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Philly.SideArts Interview with Plastic Club President Bob Jackson and Exhibitions Chair Alan Klawans
Philly.SideArts interview with Bob Jackson, President of the Plastic Club, “WIRE YOUR ART!” and Alan Klawans, Exhibitions Chair; DoN Brewer asks the question, “What’s it like to put on a big art show?” The interview took place at the Plastic club while Photographic Society of Philadelphia members drop off their work before the big install. October, The Plastic Club is hosting The Photographic Society of Philadelphia with a massive photography exhibition on all three floors of the Center City art club. The oldest photography society in America, third oldest in the world, will be hosting receptions every Sunday in October, 2 – 5:00 PM.
“Since 1897, The Plastic Club has been devoted to the promotion and preservation of the visual (plastic) arts in Philadelphia. The busy gallery schedule offers several annual exhibitions for members and non-members, as well as invited artists in solo and group exhibitions. Members include well-known Philadelphia artists.”
Interview & Video by DoN Brewer, Philly.SideArts Contributing Writer
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Marion Barber @ UD@Crane, New Blood
“I applied to University of Delaware because it’s so close to Philadelphia and New York City, Baltimore, D.C., there’s so many great cities and more opportunities in this part of the country then some of the other places I was considering. That was a big attraction to me and it’s a good group of student, I really like their work, the whole vibe and feeling of the program. So I’m really pleased with my decision. The MFA program is rigorous and studio heavy, we have one period class a semester and one crit class and nine credits of studio time, so it’s at least twenty-seven hours a week in the studio. I have my own studio, it’s really great.” Marion Barber is a former intern at Crane Arts Center and has come full circle and is now exhibiting at UD@Crane, an eclectic outpost in Philadelphia for emerging artists in the Master of Fine Arts Program at The University of Delaware.
Stephen Earl Weber, Sugar Coated, ceramic, under-glaze, glaze @ UD@Crane
Steven Earl Weber says of his ceramic sculptures Sugar Coated and Say Your Prayers, What Would Jesus Do? “I made these a while back and I sort of stopped making guns for a while but with everything that’s been happening I thought it was a good time to start making them again. A lot of the work I do revolve around the issues of politics and religion, so that fits right in.” As a Dad, how do you feel about the gun issue? “It’s a big question. And all the stuff I do whether it’s about guns or politics or religion, I have a question about myself that I’m un-resolved about. Not to dodge the question but I don’t know. It’s part of what this is all about, the whole body of work is called Comfort and Security, I’m taking guns and putting them in a very decorative context…the whole idea is we need security to be comfortable. But how much security do you need to maintain comfort?”
Troy Andrade, Circus, charcoal on paper @ UD@Crane
Michael Marks, Nine Walks, gouache on paper @ UD@Crane
Painter Michael Marks says, “I’m always outside, I started doing these because I wasn’t in the studio.” Most of Marks’ paintings are plein air except for the winter scenes because the materials freeze up. “I moved here from Portland, Maine so some are from Maine but some are from West Virginia and I’ve traveled to British Columbia a couple times.” The paintings have a glowing quality of real light, a sense of space and place. “They’re all on rag paper which usually comes in browns and beige. There’s a history of plein air painting in Maine. I only worked four days a week so I had three days to go on adventures like mountain climbing and I take my stuff with me.”
UD@Crane curator Anthony Vega says, “New Blood is incoming MFA first year students, this show is a welcome to the area, welcome to the school and an introduction to the faculty and the regional community. Upstairs we have a show I curated called Without End which deals with contemporary process art, specifically the different types of processes from nostalgia to physical and the lack of end that those processes take place in.
According to University of Delaware faculty member Troy Richards, “The variety of faculty the students get to work with helps them, it’s disciplinary. So the discussion is more about what they think of as art not oh this is a painting or keep it in that narrow history. Because when you exhibit, you are no longer grouped in those categories anymore. When you go into a gallery you don’t really think what is this in terms of sculpture or in terms this is a painting, you’re really looking at it as it relates to contemporary art. I think that’s one of the big benefits of our program.”
DoN Brewer, Contributing Writer, Philly.SideArts
Photos by DoN Brewer
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