Fruithad Wiretap
11"H x 8.5 "W
Watercolor, ink, gouache on yupo
The First
8.5"H x 11"W
Watercolor, ink, gouache on yupo
Elizabeth
24"H x 20"W
archival pigment print
Hope
24"H x 20"W
archival pigment print
Called to the Table
dimensions variable
mixed media
Jesus Meets the Women
dimensions variable
mixed media
Thwarted Emergence
13"H x 9"W each
Archival pigment prints and straight pins
Brooke Holloway
Did Your Hear The One About The Blonde?
60"H x 48"W
Acrylic on canvas
Dumb Bitch
60"H x 48"W
Acrylic on canvas
Cupcake
14"H x 11 "W
ink on paper
Did you hear the one about the blond?
14"H x 11 "W
ink on paper
Everybody Loves a Blond
14"H x 11 "W
ink on paper
I'd Rather Just Ignore
14"H x 11 "W
ink on paper
Pooh Deer
25 "H x 10"W x 18"D
Mixed media SOLD
Untitled Embossing
30 "H x 44 "W
hand colored monotype print
Flock
dimensions variable
hydrocal
Rain
48"H x 24"W x 30"L
aluminum ball chain, acrylic, steel
Christ’s Calling
51”H x 44”W
mixed media
Marilyn Rodriguez-Behrle
Crawling Within
13”H x 11”W
mixed media
Leaf 1
24 ”H x 18 ”W
Archival ink giclée print
Leaf 8
24 ”H x 18 ”W
Archival ink giclée print
Circa: A Brief History of Terrific Inventions (Before the Common Era)
9.75"H x 11.5"W
Ink on Handmade Paper
Mia Rosenthal
Circa: A Brief History of Delicious Foodstuffs
6.5"H x 15.75"W
Ink on handmade paper SOLD
Krista Rothwell
One and One is One
36”H x 96”W diptych
oil on canvas
Critters
dimensions variable
mixed media
Mask Installation
dimensions variable
mixed media
Fables
24 ”H x 14”W
Muslin, vintage copy of Aesop’s fables, thread, and wood
Higher Still
19 ”H x 15”W
Acrylic, Vintage Pattern pieces, graphite
Impressinable Girl
29”H x 30 ”W
Rectangular doilies
I have been involved with the Philadelphia art scene for more than 30 years. I have seen first hand the mercurial nature of this city and its response to the art it produces. I can say with confidence that the city is poised as never before to be an authoritative voice in the greater artistic community. Curiously, this is because of the nearly schizophrenic range of art being produced. Rather than one unified style that could be typified as the “Philadelphia look”, individual artists are seizing their materials and personal interests and hunkering down, creating uniquely personal works that speak to a broader collective unconscious, unconcerned with and undeterred by the whims of critics and markets.
Fresh! is not about showing pretty pictures to hang on your wall, although the art included is by no means ugly. Rather, it is an mélange of artists who are trying to be honest in their work. To honestly create and express what they feel. This is not merely a trend of the young and naïve: artists from across the spectrum of age and experience are seizing the possibility of personal expression in all its forms.
Philadelphia is truly at the point of a revelation, if not exactly a revolution. Rather than rejecting some unseen or imagined foe, Philadelphia’s artists are celebrating their own creative energy. Fresh! 2008 attempts to showcase some of this energy, but in no way seeks to be an authoritative survey. Here are artists with something to say, and a fresh way to say it. I hope you are as excited as I am.
Helen Meyrick, Director