for us (as a city) to move past these bubbles. Rather, this attempts stems from my affinity for defining abstract concepts/things. I believe that it helps push the conversation forward, and eventually resolves issues in a way that we can all move past it. I’ve heard enough talk about Philly being a bunch of bubbles, so why not try to get past that, right? Or maybe, in the grand scope of things, this scene dominance is simply a product of human nature and is inevitable. Or maybe what I’m seeing as a “problem” is no problem at all, but rather a sign that our galleries are well developed and mature in their taste, and the crowds are simply following their lead.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this issue/non-issue. But be warned, unproductive comments will not be published on this post… there are plenty of other places to get that sort of thing.

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Silicon Gallery: BEHIND THE SCENE/SEEN: AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST
Wandering the streets of Prague and the darkened cells of Terezin, printmaker Linda Dubin Garfield began to ponder the far reaching effects of the Holocaust. Through her travels, she came to reflect on the words of German Jewish essayist Kurt Tuchlosky: “A country is not just what it [looks like or] does, it is also what it tolerates.” Ms. Garfield presents a series of photomontages that reflect on the complicated dichotomies that exist between reality & illusion, past & present, and past & future generations.
Opening reception from 6.30 – 8pm. Olde City

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Gallery 339: Andrea Modica & Toshito Shibata
Shaun wondered aloud whether photographers love books, and having attended PPAC’s Book Fair last weekend, let me confirm it to be true. It’s a medium match made in heaven. Join exhibiting artist Andrea Modica for an artist talk and book signing at 2pm. Her body of work, entitled Minor League, explores her ambivalent relationship with the sport of baseball. Over the course of two years, Modica photographed the Oneonta Yankees, a minor league team, while coming to realize that their struggles as minor league ball players mirror her own as an artist.
Artist Talk & Book Signing begins at 2pm. Center City

Slingluff Gallery: Mikey Welsh
If you think the name is familiar, then it most likely means you were a fan of Weezer back in the day. Not all the way back, but post Matt-Sharp back. Welsh is coming into his own as a painter these days, recently having completed designs for Burton’s line of snowboards, as well as Gordini’s Winter 2010 line of goggles. A self taught artist, Welsh dedicated himself fully to painting only after suffering a mental breakdown at the age of 30. His paintings and sculptures follow the suit of the outsider as his paintings are often executed without the use of a brush, and the sculptures made from found materials. All the while, Welsh maintains a signature look that is characterized by an explosion of color.
Opening reception from 6pm – 9pm. Fishtown

Print Center: 84th Annual International Competition: Photography
The Print Center unveils the winners of their 84th Annual International Competition in Photography. Curated by Ingrid Schaffner, senior curator at the ICA, the list of exhibiting artists is long & comprehensive, so instead of trying to squeeze them all into any sort of shortlist, let me just go ahead and refer you to their website. That was easy – maybe I should just do that all the time.
Opening reception from 3pm – 5pm, with Juror Talk & Award Ceremony at 3.30pm. Center City

Fleisher Art Memorial: Challenge III
This class of Challenge winners wraps up with three artists working with different notions of architectural space. Tetsugo Hyakutake translates highly dense landscapes of his native Japan into surreal snapshots of modern industrialization. Brenna K. Murphy, on the other hand, explores her notion of home by using her hair as her primary material. Scott Kip creates wooden structures that accentuates and manipulates the light that passes through it.
Opening reception from 5.30pm – 7.30pm. South Philly.

Did we somehow miss your opening/event this week? Let us know in the comments below! And please add listings[at]funnelpages[dot]com to your press list so we know about it in the future!

He is coming as a part of Tyler’s Critical Dialogue Lecture Series. It will take place in the downstairs lecture hall at Tyler on Temple’s Main Campus.

Here is the bio they sent me:

April 26 – Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall is a painter, photographer, printmaker and installation artist.  His work is in major American museums and private collections, including the Art Institute and Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  He has been a featured artist in the 1997 Whitney Biennial, Documenta 10, and the 2000 Carnegie International.  Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.  In 1997, he was a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation award.  He has been production designer for several independent films, including Julie Dash’s acclaimed Daughters of the Dust.  He lives in Chicago and teaches art at the University of Illinois, where he is a full professor.

See more images of his work here and here.

The Kiss
Constantin Brancusi
stone
1912

Teenage Wildlife
Cecily Brown
Oil on Linen
203 x 229cm
2003

Couple
Cecily Brown
Oil on Linen
90  x 80 in
2003

The Kiss
Marlene Dumas
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20 in
2003

Two Boys Aged 23 or 24
David Hockney
Etching
57 x 40 cm
1966

Afro Apparition
Chris Ofili
Acrylic paint, oil paint, polyester resin, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen
108. x 84 in.
2002-2003

Eye to Eye II
Chris Ofili
felt-tip-pen, gouache on paper
38  x 24 in.
2003

Venus and Adonis
Titian
Oil on canvas
63 x 77  in.
about 1555 – 1560

Untitled (Pier Photograph)
Alvin Baltrop
photograph
1975-1986

Boy Girl / Birdsong
Chris Davison
Flashe, india ink, ink wash, gouache on Rives Heavyweight
10″ x 8″
2009
www.christopherdavison.com

Girl waiting in the bushes
Chris Davison
Ink wash, gouache, india ink, Micron on Rives Heavyweight
11″ x 9″
2009
www.christopherdavison.com

Reclining Nude
Ellen Altfest
Oil on Canvas
32 x 18 in.
2007
BELLWETHER Gallery

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