“Isaiah,” 1986. Isaiah Zagar, American, born 1939. Color offset lithograph, Image and sheet: 29 15/16 x 21 3/4 inches (76 x 55.2 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2009. In the exhibition “Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop” at Philadelphia Museum of Art Sept. 7 through Nov. 25.
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Delaware ‘Art Is Everywhere’
A reproduction of “The Flying Dutchman” out in the open.
Visit delart.org/artisevest in art and the museum, erywhere to download the but also motivate people to brochure and read more delve into the history behind “Milking Time” in Hockessin. about specific locations. the locations. Make a day of it or, if “We’re attempting to throughout the state for now through Oct. 1. A inspired, visit the museum drive visitors to visit passersby to share and brochure is available on itself to see the originals. historical or cultural atenjoy. the museum’s website that One of the hopes of havtractions within the state,” “We really wanted to get features a map of all the dif- ing the artwork placed in said Keresztury. Something our art out to the state,” said ferent locations, which are areas such as historical or certainly worth doing. Molly Keresztury, the man- spread out across all three cultural landmarks is that it ager of marketing and pub- counties in small groups. will not only spark interlic relations at the museum. “In terms of interacting with the public, it’s a great way to reach people, and we’ve already had a lot of success with it. “The paintings were re-created so they look “Attack on a Galleon” at the Riverfront. real, they sort of surprise people,” Keresztury went on. “We placed them in By Adam Crugnale where that people tend to high-trafficked areas with gather, there’s a chance the hope it would inspire he Delaware Art it is now also part of the interest or conversation.” Museum is hosting its museum’s “pop-up” art For example, “The Merfirst “Art is Everycampaign, a satellite exhibit. maid” by Howard Pyle is where” event. Fifteen featured on the “Art is Everywhere” fea- paintings side of an art If You Go tures “pop-up” art. It is an were selectleague buildoutdoor exhibition that turns ed from the ing and “Abhistorical landmarks into museum’s salom Jones” Delaware Art Museum art shows and main streets permanent is located by Raphaelle at 2301 Kentmere Parkway and other high-traffic areas collection. Peale is on September 14-16, 2012 Wilmington, DE 19806 (pedestrian-friendly) into Admired display at Info: 302-351-8515 gallery spaces. works, such the Dover Friday 11-7 pm • Saturday 11-6 pm • Sunday 11-5 pm www.delart.org This serves as an unconas Howard Courthouse. ventional way of breaking Pyle’s “The “Veronica Over 140 regional & nationally recognized out of the museum’s walls Mermaid” Veronese,” a artists will and reaching out to the and Edward Hopper’s painting by the Pre-Raphapopulation: “Summertime,” were elite Brotherhood member Works are printed or hung reproduced for the exhibit. Dante Gabriel Rossetti is 18th & Walnut Sts. on the sides of buildings, They were printed to scale on view at Smyrna Opera they are placed in parks on a weather-proof vinyl House. rittenhousesquareart.org public and private – anymaterial, framed and hung The exhibit is on view or 877-689-4112
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Efforts to SCRUB Billboard Blight By Diane M. Fiske
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CRUB, which long stood for the Society for the Complete Removal of Urban Blight, has changed its name to Scenic Philadelphia, but it has not changed its purpose to make sure that the city isn’t cluttered with, among other things, billboards that interfere with the enjoyment of life in the city. Mary Tracy, the longtime president of SCRUB who now leads Scenic Philadelphia, is upset by the fact that billboards that were never legal continue to exist. She and her community colleagues have several plans to combat errant billboards this fall. A billboard on 4th Street now can be seen in Society Hill and on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. She feels the billboard’s constantly changing surface is distracting to drivers and residents alike. “We have had residents call us and say that they can’t sleep,” Tracy said. “Even though the sign is in an area technically zoned industrial, its emphasis is
Digital billboards visible from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which can be seen all the way through Society Hill Apartments.
