The Medium Resistance exhibition, probably one of the largest Indepent projects associated with Philagrafika, just opened in the Ice Box space of the Crane Arts building. Co-Curated by Richard Hricko, Philip Glahn and Nick Kripal. The three Tyler faculty have each drawn from their own expertise and interests to put together a show that draws from a gamut of talent, ranging from art start to local favorite. The curators describe the show as:
Medium Resistance examines contemporary works of craft and print that resist old-fashioned divisions of high art and artisanship, reassessing the mediums’ expressive, communicative, and material possibilities. Ceramic multiples and posters, digital images and books, to name just a few examples, straddle the lines between art, craft, and mass production, exploring each format’s potential for participation and dissemination, aesthetic, social, and technical labor.
This is very compelling show; in truth I’ve gone to see it three times and there is enough thought provoking work in the show to keep even my addled attention span engaged. Some of the work fits awkwardly into the cavernous Icebox space but for the most part the bulk of the show occupies the space better than anything in recent memory.
To see artist by artist shots follow the jump.
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Who Doesn’t love bound printed stuff? The Print Center sponsored Open Book as a way to model ideas addressed in their Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious exhibition. Needless to say most attendees walked away with a stack of books and Temporary Services (above) did their best to make sure no one walked away empty handed. The Print Center describes the event:
The Philagrafika 2010: Graphic Unconscious exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts (PAFA) is amazing. Curator, Julien Robson makes excellent use of large, well lit new gallery. The Philagrafika site describes the curatorial project below:
(Post is now updated with some new images.)
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the Graphic Unconscious sites for Philagrafika 2010. The exhibition there, while modest in it’s square footage, comprises some of the most interesting conceptual work in the related exhibitions. The curatorial statement on the Philagrafika site describes the show, expertly curated by Shelley Langdale, below:
 About Ali by Daniel Heyman
If you are looking for something fun to do on Tuesday March 9th, head on over Warning: Graphic Content presented by First Person Arts and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.
Seraphin Gallery, a long standing, successful member of Philadelphia’s family of commercial galleries recently announced the opening of their Philagraphika 2010 Independent Project exhibition, a group show of prints and print related work from their strong stable of gallery artists. The is a lively show, with a broad range of approaches to contemporary print. If you get a chance the show is worth the trip and the gallery staff are helpful and friendly. In their own words:
These installation shots are followed by close-up images of the work in the exhibit.
Continue reading Philagrafika 2010: PRINTABLE at the Seraphin Gallery.  This post was written by Guest Contributor, Jena Osman. On February 18th, another installment of Philagrafika 2010’s Out of Print series made its debut. This time the collaboration was between Enrique Chagoya and the Rosenbach Museum and Library. The Rosenbach Museum was founded by two book-dealing brothers in the 1950s and contains such treasures as the only surviving copy of Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac and the manuscript copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses. They also hold about 4000 prints by George Cruikshank, the 19th century British caricaturist perhaps best known for illustrating the works of Charles Dickens. The Rosenbach’s website tells us, In George Cruikshank’s time there were attempts (by bribe) to censor his work and even the royal family approached him in hopes of avoiding any further embarrassment from his brutal characterizations. Cruikshank was a populist artist whose socially critical images of drunkards and medical maladies were readily accessible through newspapers, magazines, books and broadsides. Artist Enrique Chagoya was invited to the Rosenbach, and after sifting through the Cruikshank treasure trove, he chose to make a print after Cruikshank’s etching “The Headache.” (see Chagoya’s version above and Cruikshank’s original below)  (image from http://www.vandaprints.com/image.php?id=13610) Chagoya’s version (which features President Obama suffering through the headache of trying to pass health care reform) is available as a takeaway at the exhibit, which also includes a small sampling of both Cruikshank’s and Chagoya’s works. Workshops are being held over the weekend where visitors can hand color Chagoya’s print.  Chagoya stated at his artist talk that the colors for his own edition are still being worked on. The print is being produced in collaboration with two Philadelphia print shops, C.R. Ettinger Studio and Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints and includes both digital, chine collé and intaglio layers. During his slide presentation, Chagoya pointed to the many political satirists that have influenced his work: Goya, Jacques Caillot, Philip Guston, James Ensor, Victor Hugo, and the murals of Jose Clemente Orozco. You can see Chagoya’s version (featuring Ronald Reagan) of Goya’s “Contra el bien general” from The Disasters of War Series in the background.
This is a small exhibit, but definitely worth a visit. And while you’re at the Rosenbach, ask to see more of the Cruikshank prints or any of the other archival gems cached away there.
Carrie Scanga’s recent solo exhibition View From High Places is stunning in its defiance of gravity. The exhibition which is an independent Project site for Philagrafika 2010 and will run through February 26th, at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, an artist run gallery with a great name, located in the venerable 319 North 11th Street building, which is choc-full of collectives and artist run galleries. The show is really stunning, the majority of the modest gallery space is taken up with a floating tower. The tower is constructed of blue bricks that upon close inspection are schematic drypoint prints folded into bricks and then stacked on top of a delicate, nearly invisible lattice of filament (use caution when entering the gallery so you don’t clothesline yourself and topple the art). At the top of a tower is a single window that looks down upon a huge drypoint print on three full sheets of translucent Gampi paper (seen below), hung lightly on magnets. The view from the artist’s studio window? It’s hard to say but the collision of the fairy tale like tower with the austere, hard scrabble landscape is striking.
Continue reading Philagrafika 2010: Carrie Scanga at Tiger Strikes Asteroid!
The Head Ache by George Cruikshank
The Head Ache, a print after George Cruikshank by Enrique Chagoya The historical Rosenbach Museum & Library is participating in Philagrafika 2010 as an Out of Print site utilizing their historic collection in collaboration with a contemporary artist. In this case, they have invited the artist and provocateur Enrique Chagoya to create a work inspired by their collection. But the print is just the beginning read their press release (after the jump) to see all the great events planned and read more about their collaboration. I was lucky enough to see Chagoya speak at last years SGC conference, if that was any indicator these events are going to be smart, lively and more than just a bit transgressive. If you haven’t heard, early registration for the 2010 SGC Conference in Philadelphia ends on Wednesday, February 17! That’s a little over a week away.
Mark/Remarque, this year’s Southern Graphics Conference, is being held in Philadelphia from March 24th to March 27th. This one promises to be unlike any past Southern Graphics conference as it’s happening in conjunction with the city-wide Philagrafika print-stravaganza. Expect an awe inspiring amount of serious print art. Printeresting has already started it’s Philagrafika 2010 coverage and we’ll be on the scene for the conference, too. In addition, we’re defying the prime directive and hosting an event of our own on Thursday night of the conference- Copy Jam! The work is rolling in for the show and it’s looking great. Come by AITA for your free print from 6-9; you won’t be disappointed. And if you need to resort to less print-centric news sources, read some local articles about Philagrafika compliments of Philly.com (and here) and the City Paper. And here’s one at the New York Times. |
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