Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Tami Fertig

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Anyone who grew up on Nintendo or Atari will appreciate this loving tribute to early video games. Mauro Ceolin turns old cartridges into action figures. David Mauro makes Chuck Close-esque paintings (pictured) that mimic the pixillated graphics of Kid Icarus. What really brings a tear to our eye, though, is Jeff Donaldson's panel series of jumbled-up numbers, letters and shapes — you know, the colorful screens that would appear when NES froze and you had to bang on your console till it fixed itself? Aw.

In this group show, six artists explore the world of fashion and style, but it's not all pin-ups and dresses. Jay McClellan's acrylic paintings feature all kinds of chairs — from uncomfortable-looking wooden ones to ornate, cushion-y dreams. Valerie Garlick's video, 600 Girls That Look Like Me, rotates through MySpace pics of pierced, pink-haired, sneering gals. Decidedly creepier are Theresa Pfarr's abstract portraits of half-naked ladies in seductive poses, thick layers of paint obscuring their bodies and faces.

One block from Walt Whitman's burial site, the Camden County Historical Society showcases a plethora of newly acquired artifacts, including a 1882 self-bound author's edition of Leaves of Grass and Thomas Eakins' portraits of the poet. Come prepared to write a free-verse poem that'd make Whitman proud.