Historic Register from the proposal — these would be Lit Brothers, Strawbridge and Clothier, the Reading Terminal Market, Head The huge face above the building at 13th and Market streets. House and the PSFS building. Gallery showed a photo of the Lit Brothers building Philadelphia ruling that board in Philadelphia in felt miles away.” November. It has been post- recently went into effect that with large signs on top of She said the owners of it and a building wrapped permits billboards on East the billboard have asked the poned several times. Market Street, between 7th with a woman’s face on the Tracy said there seems Zoning Board of Adjustfacade. All of this, he said, and 13th, on tall buildings to be a proliferation of ment if they can increase would be allowed under the such as the former Lit’s billboards in Philadelphia their 40-foot-high sign to proposed legislation. and Strawbridge’s stores lately. In another case, a 60 feet. Most officials believed if, and only if, the adverloft that was converted to “The sign was put up tiser spends $10 million on that the requirement that expensive apartments in before restrictions were any sign on a historic buildWest Philadelphia now has improvement of the area applied and it is a nonconing get the Philadelphia large luxurious windows on bordering the billboard. forming use.” She said. Historical Commission’s “I guess none of the “They shouldn’t be allowed one side facing a view of a blessing before it can be advertisers want to spend blinking billboard. to add to its size.” “Many of these windows, the money,” Tracy said. “We erected would take care of The case regarding the high above the ground, have haven’t seen any billboards any potential problem. sign will come up for a Tracy said the signs might go up in the area.” no curtains but they now hearing before the zoning be an appropriate way to When the bill was first have a view of a neighborproposed, city planners had make the Gallery shopping ing billboard in their window,” she said. “Our offices problems with the language mall at 8th and Market in the bill and the Philadel- look better, but it would be have received numerous better to grant a variance or phia Historic Commission complaints about this.” COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER’S otherwise address that one voted not to support it. The billboard, she says, property than to put such a violates regulations in many However, planners liked large chunk of Market Street ways, including being near the concept and it was apinto a special district. proved. a church and a school. But another resident, Despite having city planIn other parts of the state, presented by wendy cotton AND len orLAndo Brian McHale, said the ner’s approval of the East billboards are appearing sponsored by brandywine conference and visitors’ bureau proposal made a lot of sense Market billboard bill, the along busy highways, dismedia business authority PNC BANK tracting drivers and posing a SCRUB anti-blight organi- to him as is. The money it SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,2012 zation and the Preservation would bring to fix Market hazard to traffic safety. 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. r ain or shine Alliance remain troubled by East “is a big thing,” he Tracy pointed out that a said. And “if you can’t have federal highway administra- the concept. STATE STREET.MEDIA.PA large-format signs here, Preservation Alliance tion study on the distracFREE FA MILY FUN where can you have them?” Executive Director John tion risks of electronic free parking in Media all day long! Another bill that would billboards is now underway Gallery asked the comexpand the ordinance almission to exempt buildthis summer. lowing billboards and other ings on Philadelphia’s One hopeful sign is a
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structures that have been condemned to make way for I-95 expansion. These buildings could be approved without going through the usual approval process. Opponents who came to the hearing, including Tacony Civic Association President Mary Benussi and Scenic Philadelphia, the anti-blight and generally anti-billboard organization, said if the legislation was guaranteed to impact only these billboards, they would not have an issue. The concern, they said, is that PennDOT may need to condemn more billboards in the future. Because there are two portions of the I-95 project for which design is not completed, “there is no way to know how many billboards this bill actually covers.” Tracy said, “It is only a matter of time before there is pressure to have more billboards in residential areas.” She added, “Visiting Times Square is fine, but do we really want to live there?” — This is a monthly column about architecture, urban planning, and design. Diane Fiske can be reached at dfiske_19118@yahoo. com.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES Annual Juried Photography Exhibit
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A ‘Full Spectrum’ of contemporary prints at PMA
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“Telling many Magpies, Telling Black Wolf, Telling Hachivi,” 1989. Edgar Heap of Birds, Native American, born 1954. Screenprint diptych, Image (overall): 70 x 45 inches (177.8 x 114.3 cm). Image and sheet (top sheet): 35 x 45 inches (88.9 x 114.3 cm). Image and sheet (bottom sheet): 38 x 45 inches (96.5 x 114.3 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2009.
By Burton Wasserman
