Category Archives: Visual Art
Kien Lam W’06 on his trip around the world—and the viral video it sparked
On the last day of 2011, Kien Lam W’06 logged on to his YouTube and Vimeo accounts and posted a video he’d made. He’d been trying his hand at time-lapse videos since October, but there was something special about this … Continue reading
Filed under Alumni, Film, Visual Art
Watch Dan Markowitz’s award-winning animation, “Board to Death”
Have you had a chance to read the latest Gazette issue? In the Alumni Profiles section, you’ll find an interview with Dan Markowitz EAS’11, the Digital Media Design major who recently won $10,000 for his “animated aquatic action-adventure” Board to Death. … Continue reading
Filed under Alumni, Film, Visual Art
Searching for Stars and Stripes
Only a few days after Robert Carley C’82 stood in his Connecticut office on Sept. 11, 2001, watching plumes of white smoke envelop New York City, he noticed a single bright spot sparkling through the nation’s tragedy and panic. It … Continue reading
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VIDEO: What do some 360 doodled-on cups look like in person?
For the new July|August 2011 issue of the Gazette, I interviewed Gwyneth Leech C’81, an artist who spent six weeks inside a New York City display window drawing on used paper coffee cups. When I visited her studio last month, … Continue reading
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C’08 alumnus curates museum exhibition centered on the written word
Matthew Abess C’08 has a really cool job. He told me so the other day while standing beachside in Miami, only a few blocks from his office in the Wolfsonian-FIU museum. He also said that the Wolfsonian’s collection is “extraordinarily … Continue reading
Filed under Alumni, Museums, Visual Art
100-year-old architectural gem still sparkles on Walnut Street
In 1911, fresh from their success with the New York Public Library, noted architects Carrère and Hastings turned their attention to Philadelphia. Known for their Beaux-Arts creations, the New York-based duo was asked to design a new house of worship … Continue reading
Filed under Dance, Film, Heard on Campus, Music, Student Life, Theatre, Visual Art
James Magee L’71: “America’s greatest living unknown artist”
One scholar/critic has called him “America’s greatest living unknown artist.” Others have referred to him as “unconventional,” “something of a reculse,” and “Noah in the desert.” Me? I’d describe James Magee L’71 as enigmatic, fascinating, and darn talented – and … Continue reading
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Alumni create a “living” art museum in N.C.
Ready for a little memory exercise on this rainy Humpday morning? Think back to the art museums you visited on school trips past—or even your most recent trip to, say, the Met or the MoMa or (if you’re particularly well-traveled) … Continue reading
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Alumni gather to make art ‘en plein air’
Early last month, some 45 artists (about a third of whom are Penn alumni) gathered at Beaver Farm in Phoenixville, Pa. Armed with their respective media—from film and paint to clay and ink—they scattered across the sprawling 80-acre property, all … Continue reading
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He did it!
Congratulations to Abdi Farah C’09, who was crowned “the next great artist” on last night’s Work of Art season finale. As the winner of the competition, Abdi received $100,000 and a solo show that opens at the Brooklyn Museum in … Continue reading
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