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05.31 2009
Sketchy Stash
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
05.29 2009
SATURDAY NIGHT AT 1026
AT 8:00 PM
From Providence Rhode Island, Trutheater Theater’s The Unbroken Circle Of Broken Things —– A play about the unbreakable spirit energy of love.
Starring Peter Glantz, Erin Rosenthal, Roby Newton and Leif Goldberg.
Doors open at 7:30.
Admission: Donation only.
AT 10:00 PM
Written, directed, produced by and starring Tommy Wiseau, The Room, a kitsch film commonly denoted as “The Worst Movie Ever Made” has garnered a cult following in LA and NYC much akin to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Plastic spoons encouraged.
The Room Website
Doors open at 9:45
Admission: Free
Seating may be limited for both events.
04.30 2009
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 1026
The Moth, the Flame, the Returning Comet, & the Golem,
Derek Weisberg and Matt Rebholz,
Opening this Friday, May 1, 7-10pm,
1026 Arch St.
04.09 2009
Bill Daniel Photos
We have a ton of photos from the installation and opening of Bill Daniel’s “The Great Depression” on our Flickr.
04.02 2009
art from the pavement up
friday on chestnut street, i. brewster projects flips the script and presents: “art from the pavement up”…a group show featuring work from:
-rascal
-shira yudkoff
-collin reiff
-t.f. dutchman
-nteligent
-distort
-komar
-loser
-then
-…and late addition…poops
when: friday, april 3rd, 2009…6:00pm – 11:00pm
where: i. brewster…1824 chestnut street…philadelphia
sponsored by:
-mc jawn
-42 below
04.02 2009
HAVANA
Andrew Schoultz (New Ancient Structures, Space 1026, January, 2009)is participating in
Chelsea Visits Havana, an exhibition of American artists in Cuba, put on in conjunction with the 2009 Havana Biennial.
You can read more in today’s New York Times.
03.19 2009
They Are Summating in the City Paper
Come by and see the show, we are generally open noon to midnight, just ring the bell.
03.17 2009
I guess it’s too late, but…
Jason and Chris got mentioned in the City Paper’s Last Chance column. You can read Holly Otterbein’s words here and see some photos on our Flickr.
03.13 2009
San Francisco
If anyone is in San Francisco tomorrow (Saturday) night, I hope you can join me for the opening of “and another shall rise to take her place”, an exhibition of new drawings at WHITE WALLS
WHITE WALLS is at
835 Larkin St. (by the corner of Geary) in the Tenderloin.
The reception is from 7-11pm.
-Alex
03.06 2009
TONIGHT AT SPACE 1026
They Are Summating
Michelle Blade, Jeanette Mundt, Suzannah Sinclair, Erika Somogyi at Space 1026.
March 6th-27th, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday March 6th, 7-10pm
THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE GREAT!!! I hope everyone can make it out tonight.