Currently, as the workshop marks its 40th birthday anniversary, the museum is presenting everal years ago, the prestigious Brandywine its gift as an exhibition titled “Full Spectrum: Workshop of Philadelphia donated a hundred Prints from the Brandywine Workshop.” It’s original graphic prints by 89 artists to the a cause for celebration because the work on Philadelphia Museum of Art. Its purpose was view is exceptionally worthwhile and infinitely to honor the memory of the museum’s distinrewarding. Visitors have until Nov. 25, 2012, guished and deeply beloved, late director, Anne the closing date, to see the show. d’Harnoncourt. Among the stellar selections included in the exhibition, there are many fascinating examples by such eminent figures as Moe Brooker, James Dupree, Sam Gilliam, Joyce de Guatemala, Barkley Hendricks, Richard Hunt, Jacob Landau, Judith Schaechter and Isaiah Zagar. As these names may suggest, the items selected reflect the workshop’s dedication to encouraging artists representing a wide range of ethnic- and gender-based backgrounds. All of them have benefitted from participating in the working and exhibiting opportunities made possible by association with the personnel and operating procedures of ìSacrifice of the Watermelon Virgin or Shirt Off Her Back,î 1987. Barkley Hendricks, American, born 1945. Color offset lithograph, numbered 72/85. Image and the workshop. The workshop was founded in 1972 sheet: 21 3/4 x 29 15/16 inches (55.2 x 76 cm). Edition: 85, plus 1 printerís/publisherís proof. Printer: Robert W. Franklin. Published by Brandywine Workshop, by Allan Edmonds, a PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia. Gift of the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt. based artist and art teacher in the public in Washington, D.C. It is available in the museum bookshop up in the show. It consists of a unified grouping of entirely schools. Initially, it was dedicated to and provides thoughtful commentary and helpful insight into abstract suggestions integrated with elements of pictorial offering instruction in advanced printmaking skills form. For instance, the decidedly distorted (but nevertheless, the works on view. for students and professional artists. Residencies recognizable) appearance of the artist’s face, Generally speaking, most of the pieces for participants from many different locales and an in the print titled active program of exchange exhibitions enabled the in the show have been formulated in either If You Go “Isaiah,” by Isaiah Zagar, is a good example a representational or abstract manner. Moe workshop to implement situations for creating and of this method of composing a distinctive showing exceptional graphic work and accumulating Brooker, for example, offers work influenced configuration. a major collection of significant examples of modern by the non-objective approach invented in the “Full Spectrum: At this time, when painting and sculpture early 20th century by the renowned Russian graphic expression. Prints from the Brancontinue to enjoy the main focus of attention painter-printmaker Wassily Kandinsky. Like The workshop has never promoted an especially dywine Workshop” will be on view in the exhibition scene, it is very gratifying Kandinsky, Brooker is involved with giving favored aesthetic party line. Instead, it welcomes at the Philadelphia to be able to see an installation in a major voice to an awareness of universal existence and encourages a wide range of expressive styles. Museum of Art, museum where exceptional graphic prints are that he senses intuitively, deep within himself. Consequently, artists who employ different idioms 26th St. & the Parkway, at center stage. These artworks continue to be were invited to learn about printmaking in depth and This leads him to produce elegantly rhythmic, Philadelphia, PA 19130, the one type of serious aesthetic product that music-like essences, given shape in composiwere also potentially able to exhibit what they had through Nov. 25. has a practical possibility of being acquired at tional images that are highly sophisticated and uniquely brought into being without compromising Info: 215-763-8100 or a relatively reasonable cost by a large number emotionally vital. their own distinctive creative integrity. www.philamuseum.org. of potential collectors. For this reason, origiBy contrast, Barkley Hendricks, in his print The workshop’s gift of prints has been illustrated nal prints are the most democratic variety of titled “Sacrifice of the Watermelon Virgin or “Untitled,” 2006. Danny Alvarez, American. Color woodcut, Image and in its entirety in an accompanying catalog, pubart available in the marketplace for people Shirt Off Her Back,” provides an offbeat consheet: 50 13/16 x 37 1/2 inches (129.1 x 95.3 cm). Philadelphia Museum lished by the Museum in association with the Yale who would like to acquire and live with what talented and stellation of subject matter references that might ordinarily of Art, Gift of the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, in memory of Anne University Press. This book includes an essay by eloquent artists offer a sincerely interested and appreciative be seen with the naked eye, in the familiar everyday world the Philadelphia native and widely acknowledged d’Harnoncourt, 2009. clientele. that surrounds people everywhere. print scholar Ruth Fine, former curator of special Several examples of a third type of approach also turn projects in modern art at the National Gallery of Art
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_AUGUST 2012 Listings___________________________________ Monday, April 16 Chester Co Art Association, 6-8pm, West Chester, PA Thursday, September 6 Saint Josephs University Gallery, 5 -9pm, Merion Station, PA Center for Emerging Visual Artists, S-7pm, Philadelphia, PA Rosemont College, Lawrence Gallery, 4 - 6:30pm, Rosemont, PA Friday, September 7 Sweet Mabel Folk Art, 6 - 9pm, Narberth, PA Blue Streak Gallery,S - 8pm, Wilmington, PA Muse Gallery,S - 8pm, Phila., PA The Great Frame Up, 5 - 8pm, Wayne, PA Saturday, September 8 Long Beach Island Foundation, Arts & Sciences, 5 - 7pm, Loveladies, NJ Sunday, September 9 Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 5 - 7pm, Cheltenham, PA Wayne Art Center, 3 - Spm, Wayne, PA The Philadelphia Sketch Club, 2 - 4pm, Phila., PA Tuesday, September 11 Episcopal Academy, 5 - 7pm, Newtown Square, PA Thursday, September 13 Center for the Arts in Southern NJ, 7 - 9pm, Marlton, NJ Center for Emerging Visual Artists,S -7pm, Phila., PA Friday, September 14 Main Line Art Center, 6 - 9pm, Haverford, PA Woodmere Art Museum, 6 - 8pm, Phila., PA Third Street Gallery, 5 - 8pm, Phila., PA Saturday, September 15 Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, 11- 2:30pm, Lancaster, PA GoggleWorks, 5:30 - 8:30pm, Reading, PA Chestnut Hill College, 4 - 6pm, Phila., PA Sunday, September 16 Lancaster Co Art Association, 1-5pm, Strasburg, PA Community Arts Center, 2 - 4pm, Walingford, PA Woodmere Art Museum, 2 - 4pm, Phila., PA Muse Gallery, 1 - 4pm, Philadelphia, PA Wednesday, September 19 Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of PA, 5:00pm - , Phila., PA __To place your listing in__
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