"Starting with Goo examines the thinly veiled violence that is pervasive in contemporary society. Bubbling, boiling and near the point of attack, the works in this exhibition thrust the viewer into a primal world; where we are tethered to a historical umbilical chord connected with the primordial goo of our past. The drawings, collages, sculpture and digital animation in this exhibition extol a feeling of general destabilization and social fracturization in regards to the contemporary experience."

Adriana Rios, the curator of Some Sort of Uncertainty, in which I showed the work A Warm Breath (for Mark Lapore), has been putting together a new version with many of the same artists.  The original show's concept was that upon entering the gallery it would seem empty.  Version two, to be shown at Axiom, continues that idea but now the work has to be interactive!

Abington Art Center is a great little get away place, espcially in the summer, just north of Philadelphia proper, where there is a wonderful sculpture park to wander around in. So in the winter they do this jured show, this year by Philadelphia writer and curator Andrea Kirsh.

Just got back from the opening and awards presentation and I got the Leonard B. Belber Award for Best in Show!

"Edmonton artist and curator Anthony Easton takes American Pop-Conceptualist, Ed Ruscha at his word. Ruscha's 1977 drawing: WILL 100 ARTISTS DRAW A 1950 FORD FROM MEMORY plants the seed that Easton cultivates by actually soliciting 100 artists to concretize Ruscha's Conceptual fantasy.

The results range from café sketches through pop commix renditions to highly crafted illustrations. The ensemble makes for a delightful installation, reasserting the primacy of mark-making and reconsiders the Conceptualist implulses in contemporary art."