02.26 Sightings

The Dark Power of Fraternities via the Atlantic

Working on:

The Impressionist Quartet: The Intimate Genius of Manet and Morisot, Degas and Cassatt by Jeffrey Meyers

February 24

Seen

Leonardo Da Vinci the Paleontologist via UCMP Berkeley
Vegetarians and Their Superior Blood via The Atlantic
Carrie Mae Weems Brings Change to the Guggenheim via Hyperallergic
Sylvia Plath's Drawings via Brain Pickings

February 20

Seen:

What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller via Smithsonian Mag (long and amazing read)
End of the Corcoran? New Plan Would Dissolve the Gallery via Hyperallergic
The End of the Corcoran Gallery of Art via the Washington Post
WhatsApp's Founder Goes from Foodstamps to Billionaire via Bloomberg

Did:

Vinyassa Flow Yoga.

February 19

Read:

The Breaking of a Vase via NYTimes
Your Useless Major is Why My Useful One Matters via Talebearing
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man May Not Have Been A Flawless Picture of Health via Smithsonian Mag
The Science of Solitary Confinement via Smithsonian Mag

The Review Panel at PAFA

February 18

Made:

Wayward Burn at Practice Gallery via PaperClips215
Michael Snow Photocentric via PaperClips215

February 17

Seen:

B is for Beyonce: This Alphabet is a Beautiful Tribute to Queen Bey via the Daily Dot
How the American Univerisity was Killed in Five Easy Steps via The Homeless Adjunct
Multiple Exposures, Looking Both Ways via NYTimes
Philadelphia Art Curator to be honored by Japan via Philly.com
Distilling Abstraction at Fjord: To Fade and Spill Out And (And To Look At Another's Whole) via Paperclips215

February 16

Seen

Great art needs an audience via the Art Newspaper
The history white people need to learn via Salon
Finished: The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and Second World War by Lynn H. Nichols

Made

Black Bean Burgers from Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Did

SkyZone: The Ultimate Indoor Trampoline Park

February 14 & 15

Seen:

It's a Man's World Inside Postwar Art Time Capsule via Hyperallergic
New Haul Found in Austrian Home of Munich Art Hoarder via Reuters
Nancy Holt Outdoor Artist Dies at 75 via NYTimes

Michael Snow: PhotoCentric at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

February 13

Seen:

Read
Heroin in Charlotte via Charlotte Magazine
Why We Love Philly via Philadelphia Emerging Museum Professionals
California's Drought Could Be the Worst in 500 Years via Mother Jones

Made
Grilled Grueyere, Brie, and Apricot Jam

February 11, 12

Read

A Modigliani? Who Says So? via NYTimes
Philadelphia 2035 Lower North Planning (LARGE PDF file)
A PaperClips215 Preview: Philadelphia's New Creative Transplants via PaperClips215

Saw

Ruffneck Constructivists at the Institute of Contemporary Art

February 11, 2014

Seeing

Read
Alone At The Museum: The Nighttime is the Right Time to Meander through the Met, via New York Mag

Made:
Review of Crimson Landslide by Erin M. Riley at Space 1026

An Obituary for a Man I Did Not Know

I did not know Terry Adkins, although I suspect we have been moving in one another's peripheries for quite some time. It seems to be quite difficult to be an artist in Philadelphia and not to have heard his name. It seems quite difficult to simply live in Philadelphia and not have heard his name. Here are the things I know about Mr. Adkins, who sadly passed away on Sunday:

He taught at the University of Pennsylvania in their esteemed MFA program. He taught Jaime Treadwell, an artist I once interviewed. His art largely dealt with sound (note: I believe sound is one of the last media to gain full recognition in the artistic sphere, and therefore one of the most important media of our generation). His death was sudden, at the age of 60, from heart failure.

Anthony Elms, a curator whom I hold in high regard, has chosen his work to be represented at this year's Whitney Biennial, an esteemed and sought-after venue of the utmost importance for any artist. Mr. Adkins will not see his work in this seminal exhibition.

In conjunction with Canicular at the Print Center, an exhibit which I reviewed and believe is one of the best Philadelphia has seen in a long time, Mr. Adkins was due to perform at the Franklin Institute on Thursday of this week. He was to perform an immersive soundscape with his longtime band, the Lone Wolf Recital Corps. This soundscape was based on Marcel Griaule's Conversations with Ogotemmeli, a work on the religious beliefs of the Dogon people of West Africa. Sirius, the Dog Star that the exhibit Canicular revolves around, plays a central role in the Dogon people's religion. As the event's Facebook page will tell you, I planned to attend. I was thrilled to finally hear this artist's work, and hoped the event would be low-key enough to possibly meet him afterwards.

Philadelphia has lost one of its strongest creative voices.

I did not know Terry Adkins. I will never know Terry Adkins.

Please note: as I was quite up front about, I do not know Terry Adkins. If you believe any of the above information is false, please contact me in the comments below and I will amend this obit accordingly.

Seeing and hearing

I've been thinking of how to use this blog for a while. For those who want more art, you'll unfortunately be disappointed. Instead, I'll be basing this off a model that I saw on Anthony Elms' blogspot. I'll be listing exhibits I see and articles/books I'm reading, in the hopes to inspire you to do the same. We'll start with Friday and move forward.

Seen

Exhibits
Crimson Landslide by Erin M. Riley at Space 1026
Stefan Martin: Selected Works at Marginal Utility
Wayward Burn at Practice Gallery
Extending in Both Directions: Victoria Burge and Millee Tibs at GrizzlyGrizzly
Chad States: Night Sweats at Napoleon
Two by Two by Leigh Van Duzer at Vox Populi Gallery
Heart on my sleeve by Jay Muhlin at Vox Populi Gallery
To Sit Rather than Slip In by Erica Prince at Vox Populi Gallery
Expanded Earthly World by Maria Dumlao at Vox Populi Gallery
The Surrealists: Works from the Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Silver & Gold at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Live Cinema/Fiona Tan: Inventory at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Yinka Shonibare: Magic Ladders at the Barnes Foundation
Pretty Vacant: The Graphic Language of Punk at The Galleries at Moore


Read
A Note About Philip Seymour Hoffman: Addiction is Not Selfish
Baltimore City, You're Breaking My Heart
Whose Heart is Baltimore Breaking, Really?
Anger Erupts After Danish Zoo Kills a "Surplus" Giraffe
The Casualties Release Statement On Sexual Assault Allegations Against Frontman
We Wish Nadia and Masha Well - But They're No Longer Part of Pussy Riot
When A Tree Falls in a Museum...
Is This the Door of the Future?
Everything was fake but her wealth
Six More States May Outlaw Breed-Specific Legislation, Making Everything Better for Pitbulls
Doing the Minimum: A Visit to Penn's Rare Book Conservation Lab
Staff Q&A with Anthony Elms
Parting Words: The Visual Story of Death Row Prisoners' Last words
Museum of Fine Arts Prank with Complete Audio
Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline

Made
Snobby Joes