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Thursday, February 9, 2012


Elena Smith


Environmental artwork turns our trash into treasure

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The 20th century marked a transformation in the art world—trash became not something that you have to take out three times a week every other week, but a revolutionary new material. Artists like Rober…

Reconsidering the audacity of art

Laughs and chuckles, grunts and groans. These modes of expression are so often banned from the gallery space by the sterility of the walls, the gravity of the security guard and the solemnity of art. …

Local artists shine

Every fall the Swarthmore Friends of the Arts (FOA) celebrates the achievements of photographers from Swarthmore and the nearby town of Rutledge. The 35 photographs currently on display in Borough Hal…

Currently on display: exploring the galleries of Philly

“Just Desserts”, “Jen Allen: New Works” and “Colleen Toledano: subFOUNDATION” at the Clay Studio

Before last week, the ceramic arts were of no particular interest to me. Rococo porcelain…

Masao Yamamoto's Soft-Spoken Spirituality

Walking into a gallery or museum can often feel like entering a sacred space. Like reverential objects, works of art are enshrined behind beams of heavenly light and protected from sacrilege/damage by…