Hey Guys and Girls,

Welcome to the A.R.T. Gallery.  If you’re an artist in the world and would like to submit your work to the A.R.T. Gallery, shoot us an email at TrippingFranklins@gmail.com

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The artwork of Matthew Muller.

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Franco and Abramovic

Marina Abramović - The Artist Is Present (June 5, 2o1o)

This past Monday, Marina Abramović completed her three month perfomance piece entitled, The Artist Is Present.  The performance consisted of Abramović sitting completely motionless and silent in a chair from museum open to museum close for three months.  The cool part is that during that time any museum visitor could come and sit across from Abramović, usually equally as motionless and silent (but not always).  The TF Art Crew saw the piece live a number of times and was mesmerized by the sheer gravity of the work.  Living in the city, we often miss out or trivialize the one on one interactions that we have on a daily basis and this piece by Abramović brings this issue to the forefront. A post modern conceptual masterpiece, The Artist Is Present questions the role of the artist within the museum space, the notion of the artist as a single entity, and the emergence of a democratic art that anyone can influence. If you didn’t get a chance to stop by MOMA or check out the live video feed check out this great interview from HuffPost.

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RYAN TRECARTIN WITH COLLABORATOR LIZZIE FITCH

WEDNESDAY APRIL 28, INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UPENN

Join in a conversation with the artists Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch led by ICA student advisory board members. This program is funded by Penn’s “Arts and the City Year” Grant from the Provost’s office.

This event coincides with the opening of the exhibition Queer Voice on April 22, organized by Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner and comprising work by Trecartin, Laurie Anderson, Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, Sharon Hayes, John Kelly, Kalup Linzy, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol.

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Warby Parker is an eyewear company that gives you just what you need. Cool vintage inspired frames, free trial periods, and prescription lenses all for only $95. Founded by four Wharton graduate students, Warby Parker prides itself on unique designs at an affordable cost; and if you love helping out humanity, like we do at TF, Warby’s got you covered. For every pair sold they donate a pair of glasses to someone in need. Check out some of the frames below and find out more at  www.warbyparker.com

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Wes Gordon is an up-and-coming fashion designer from Atlanta.  Now working in New York, he’s making it big and ended up in this month’s Vogue magazine…accompanied by Penn student Lily Berg. Click below to read the article.

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WOW! New record set in auction.  $104.3 million for Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man I. Sold to an undisclosed telephone buyer, Walking Man I surpasses Giacometti’s current auction record by more than 70 million dollars. Giacometti was a Swiss Italian born artist known for his abstract/elongated bronze forms and surrealist eye. Also winner of a grand prize in sculpture at the Venice Biennale in 1962 , Giacometti is certainly one of the greatest sculptors of our modern era.   Cool NYtimes article here.

P.S. The image above is not Giacometti’s Walking Man I, but rather Pablo Picasso’s, Boy with a Pipe.  This work by Picasso was the previous auction record holder sold for $104.1 million.

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Great artist by the name of James Blagden.  Lots of cool projects for MTV, Nike, Esquire, & The New York Times to name a few.  Check out his site here.  I also found a hilarious video that Blagden designed in conjunction with No Mas about the legendary MLB pitcher Dock Ellis. This is a must see.

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ICA Winter Opening Reception, Thursday, Jan 14, 2010
(36th & Sansom) [Next to Urban Outfitters]

“Welcome to another season as we celebrate the opening of our new exhibitions. Please join us for our winter 2010 opening reception.

(ICA Members* only)Please join us at 5pm for a walkthrough of Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) with illustrator Maira Kalman and exhibition curator Ingrid Schaffner, and Video Art: Replay, Part 2. Everyday Imaginary with artist Rob Carter and exhibition curator Lucy Gallun.”

*All Penn Students are ICA Members. Bring a friend and come enjoy a great night of art!

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Wow the internet really is a sensational network of information.  Check out these sites in order and watch the connections fly.

1. Andy Warhol – 200 One Dollar Bills Sell for $43.8 Million

2. Tony Shafrazi Gallery

3. Tony Shafrazi – Bio

4. Felix Gmelin – Kill Lies All

5. ARTVANDALS

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Interesting article in The New York Times Arts Section, reviewing art of the past decade. “In the real world the news of the decade was 9/11, two awful wars, staggering corporate greed and the election of an African-American president. In the art world a big event was Mr. Koons showing his sculptures at Versailles. In short, life passed art by. Maybe in the new decade they’ll meet.”

Depending On The Culture Of Strangers (Holland Cotter)

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Institute of Contemporary Art / Penn

Penn First Wednesday, December 2, 6:30 pm

6:30 – Lecture: On Dance With Camera

Curator Jenelle Porter discusses the inspiration for the work in this first ever exhibition on dance made for the camera.

8pm – Digital Dance Salon

What form of dance on film inspires you? Bring in your favorite online dance clips to project on the big screen as part of ICA’s exploration of the merging of moving bodies with digital media.

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Check out this link to see images from photographer Pieter Hugo’s newest series.

like this…

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First Friday in Philly

As most of you already know First Friday is Philly’s official Old City gallery romp held during the first friday of every month.  I was lucky enough to be in Philly this past Friday so I checked it out and it did not disappoint.  Here’s a list of some of the cool galleries I had a chance to visit.

Rodger Lapelle Galleries http://www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com/

122 N. 3rd Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

The Knapp Gallery http://www.knappgallery.com/

162 N. 3rd Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Muse Gallery http://www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com/

52 N. 2nd Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

3rd Street Gallery (On 2nd Street) http://www.3rdstreetgallery.com/

58 N. 2nd Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

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Artwork from Crystal Castles

 

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The A.R.T. Gallery proudly presents Selin Amado.

Selin Amado began working with water color when she was 4 years old, thanks to her mom who does extensive work with water colors. She continued on to do woodwork, and eventually began oil painting in high school. Since then, she has experimented with many types of subject matter and style, from hyperrealism to abstract, and is now working on combining the two to produce large-scale psychedelic pieces. Selin is now finishing up her Fine Arts minor and Economics major as a senior at UPenn. For more information, please e-mail selinl@sas.upenn.edu

Paintings 1-8: Oil on canvas

Moose Sculpture: Plaster, paper-mâché, wire, and acrylic paint

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