First Person Arts arranges a bus trip from Philadelphia to Phillips auction house in New York City to see a group of never before made public photographs by Diane Arbus. The collector, who discovered the photos among an archive of circus sideshow memorabilia comes along to tell his story, the story of the photographs and of this forgotten sideshow that existed for decades on 42nd street in New York
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Zo?ɬ´ Cohen has two major strains in her artwork. What she refers to as her “studio work” consisting on drawings made with non-traditional medium and her “public participatory work”, facilitating means of communication in public spaces.
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Hester Stinnett makes monoprints combining the personal notes of her mother suffering from dementia with a handwritten manuscript of Joseph Conrad made just before the writing of his greatest novels. ‘Transcriptions’ opens in March, 2008 at Kelly & Weber Fine Art.
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Sculptor and printmaker, Norm Paris addresses the act of looking to leisure icons to save us all with work including the sculpture installation ‘Michael Jordan, Save the World’, 23 Jordans attempting to catch 24 falling bombs.
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during their show at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, part of ‘Challenge 3′, Steven and Billy Blaise Dufala talk about working together as artists and brothers and the use of humor in their sculpture and events.
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Sculptor/Ceramicist, Doug Herren on his upcoming show at Kelly & Weber Fine Art. Doug talks about the industrial influences that he uses to expand upon his ceramics and pottery background to create large vessel forms in bright acid colors.
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Jenny Kanzler, shortly after her show ‘Creepy Sweet’ talks about her recent paintings and drawings.
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Ryan Widger talks about his process oriented photo series shot during his Fulbright fellowship in Stockholm, Sweden and his images of disruptions within the mundane.
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Painter, builder, community activist, Ira Upin talks about making his large, modular paintings in his recent series ‘Random Thoughts’ and his life in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia since ‘77
a special studioscopic for POST and Uwishunu.com exploring the Amber Street Studios in Port Richmond, Philadelphia featuring artists, Travis Hanmer talking about his personal isolation equipment, Matthew Pruden’s spirit photography and Karl Seifert photography
