Visual Art Calendar

by Robin Rice

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Published: Sep 10, 2008

Mark Garvin Reverberations (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION)

Eclectic and rarely publicly available: works by 80 iconic artists of the 20th century, including Sam Gilliam, Milton Avery, Louise Nevelson, Lorna Simpson and Frank Stella.

Through Sept. 21, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Hamilton Building, 128 N. Broad St., 215-972-0522, pafa.org.

In 1999, Bill Scott, long admired for his abstract painting, took up etching, drypoint and aquatint. He has two groups of fresh, bold work at Swarthmore.

Through Sept. 28, List Gallery (paintings), McCabe Library (prints), Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., 610-328-7811, swarthmore.edu/Humanities/art/Gallery.

Fall is a good time to revisit Jay Fuhrman's outdoor sculpture in Doylestown. What began as two arclike pieces are now united into a single dynamic whole simultaneously cascading downward and aspiring to flight.

Through Oct. 26, James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown, 215-340-9800, michenerartmuseum.org.

This ain't your granny's Thonet rocker. Pliessnig's bentwood furniture is just as graceful but more in every way.

Through Nov. 1, Wexler Gallery, 210 N. Third St., 215-923-7030, wexlergallery.com.

An encompassing site-specific installation of tiny, highly varied photographs brings the grace and idiosyncrasy of Masao Yamamoto to Philadelphia for the first time.

Through Nov. 26, The Print Center, 1614 Latimer St., 215-735-6090, printcenter.org.

Gee's Bend is the isolated Alabama town famous for its amazing quilters who have flourished for some 150 years. This show focuses on recent generations of quilters and motifs. It's complemented by exhibitions of photographs and additional historic quilts in the Perelman Building of the Art Museum.

Sept. 16-Dec. 14, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.

The term "outsider artist" is out of style today, but certainly James Castle (1899-1977) was profoundly isolated from society. Deaf and unwilling to learn any other form of communication, Castle expressed himself primarily through art. He chose novel materials, invented his own modes of work and made lots of it. Fascinating.

Oct. 14-Jan. 4, 2009, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Curator Warren Angle chose a quartet of artists to each make outdoor installations reflecting a sense of place, memory, and natural and constructed landscape. Up for several season-spanning months, the works should merit more than one viewing.

Through Jan. 2, 2009, Schuylkill Center's Second Site (in partnership with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists), Port Royal Avenue and Hagy's Mill Road, 215-482-7300, schuylkillcenter.org.

It might seem that Don Camp's individualistic painterly photograph printing technique is the secret of his large-scale portraits. The print quality is beautiful: Soft and lush, it enhances the openness and simplicity of Camp's record of each subject's unique gaze.

Sept. 16-Jan. 6, 2009, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington, Del., 302-656-6466, thedcca.org.

CP 2008 Fall Guide
Still Singing A Rainbow
Kids in the Hall
The Genre Jumper
Ink, Sweat and Tears
Classical Calendar
Dance Calendar
Jazz Calendar
Opera Calendar
Rock/Pop Calendar
Roots Calendar
Theater Calendar