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Kukuli Velarde Patrimonio at Barry Friedman

Barry Friedman. 515 West 26th street New York, NY 212 2398600 Barry Friedman Ltd. is pleased to present contemporary Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde in her first solo show since joining the gallery. Recently awarded the prestigious USA Knight Fellowship by the Knight Foundation and the United States Artists organization, Velarde will exhibit an installation of ceramic sculptures from her [...]

critique phrase of the week

I’m troubled by how the aura of the biomorphic forms visually and conceptually activates the larger carcass.

Susan Sontag on art.

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. – Susan Sontag

Philadelphia Stories : Inspiration

exhibition

Howard Brunner
Christopher Hondru
Elieen Veight

A photography teacher, a recent graduate, and a current student at the Art Institute of Philadelphia explore sources of inspiration and create images of the city informed by the rich resources of the City of Philadelphia's Department of Records' historic photographic archives.

The Art Institute of Philadelphia
1622 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19130

Gallery Hours
Mon. - Th. 9 AM - 7 PM, Fri. 9 AM - 5 PM, Sat. 9 AM - 4 PM

Father Guido Sarducci use to be a regular on Saturday Night Live. If you’ve never seen him explain what a sweet gig it is being an artist, here’s your chance, Need we say more?

artist opportunity

Artist-in-Residence Opportunity : Alaska wilderness

Interested in a residency in the wilderness of Alaska? Have dreams of an outdoor adventure hiking the backcountry with a Park Ranger? Well the National Park Service has a residency opportunity for you. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is accepting proposals for 2011.

You have to be fit for this one and supply your own gear. Wow.

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Artist-in-Residence Program
Tracie Pendergrast, AIR Coordinator
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
4175 Geist Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99709-3420

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site seeks proposals for its 2011 tour season. The historic site will fund a maximum $7,500.00 per project. This funding includes approval to exhibit during the next exhibition cycle. All projects that are approved will be installed for one full tour season (March through November), unless the artist proposal states otherwise. Proposals due: [...]

artist opportunity

Photography Portfolio Competition

The Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is pleased to announce its first Photography Portfolio Competition. The application deadline for the competition is May 15, 2010. All applications must be submitted online. The competition is open to everyone over the age of eighteen, regardless of nationality.

Jurors will include noted photographer Tina Barney; Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief, Aperture Magazine; and Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The 2009 National Medal of Arts was awarded to Frank Stella, for his accomplishments as one of the world’s most innovative painters and sculptors. His sophisticated visual experiments — often transcending boundaries between painting, printmaking, and sculpture — are modern masterpieces. more about Frank Stella >

critique phrase of the week

With regard to the issue of content, the metaphorical resonance of the sexual signifier verges on codifying the remarkable handling of light.

newsy

Smears and Secrecy in Philadelphia

Today we had an disturbingly obnoxious encounter with people 'behind' a fake artblog. They seem to think their grade school humor is funny.

Fake names, paranoia, threats, delusions of grandeur. Seems like everything they throw at you is a reflection of them.

Here's the e-mail exchange.

1. The initial approach

From the form at heavybubble.com came an inquiry -- signed with a false name -- asking that the 'publisher' of the website be identified.

artist quotes

Robert Rauschenberg, a giant in American art

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)
-- Robert Rauschenberg, 1959

from the New York Times

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