07.28 2008
Goodbye Christopher
On Friday July 25th, we lost artist, musician and friend Christopher Tucker to a tragic accident. Julian and I had the pleasure of working with Christopher at Space1026 during the summer of 2001 recording his band “The Situation” first EP. Christopher was an gifted musician and an incredible song writer, with a fierce intellect that always seemed to get him in trouble. We will miss you very much. Hopefully someday we will see each other again…
For more information concerning Christopher Tucker’s life please read Philly Girl About Town’s posting here
max & julian
07.25 2008
Devil Music @ The Art Museum
Check out Devil Music Ensemble at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Friday August first. Check it out before you go gallery hopping. Then after looking at some fun art check out the extreme animals show at Pageant Gallery!
07.25 2008
CARS WILL BURN on DEATHBOMB ARC
AVAILABLE NOW: Cars Will Burn – ‘Into Pure Fantasy’ Cdr/zine. 7 new slow jams including a studio collaborative with Mincemeat Or Tenspeed and live track with HolyGhost on drums from Philly’s International Noise Confrence. Comes packaged in clear fullsize DVD case w/ screenprinted covers and booklet – So much gold!
“Better Then Burning Man!” – AJW
Order from Deathbomb Arc or Mark Price is a Factory
Hear some Hot New Jams !
07.18 2008
ADOBE IN MY VEINS
I designed this photoshopped, Lord of the Rings themed poster for my cousin, Alexs’ Lord of the Rings themed wedding out in Yellow Springs, Ohio which I’m going to this weekend. If you need a photoshopped, Lord of the Rings themed poster for your next big event, contact Will and for a reasonable rate, he’ll design you a customized photoshopped, Lord Of the Rings themed poster.
07.18 2008
This SUNDAY : Radical Art Discussion Night
7:00PM 1026 Arch St. 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA
FREE!
Justseeds will be hosting a discussion night that will use short presentations by 3 local artists as a jumping-off point for discussion around the whats, whys and hows of radical art.
Theodore A. Harris is a poet, muralist and collagist born in New York City and currently residing in Philadelphia, PA. As a muralist he has been painting with the Mural Arts program of Philadelphia since 1983. In addition to being exhibited in one-man and group shows from coast to coast, Harris’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including Long Shot, The Hammer, Unity & Struggle, AAR, and the important anthologies Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social & Political Black Literature and Art and In Defense of Mumia.
Naima Lowe writes, performs, directs, studies, makes movies, teaches, lives and loves in Philadelphia, PA. She’s currently working on creative and curatorial projects that focus on her favorite things: Queers, people of color, the art they make, and the worlds they devise. For more detailed information visit her website at
www.naimalowe.com
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Beth Nixon builds puppets, masks, pi
07.16 2008
Print Liberation Book in stock at Jinxed
Local heroes make it big! The Print Liberation crew has put out a step-by-step guide on silk screening and we have it in stock.
Buy it today-Start your own crappy t-shirt company tomorrow! All the dumb questions-Answered!
Get it while we got it!
JINXED
620 4TH STREET
PHILADELPHIA
215-978-JINX
Lots of other books in, too. Get in here…
07.15 2008
One Long Funeral Song
Featuring collaborative works by Monica Canilao and Kyle Ranson.
Space 1026 is pleased to present a collaborative installation by San Francisco Bay area artists, Monica Canilao and Kyle Ranson.
This body of work/instalation is the culmination of a longtime friendship and shared vision of Canilao and Ranson.
The artists sum up the idea of the show this way:
“One Long Funeral Song” addresses the clashes and minglings of two magicks. the black, vampiric conjurings of colonialism and the nature magic of indigenous, poor and creative peoples… the contrast between secret societies and open-armed, cooperitive communities. Monica Canilao and Kyle Ranson build a world around the hope that perhaps a third and beautiful magick could be born from this long and bloodied struggle.
Monica Canilao works with found objects and materials such as paper and fabric to weave sewn together structures that explore space, community and life and figures, both animal and human. According to Canilao, she “understands that even the most fleeting moments can be the most poignant ones, and so, she is fearless in her use of disintegrating materials such as paper, fiber, love and hope. What presents in her work is a feeling of spontaneity and mysticism.
Monica received her BFA from CCA.(C). She has exhibited at Galeria de la Raza, White Walls, Needles and Pens, 111 Minna, the Luggage Store in San Francisco; The Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn, Jen Beckman Gallery in NY, Black Rat Press and 29 Gillespie in London. Canilao will be participating in upcoming exhibitions at Roebling Hall in NYC with David Ellis as well as artist Swoon’s Hudson River project.
