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Thought-Provoking Ideas at Moore College of Art and Design

Recently, I decided to leave the Swarthmore bubble for our exciting nearby urban metropolis of Philadelphia. Since it is my goal to know my way around the downtown area like a local, I decided I would visit the somewhat lesser known Galleries

March 7, 2013

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Bellows and Matisse at The Met

Recently, my studio art class, “Figure Composition”, took a trip to New York. After an early wake-up (and a mild panic when I realized that the power outage on campus had caused my alarm to reset itself), a long bus ride, and

February 21, 2013

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Barbie Comes to Swarthmore

“I’m a Barbie girl, in a barbie world. Life is plastic”…is not so fantastic. Or at least this is what Jane Comfort suggests in her work Beauty (2012), a dance/theatre work that “explores the American notion of female beauty through the lens

February 21, 2013

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PAFA’s “The Female Gaze”: Bad Title, Fantastic Exhibition

Step into any art museum in the world and you’ll see that male artists have painted just about everything. Certain subject matter appear more frequently than others, such as Christian imagery or female nudes, but nevertheless it is clear that male artists

February 14, 2013

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A Conversation with J Henry Fair

In person, J. Henry Fair, whose photographs grace the walls of the McCabe Library Atrium, is witty and self-effacing, yet rather mysterious. There is a sardonic edge to his words and a pensive air to his manner. During my interview with the

February 7, 2013

A number of students set up posters in Bond to discuss current humanitarian projects

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J. Henry Fair Showcases Eco-Fouls at McCabe

How can disaster be beautiful? Dare to find out. Currently on view in McCabe Library atrium until February 20, J. Henry Fair’s “Extraction and the American Dream” is both breathtaking and shocking. The exhibit is comprised of a series of photographs of potentially

January 31, 2013

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Pop Minimalism to the Max: The xx at The Electric Factory

Early in The xx’s Sunday set at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory, Romy Madley Croft, the band’s guitarist and female vocalist paused between songs to say, “We finally made it.” She was referring to the cancelation of the band’s last Philadelphia performance during October’s Hurricane

January 31, 2013

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What I Saw Over Winter Break: Picasso Black and White

Pablo Picasso painted Woman Ironing (La repasseuse) at the end of his Blue period, an era brought on by the suicide of his friend, Carlos Casegemas. The nature of the suicide was intensely tragic—Casegemas committed suicide when his lover left him for

January 24, 2013

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Where the Inconceivable is Absurdly Beautiful: The BMA’s New Contemporary Art Wing

When viewers pass through the Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) Modern Art galleries to enter the newly renovated Contemporary Wing, which just opened on November 18 after a year-long closing, it feels as if they have walked into a different museum. This

December 6, 2012

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We’re Artists, Too: Kitao Exhibit Gives Space for Student Art

At their most stressed, Swarthmore students seem to pride themselves on being some of the busiest students in the country. To the busy Swattie who heaves an overstuffed backpack and holees up in Cornell basement, trading mugs of caffeine for sleep, extracurricular

December 6, 2012

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Thought-Provoking Ideas at Moore College of Art and Design

Bellows and Matisse at The Met

Barbie Comes to Swarthmore

PAFA’s “The Female Gaze”: Bad Title, Fantastic Exhibition

A Conversation with J Henry Fair

J. Henry Fair Showcases Eco-Fouls at McCabe

Pop Minimalism to the Max: The xx at The Electric Factory

What I Saw Over Winter Break: Picasso Black and White

Where the Inconceivable is Absurdly Beautiful: The BMA’s New Contemporary Art Wing

We’re Artists, Too: Kitao Exhibit Gives Space for Student Art

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