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05.31 2009
Sketchy Stash
| June 5, 2009 | to | July 27, 2009 |
AHN|VHS is pleased to present an exhibition of sketch books by Bill McRight.
Primarily a printmaker working in linoleum block and silkscreen, McRight’s work is known for its extreme intricacy and for his bold, often absurd figures. These sketchbooks are McRight’s place for character and concept development, as well as impulsive composition. The figures in his books are drawn and redrawn with altered and increasingly exaggerated gestures and features, interspersed with pages of striking painterly abstraction and bursts of free associative text or overheard phrases. There seems to be a narrative at work, although the books leave no conclusion but to continue to another page. It is rare that McRight takes a figure directly from one of these books for use in a print; these forms are composed on impulse and are made to retain that immediacy. This looseness and experimentation with material and gesture is a surprising contrast to McRight’s rigid sculpting of forms in his prints and lino cuts in particular.
This is the first exhibition of the artist’s books since his 2005 MFA thesis exhibition at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
AHN|VHS will produce a limited edition reproduction of one of these sketch books concurrent with the exhibition.
Bill McRight is a printmaker working primarily in silkscreen and linoleum or wood block. In 2005 he received an MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. His prints have been published by Cannonball Press. He lives in Philadelphia and is a current member of Space 1026.
AHN|VHS Gallery
319 A N. 11th Street 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
Friday, June 5, 2009
7:00pm – 11:00pm
03.10 2009
Chris Johanson at Davidson College
Brad Thomas runs the Van Every/ Smith galleries down there at Davidson College in North Carolina… This time around he has brought Chris Johanson to Davidson and they are having an opening this Thursday, March 12 at 7pm. One part of this show that sounds extra-special is a collaboration between Chris and members of the Art Works 945 program at Urban Ministries in Charlotte.
Also coming up in that neck of the woods, on Sunday, the 15th AJW, Sweatheart, Narwhals of Sound, Coma League and Radio Taiwan are playing at the Saturday Skateboards warehouse… and it’s only $5.
So if you are South of the Mason Dixon line. Go to Davidson and Charlotte this weekend… and If you are in Philly and plan on going, hook me up with a ride!
Flier.
02.20 2009
The kids are alright!
I got an email from Timothy Soper, he teaches art at Kings Highway elementary school in Westport, Connecticut. He had his 4th grade classes do a project about relief printmaking. Tim showed his classes some of my prints and told them the project was about using line to make monsters. I just got some pictures of some of their prints… watch out world when kids that are 8 are making prints that rule this hard we are all in trouble!
01.13 2009
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK ….
to catch You Open So Late, You Close So Early at Fleisher-Ollman
12.31 2008
CALEB NEELON’S BOOK OF AWESOME
Ginko Press has released a new monograph of artwork and writings by
Caleb Neelon (Caleb Neelon’s Unrealistic Expectations, Space 1026, February, 2006).
Check it out.
Congrats Caleb.
For more images click bellow.
Caleb Neelon at 1026, Feb. 2006.
12.29 2008
Bone Marrow Donor Needed!
My friend Justin Van Hoy needs your help! He recently had a relapse with leukemia and needs to find a matching bone marrow donor… Below is a copy of the email he sent me, it has a few options of ways you can get tested to see if you are a match. Please get tested and see if you might be a match! Also please repost and forward this to everyone you can…
In case you have not heard, I have had some bad luck and relapsed from my remission from the cancer ( leukemia ). I had a 30% chance of relapsing, and unfortunately that 30% has happened. This time around there is no chance to cure it with regular chemotherapy though, and I have to have a bone marrow transplant. My brother and sister are not matches, so we are having to go searching for an unrelated donor. With this being said, It would mean the world to me if any of you would take the time to see if you are a match. To get tested is really simple and only requires a mouth swab or a very quick blood test.
Some of my information you will need:
12.08 2008
SNEAK PEAK
You can preview some of the work being auctioned off this Friday HERE
Or stop by anytime to check it out in person.
The auction is Friday, 7pm
1026 Arch St. Phila.
10.30 2008
SATURDAY NIGHT<< SAN FRANCISCO
| November 1, 2008 |
If anyone out there is reading this from the Bay Area, I am having an opening reception for a new exhibition of drawings this Saturday.
IN DEFENSE OF HOME, IN DEFENSE OF INDUSTRY opens November 1st at ICEBERGER, 18th and Treat in the Mission. 7-9 pm.
Afterwards, you can head over to WHITE WALLS for an amazing Jim Houser / Rich Coleman show.
-Alex
10.23 2008
FRIDAY NIGHT< BROOKLYN
| October 24, 2008 |
You Are Forgiven by Matt Leines (Free News Projects, 2008)
Book Release and Signing
Friday, October 24th, 7:00