Kyle Damon Ranson was born July 31st 1969 in Manhattan. With an encouraging hippie mother, he began to draw and paint in early childhood and by the time he was in high school, he was taking life drawing classes at the Lyme academy in Connecticut. He attended three semesters at the Maryland Institute College of Art and then dropped out to immerse himself in the arts and music scene in Baltimore. In 1994 he moved to San Francisco and became a part of the underground punk scene in the Mission. He began to exhibit his paintings in 1998 and has slowly become a pillar of the San Francisco art world. He has shown in New York and London and had several solo shows in San Francisco. His bold paintings often deal with extreme subject matter and can demand alot of the viewer yet there is a delicacy to his work that comes through most in his portraiture. Kyle Ranson lives and works in San Francisco.
Curated by Derek Ihnat
For more information please visit
space1026.com
or email artsyndicate@gmail.com
(215)-350-6225
07.15 2008
MUSIC NIGHT & CLOSING PARTY!
Donations will benefit our friends at the Shoe Shop to help them deal with the lingering repercussions of their harassment by the police dept. and L&I. For more info on their case; please check out http://phillyimc.org/en/node/69031This will be the last chance to see the Justseeds exhibit and purchase cheap art as the show comes down the next day. SO please come on down, support some good people and listen to some fine music by-
DAN BLACKSBERG is a trombonist who is working to expand the range of the trombone in jazz and improvised music. A native and resident of Philadelphia, he has been seen all around town with such local musicians as Jack Wright, Toshi Makihara, Sonic Liberation Front and with Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound. He has appeared in concerts produced by Bowerbird and the Ars Nova Workshop. In addition, Dan has performed with Anthony Braxton (the premiere of Composition 19 for 100 tubas), Taylor Ho Bynum, Joe Morris, Mike Pride, Nate Wooley, Katt Hernandez, Daniel Levin and Joe Maneri in many venues in New York and Boston.
http://www.myspace.com/DanBlacksbergmusic
ASHLEY DEEKUS is a percussionist and composer who holds a dynamic approach to her marimba playing. A career beginning with Canadian rock artists, to a place in the NY/PA improvising community, to the local “anything goes” scene. Beautician by day, musician by night, she currently pursues her studies in various traditional folk musics without excluding jazz, classical, or contemporary dance. Some artists she has worked with are; Pauline Oliveros, Neil Feather, Matthew Welch, Katt Hernendez, Jack Wright, Evan Lipson, Dustin Hurt, Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Gina Fererra, Nicole Bindler, and Susie Ibarra. Performs with: Alokli (West African ewe drumming ensemble) West Philadelphia Orchestra (traditional Balkan explosions) The Old Goats (traditional Brazilian).
http://www.myspace.com/deekus
JOSHUA MARCUS is a singer/songwriter/banjo-player who lives in Philadelphia, PA and has produced nine recordings under different bands and monikers in the last nine years, including Fan of Friends. This spring Marcus released his newest recording, Reverse the Charges, on Chicago’s Contraphonic and Philadelphia’s High Two record labels. Joshua is currently working on a collaborative project to produce a folk recording dealing with current U.S. social and environmental justice struggles.
www.joshuamarcus.com
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07.12 2008
CROCODILE TEARS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Opening
Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists
GRNY, July 19 – August 13, 2008
Reception: Saturday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street
Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) / grny.net
Giant Robot is proud to present Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists at the GRNY Gallery.
Following up on 2007’s hugely popular Look Behind You and Snack Isle group shows, Crocodile Tears will feature a large assortment small works that measure 5″ x 7″ or smaller. Each of the over 50 artists will be contributing two to five pieces in his or her own eclectic style. Mediums will range from painting to stitching to drawing to sculpture.
Participating artists include (but will not be limited to):
Lart Cognac Berliner
Joe Buzzell
William Buzzell
Jeff Canham
C.F.
Charles Chatov
Jen Corace
Louie Cordero
Rob Corradetti
Vanessa Davis
Michael DeForge
Mark Delong
Eamon Espey
Edie Fake
Ray Fenwick
AJ Fosik
Noel Freibert
Lukas Geronimas
Matt Haber
Jenny Hart
Joseph Hart
Andrew Hem
Lizz Hickey
Caroline Hwang
Jordin Isip
Rich Jacobs
Misaki Kawai
Kim Kelly
Cat Lauigan
Matt Leines
Isaac Lin
Matthew Lock
Arnaud Loumeau
Jeremiah Maddock
Sakura Maku
Lionel Maunz
Taylor McKimens
Jesse McManus
Garrett Morin
Christopher Silas Neal
Molly Colleen O’Connell
Kate O’Connor
Martin Ontiveros
Chauney Peck
Luke Ramsey
Martha Rich
David Sandlin
Emilio Santoyo
William Schaff
Daniel St. George
Crystal Stokowski
Mike Taylor
Thesis
Peter Thompson
Matthew Thurber
Chris Uphues
Damian Weinkrantz
Eric White
A reception attended by many of the contributors will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, July 19. For more information about the artists, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact Giant Robot NY.