March First Friday Picks

My Picks for Friday March 5th:

Alex Eckman-Lawn
REBUILT
Proximity Gallery

Silicon/SPE Photo Competition
Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints

Art Auction Fundraiser
Bossone Lobby and Atrium
Drexel University

Dead Flowers
Vox Populi

December First Friday

First Friday Pics:

AWAY FROM TIME - New Collages By Chris Clark
Opening Reception Dec. 4, 2009 6pm
http://chrismclark.blogspot.com/
http://www.proximityart.com/www.proximityart.com/Welcome.html

2009 Neighborhood Holiday Walk
Fishtown and Kensington’s biggest, most festive First Friday ever!
http://frankfordavearts.org/

Russell Underwood @ Primer Micro-Gallery
http://www.primerinc.com/primer2.0/microgallery_ms.php?itemno=1

I Don't Watch the Internet
Fleisher/Ollman
http://www.fleisherollman.com

All First Friday happenings mapped here
http://maps.theartblog.org/index.html

AWAY FROM TIME - Proximity Gallery - First Friday, December

CHRIS CLARK
AWAY FROM TIME
Opening Reception December 4, 2009 6pm-9pm

Proximity Gallery is pleased to present “Away From Time,” an exhibition of new collages and screen prints by Fishtown based artist Chris Clark. This is Clark’s second solo show with Proximity and his third solo show of 2009.

"Away from Time" continues Clark’s message of being environmentally conscious. For this show his interest in street art and spray paint stenciling is more apparent than ever. He is also working larger and a few pieces are on alternative surfaces. Besides his typical wood panels, this show includes three collaged skate decks (recycled from a local skate shop) and two collaged table tops.

Organic and manufactured forms along with portions of text and images from blueprints & diagrams are fantastically layered to create environments that feel engineered and beautifully toxic. In many of these works there is a sense of expectation that some sort of powerful event might occur. The objects could be anywhere, and the complex physically worked surfaces can become so dense that there is little room for anything else. His blending of organic forms with manufactured surfaces suggests technology run amok and a natural world in accelerated flux. These richly layered and obsessively detailed environments leave you with a feeling of being taken out of time as well as out of place.

Clark has been approaching environmental issues in a variety of powerful ways. In October, Clark was asked to participate in a traveling exhibition "Eco-Expression: Art for Sustainability." The exhibition functioned as an inspiration for solving environmental issues and was held at Northeastern University in Boston. It coincided with an international day of action on climate change coordinated by 350.org. Clark's work was included along with world-renown graffiti artists, Banksy and Shepard Fairey, as well as internationally known artists such as Harri Kallio and Mary Van der Park.

Proximity Gallery
2434 East Dauphin St.
Philadelphia PA 19125
www.proximityart.com
www.myspace.com/proximityart
267.825.2949
Hours: Fri. and Sat. 1pm-4pm
Always by appointment

December Show At Proximity Gallery: Away From Time

My Next Big Show Will Be For The Month Of December.

It Has Been Named "Away From Time" & Will Be Made Up Of About 15-20 New Collages And 3 Skate Decks.

For This Show I Have Been Working Bigger And Also Using Spray Paint Stencils A lot More.

The Show Is At Proximity Gallery In Fishtown.
Opening Reception: Friday Dec. 4th, 6-9pm

Bernie Reider Scholarship Fund Benefit Art Show and Wine Tasting

On October 25th I will be exhibiting some of my work at Laurita Winery in Jackson, NJ. Proximity Gallery invited me to participate. Come out to check out the art and the wine. It's for a great cause.

The Metro

Christopher Gabello from the Metro came out to my studio to photograph me for the Metro article. I want to thank him for the great pics.

A few Days later I met with Bruce Walsh for the interview at Rocket Cat Cafe. I can not thank Bruce enough for writing such a great article. 4 different people approached me at the opening on July 3rd to let me know that they came because they liked the write up and they wanted to see the piece pictured in the Metro.

Read it here: http://tinyurl.com/npgz5n

One Mile at Proximity Gallery

Myself, Janel Frey, Marie DesMarais & Karen Gibson are doing a show in July at Proximity Gallery. "One Mile" opens Friday July, 3rd from 6-9pm. My roomate Kristin Langford will be dj-ing. Come out to see 4 of Fishtown's finest Artists and one of Fishtown's awesomest DJ's.

I'll have a few new pcs and we are doing a collaboration. This is going to be an exciting show.

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