Self-Portrait


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Believing “human experience is the proper subject matter of art,” Martha Mayer Erlebacher employed her meticulous technique to paintings of people. Trained as an abstract painter, she studied the history of art and eventually was drawn to the more precise figurative style of Italian Renaissance artists. In this self-portrait, she focuses her direct gaze on herself, rendering her torso in a shallow space defined by a fabric-draped wall with her head framed by sky.

See this work and more in our newest exhibition “Painting Identity.”

“Self-Portrait,” 1975, by Martha Mayer Erlebacher via Tumblr

Happy birthday to artist Nick Cave


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Happy birthday to artist Nick Cave, who was born on this day in 1959 in Fulton, Missouri. Throughout his career, Cave has used the body—or fragments of the body—to address issues related to identity politics and social justice. In this sculpture, “Cutter and Braid,” the use of synthetic hair alludes to an absent body. Haunting and poetic, this work is currently on view alongside a number of other sculptures by the artist in “Ghosts and Fragments.“

“Cutter and Braid,” around 1995, by Nick Cave © Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York via Tumblr

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Philly Artists Transform the Inauguration Bernie Meme Into Street Art — Streets Dept

Artists Paint Mural to Honor the Countless Philly Organizers Who Helped Get Out the Vote in 2020 — Streets Dept

Very excited to curate a new temporary mural with artists Symone Salib and Letisha Bindu Golafaie, titled We Did That, with support from Mural Arts Philadelphia. Our mural honors the countless Philly organizers who helped to energize the electorate in 2020! From the artists:  “We Did That is a mural celebrating and thanking the resilient organizers of Philadelphia for their […]

Artists Paint Mural to Honor the Countless Philly Organizers Who Helped Get Out the Vote in 2020 — Streets Dept