First Friday Focus
Carolyn Huckabay's First Friday Hit List
Pentimenti Gallery
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After a long week, sometimes you just want to look at something pretty. Which is not to say the short-lived summer group show at Christine Pfister's Old City gallery — aptly titled "Three Weeks Only!" — is without substance to back up its sharp style. Pfister's chosen one or two standout works from nine artists, all of whom share an aesthetic that's equal parts pleasing and powerful. Watch for: Iranian multimedia artist Hadieh Shafie, who wrote "Love" in Farsi on each of thousands of tiny pieces of paper, rolled them up tight and stuffed them into a frame like a pack of cigarettes; UArts grad Matthew Kucynski, whose sequence of pretty girls in sweet dresses tells a dark tale that's ever-unfolding; and Jackie Tileston, a painter whose palette in
Benevolent Uproar (pictured) represents a patchwork of countries visited and lessons learned. Opening reception Fri., July 2, 6-8:30 p.m., free, through July 17, 145 N. Second St., 215-625-9990, pentimenti.com.And Then There's ...
Two Piazza openings worth noting: The brand-new Vincent Michael Gallery, run by local artist Chris M. Clark, hosts "PaperMonster Ate That Little Boy," a sample from the titular stenciler's oeuvre — portraits of women and their animal instincts. Opening reception Fri., July 2, 6-9 p.m., free, through July 31, 1050 N. Hancock St., Suite 63, 215-399-1580, vincentmichael.com. ... While you're at Schmidts, stroll across the concrete desert to Bambi Gallery for its second-ever Bambi Biennial, a selection of works by 32 artists hand-picked by Philadelphia Weekly art critic Roberta Fallon and her Art Blog cohort Libby Rosof. Expect tote-bag hats, hair portraits and pacifier hand grenades. Opening reception Fri., July 2, 6-10 p.m., free, through Aug. 1, 1001 N. Second St., Suite 7, 267-319-1374, bambiproject.com.
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