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Friday, March 1, 9 pm Gallery Talk: Saturday, March 30 at 6 pm March at Vox will feature solo shows by Nancy Stroud, Andrew Leach, Nadia Hironaka and a collective projection series entitled "Lure", Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments. The exhibitions open Friday, March 1st and continue through Saturday, March 30th. There will be an opening reception on First Friday, March 1. In addition, there will be a gallery talk on Saturday, March 30 at 6 pm and closing party for "Lure" to immediately follow. All events are free and open to the public. Nancy Stroud : "Brackish" Wall art has become a popular theme in contemporary time but has origins that go far back in the tradition of art. In the exhibit "Brackish", artist Nancy Stroud reminisces upon a wide range of wall art motifs, form early fresco to modern day graffiti. The lines between decoration, expression, object and image are shuffled and reassembled creating tensions in both technique and content. In contrast to this serious investigation there is an adolescent whimsy about the work, a play on imagery both tasteful and offensive. As brackish would imply there is a salty mix that is somewhat unpleasant or distasteful but ultimately becomes a humorous critic of high and low art traditions. Andrew Leach: "Whence the Distlefink Came" Andrew Leach has been drawing pictures of birds since he was a child living in rural central Pennsylvania. He used to have a notebook full of birds he had drawn. He also collected the fake kind with wire on their feet. Sometimes, he would carry them, in a shoebox or plastic bag, to kindergarten, just to have nearby. Years have passed, but the odd bird thing has not. When he started work on this show, he was looking at Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs. His main objective is to produce, in a crafty manner, imagined landscapes and beautiful fake or existing birds that for some reason or another are satisfying to paint. Each framed painting and bird head mount are like aged, decorative objects adorning an imagined house in a forgotten rural place. The Distlefink is a fantastical bird that represents good luck and originates in hex signs. Nadia Hironaka: "Coming Up For Air" "Coming Up For Air" is an acknowledgement of the inequities between wishes and reality. A series of Portable Viewing Spaces offer both a venue and its portability. With spinning discs showcasing stills from finished works, each diorama provides a miniature optimal set location and comes with its own audience. Time out space is provided for while viewing The Groundskeepers. This video is visualized with surveillance eyes, as a tour through a lone, desolate building and its surrounding grounds. Along with science-fiction soundtrack remix a surreal tone is set in play. A video projection of "Contrary To My Suspects" is found inside a dark room. "Contrary To My Suspects" is a piece that attempts to gain control over an irreversible situation through the manipulation of time. "Lure" 2002: Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments "Lure" is an ongoing series of outdoor events that project media (light and sound) across and against rooftops and building facades. For the upcoming exhibition at Vox Populi, "Lure" will present a series of events throughout Philadelphia beginning mid-February and running to the end of March. During this period, a gallery component to these events will develop incrementally in Vox's new project space, the 4th Room. "Lure" is an ongoing series of outdoor projection events that occur across and against rooftops and building facades. All "Lure" events develop out of a common conceptual framework. Based on the juxtaposition of projected media (light and sound) within/against the developed grid of urban architecture and activity, "Lure" combines equal parts gallery format, screening room content and urban deck party socialization. While concurrently public and private, "Lure" emits an air of luminous mystery. These events offer a unique experience for audiences both aware and unaware of the conceptual nature of "Lure". In an attempt to cultivate small audience happenings through both public and private channels of information distribution "Lure" functions as a multifaceted event vehicle. Events often incorporate new media projects developed specifically for "Lure" by artists and musicians from diverse backgrounds. Facilitating the production of new projects is vital to the mission of "Lure" as both a "media-laboratory" and presentation platform. For the upcoming exhibition at Vox Populi, "Lure" will present a series of events throughout Philadelphia beginning mid-February and running to the end of March. A gallery component to these events will develop incrementally during this period. The final product of these collective events will be on view at a closing reception on March 30, 2002. For more information contact: Aaron Igler; lureprojects@netscape.net; http://lure.kingbig.org; 215-922-2410 |
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| About
the Gallery Vox Populi is a non-profit artists' collective located in Philadelphia, PA that was founded in 1988 to support the work of local artists. Vox has always been one of Philadelphia's most important venues for new, ambitious, and experimental art. Vox regularly features the work of its artist-members as well as the work of artists from outside the Philadelphia region. Throughout the year, Vox also presents performances, film screenings, a newsletter, and fundraising events such as concerts, cake walks and carnivals. Vox accepts applications for membership in October and April. For information on how to apply use the contact information at the top of the page. |
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see Vox Populi's previous exhibit |
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