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Zarouhie Abdalian
Green Line | Powelton
Zarouhie Abdalian
Who you callin' gutter punk : recent engravings
Through January 2008
Green Line | Powelton, 3649 Lancaster Avenue
Zarouhie Abdalian's series of intimately scaled, exquisitely rendered engravings portray homeless youths. As engravings, hand-carved into copper, these portraits record acts of painstaking physical and mental exertion, determination, and care. The portraits describe individuals who are often indiscriminately and blindly labeled as "gutter punks" solely because of their status as homeless youth.
Zarouhie Abdalian grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Tulane University. She has exhibited in New Orleans, Philadelphia, France, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and South Africa. In 2007, her illustrations were published The Color Inside, a children's book by Folwell Dunbar. Abdalian's work is held in many private collections and is in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and the Montgomery (Alabama) Museum of Fine Arts.
Abdalian currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she is the Artist-in-Residence at the Philadelphia Cathedral.
For more information, visit www.zarouhie.com.
Labels: Green Line Powelton, past, Zarouhie Abdalian
Permanent Link 12/18/2007 | 
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John Overmyer
The Green Line Cafe
John Overmyer
Commentary 1995-2007
Through January 2008
Green Line Cafe, 4239 Baltimore Ave
Nationally recognized West Philly-based artist and illustrator John Overmyer shows hundreds of drawings completed over the past twelve years. Overmyer recently created the album art for Songs on the Green Line, released by the Cafe. Overmyer made many of the drawings in this show while having coffee at the Cafe. The work is installed on the Cafe's walls in a similar fashion to his studio...in an offhand collage fashion with tape showing.
One wall features preparatory drawings for "Songs on the Green Line." The other focuses on editorial illustrations, including work done on assignment for many widely known publications.
Labels: Green Line Cafe, John Overmyer, past
Permanent Link 12/18/2007 |
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Brae Howard
Other Green Line
Brae Howard
China Portraits
Thru December 2007
The Other Green Line, 4305 Locust Street
In 2005, Philadelphia-based photographer Brae Howard lived in China for 10 months, teaching English, while documenting the people and absorbing their rich culture. She quickly felt at home in their culture and deeply admired their ways of thinking, their whimsical combinations of colors and patterns, their natural sense of community, and their easy humility. Most of the photographs are of strangers on the streets and some are of her students. The photographs are characterized by the warmth and natural fondness felt towards her subjects.
Labels: Brae Howard, Other Green Line, past
Permanent Link 11/15/2007 |
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Sarah Nicole Phillips
Green Line | Powelton Village
Sarah Nicole Phillips
"Cloud Colour Tells"
Through October, 2007
Green Line | Powelton Village, 3649 Lancaster Avenue
Sarah Nicole Phillips is a Brooklyn-based artist who produces series of unique print editions. Green Line Art Projects is showing her 2006 series "Cloud Colour Tells Much About What is Going on Inside " and her 2007 series "April Pictures."
Phillips also has a permanent installation currently on view at LAVA, just up the street on Lancaster Avenue.
Both venues will be open for Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.
Learn more about Green Line's involvement with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.Labels: Green Line Powelton, past, Sarah Nicole Phillips
Permanent Link 10/09/2007 |
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Laureen Griffin and Michael Schwartz
Green Line Cafe
Laureen Griffin--Portraiture Project
Michael Schwartz--Conversations
Through October 2007
Green Line Cafe, 4239 Baltimore Avenue
The Green Line celebrates its involvement with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours and the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program by exhibiting the work of current 40th St AIR resident artists Laureen Griffin and Michael Schwartz.
Griffin's "Portraiture Project" is a collaborative process with the subjects she photographs. She invites the public (mostly gender queer and women) to share personal stories of gender stereotyping and/or to dress in gendered costume and be photographed. The artist and subject work together to conceive of the ideal costume and setting. The resulting photographs are displayed salon-style in the cafe. The Gender Portraiture Project is supported by a grant from the Five County Arts Fund, a Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Schwartz's paintings on paper and panel are all portraits in one way or another. The selection of work for this show was curated by an artist friend and placed together taking into consideration theme, color, size, location and form. This particular group of work represents a conversation amongst the work, between two friends, and extending to the viewing public.
The 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program awards West Philadelphia artists six months of free studio time in a previously unused space near the corner of 40th and Chestnut Streets. In exchange, the program asks each artist to share his or her talents with the West Philadelphia community. Learn more about the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program.
Learn more about Green Line's involvement with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.Labels: Green Line Cafe, Laureen Griffin, Michael Schwartz, past
Permanent Link 10/08/2007 |
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P. Timothy Gierschick, II
Green Line | Powelton
P. Timothy Gierschick II
Recent Works on Panel
Through September 28
Green Line | Powelton--3649 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia
P. Timothy Gierschick II shows a focused group of intimately scaled paintings on panel that feature inconographic images rendered in relationship to found objects, such as vintage medical prescriptions.
READ THE REVIEW of this exhibition on Philly Artblog!
More information about P. Timothy Gierschick, II HERE .
Labels: Gierschick, Green Line Powelton, past
Permanent Link 9/02/2007 |
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Sherman Arts Poster Survey
Other Green Line
Sherman Arts Poster Survey
Through October 28
Other Green Line--4305 Locust Street
"Sherman Arts Poster Survey" celebrates the third anniversary of Green Line's partnership with Rich Wexler and Sherman Community Arts. Over the years, Rich has been a tireless advocate of Philadelphia's vibrant indie music scene. With their dynamic design and often humorous content, his posters for shows at the Green Line make up a significant piece of visual culture all on their own.
Sherman Community Arts is an organization that promotes community building through music, films, and arts events. Sherman Community Arts also promotes the idea of supporting local musicians, local venues, local economy, and Artist's rights and resources, as well as promotes various community based arts events through the city. This work is accomplished through organizing various events throughout the West Philadelphia/Philadelphia community including such venues as The Rotunda, The Green Line Cafe, The Balcony, Tritone, and more. Sherman also host a weekly on-line mailer that promotes various grass roots and independently organized arts events.
Labels: Other Green Line, past, Sherman Arts
Permanent Link 9/01/2007 |
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Douglas Witmer
Green Line Cafe
Douglas Witmer
Recent paintings
Through September 20
Green Line Cafe--4239 Baltimore Avenue
Douglas Witmer shows recent large and small scale paintings. Witmer is one of the co-owners of the Green Line Cafe. This is his first exhibit at the cafe. His current paintings explore vibrant transparent colored bands that float above fragile grey foundations. Witmer's work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at Sydney Non Objective in Sydney Australia.
More information about Douglas Witmer HERE .
Labels: Green Line Cafe, past, Witmer
Permanent Link 8/31/2007 |
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