CRACK OPEN THE SPACE EGG: a little 16 person show
THE DAY, TODAY, TO DATE: Moments Scrapped by Thomas Joseph06.01 2009
SWEATHEART TO BRING THE PAIN THIS SATURDAY 6/6
live, one night only at the LIBERTY LANDS FESTIVAL
2009 at liberty lands park, 3rd st at poplar & wildey with all these cool dudes…..
4:30-5:00 Sir Charles Latham
5:15-5:45 Parsnip Revolt
6:00-6:30 Social Hall
6:45-7:15 Twisted Kites
7:30-8:00 Bloody Catholics
8:15-9:00 Audible
9:15-10 Sweatheart
05.31 2009
New Works, Matthew Palladino and Eric Shaw
New Works
Matthew Palladino and Eric Shaw
Opening Reception Friday, June 5th 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Space 1026
1026 Arch St. 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA
space1026.com
New Works, an exhibition featuring drawings by Matthew Palladino and Eric Shaw at Space 1026, running June 5th through the 25th. Opening reception First Friday of June from 7-10pm at 1026 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
Matthew Palladino’s new work plays with perceptions of race, gender, ghosts and alternative mental states. Through painting he explores representations of the human form in varying situations and fluctuating visibility.
Matthew Palladino was born and raised in San Francisco. He attended California College of Arts for two years, dropping out due to fiscal complications. He continued painting on his own and discovered alternative outlets to pursue his education. He is planning on moving to Philadelphia in the fall of this year.
Eric Shaw was conceived on a hill by the grace of the divine cacti button, he sprung into life eleven months prematurely. With young Eric strapped to her back, his mother set out and traveled all over New England, from radio station to radio station. Some stations accommodated the little duo, allowing Patricia Fox to project her voice all-wherever disco guidos’ ears sought her angelic voice.
His father, Senior Shaw-a bottle collector-who digs out deep in the Connecticut River Valley (of Western Mass), was working one day, when his spade hit a thin object. This object transformed Eric’s life-a heron bone pen! Anyone who examines a piece of Eric’s art closely, will notice the fine detail projected by the pen!
Following the Connecticut River further south to it’s tributary, one will come upon Enfield, Connecticut, home of the big pizza, Eric’s Mexican Papa, and Meme. Here, Eric was placed beneath the couch, where he germinated into what he is today. While deep beneath the couch, enveloped in darkness, Eric refined his color theory and mastery of the line. And then Eric returned to Methuen, Massachusetts, where the Plastic Factory distorted his mind even more. The rest are minor details. Eric Shaw seeks to establish a place in every individual’s mind. He hopes to see you soon.
05.31 2009
TENDER FOREVER + ANNAH. + MAPLE RABBIT 6/6
Space 1026 presents the official beginning of summer fun:
TENDER FOREVER (K-Records)
One woman, one sequencer, one keyboard, two knees to slide on, and many big sounds. Power-pop, love, dance, fun, workout-eat-your-heart-out party.
From France, Portland, and everywhere in between.
http://www.myspace.com/tenderforever
ANNAH. (Oakland, CA)
Solo soothing good vibe melodies with spoons, gas masks, live loops, and overhead projections from Oakland, CA.
http://www.myspace.com/annahantipalindrome
MAPLE RABBIT (Philly, PA)
Philly video-band superstars! Three-voices and three keyboards and the occaisional glock with stop-animations and video love. Get ready to stand in back of the crush line.
http://www.myspace.com/maplerabbit
SATURDAY June 6th
8:00pm
$5.00
Space 1026
1026 Arch St.
Philadelphia
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
A perfect philly day!!!!
Tomorrow, Saturday May 30th, start your day off at the B2 Craft Fair in South Philly at Passyunk & Dickinson from 9-3pm. You can support space member Justin Myer Staller and a bunch of other artists and crafters there!!! Then go to Andrew Jeffrey Wright’s show at the Print Center, after that go to Space 1026 for Trutheater Theater’s The Unbroken Circle Of Broken Things!
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.
05.27 2009
The Room
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. Seating may be limited. Plastic spoons encouraged.
The Room Website
The Room on NPR
Doors open at 9:45
Admission: Free
05.23 2009
MOVEMENT I, MOVEMENT II AND A SCULPTURE
Andrew Jeffrey Wright solo exhibition at The Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., Philadelphia. www.printcenter.org Show runs May 30th to August 1st. Opening reception May 30th, 3pm – 5pm.
05.23 2009
MOVEMENT I, MOVEMENT II AND A SCULPTURE
Andrew Jeffrey Wright solo exhibition at The Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., Philadelphia. www.printcenter.org Show runs May 30th to August 1st. Opening reception May 30th, 3pm – 5pm.
05.22 2009
Historic Corliss Engine Negatives Printed for Photo Lottery!
Why hide behind this incredible photograph of the historic Corliss Steam engine invented in Providence RI? Clearly it is because I can’t compete! This photograph was contact printed from the original 20×24″ glass negatives loaned to the AS220 Darkroom from the special collection of the Providence Public Library. There will be more about this exciting collaboration soon. The 2009 Photo Lottery will have numerous photographs produced from the glass negatives from this collection. See what Providence looked like 100 years ago. Who was being photographed and what were they wearing? For your chance to win one of these three photographs of the Corliss Steam engine, and 147 other fantastic photographs buy tickets at www.as220.org/photolottery or at the AS220 Bar.
xoxo
As220 Artist in Residence,
William Buzzell