First, the month starts off with my birthday...turning 24 on the 2nd. Sometimes I am surprised to have come this far, which sounds horribly pessimistic but that's not what I mean. The decision to make Philadelphia my home (which, quite frankly, happened almost as soon as I left the Poconos for good and moved into an apartment here in Philly sophomore year) changed me and propelled me into a confident social creature, proud of her womanhood, her craft & ideas, while in high school I still felt shy, confused by my desire to make art and wanted desperately to revert back to my roots and move back to the West Coast, where I thought I belonged. Now, I know that Philadelphia is destined to be the home to great VanVliet's, while making my roots on the east side, Fletcher, my only brother and a great love of my life, makes change, music, and movements in West Philly. (You can catch him on Sundays at The Marvelous record store, playing greats and blowing minds.)
I'll be meeting an Art Shop sculptor, Christina Barbachano, for the first time on the first. Christina lives in Sante Fe, but to coincide with an East Coast visit, she will be installing about 50 sculptures in the Art Shop's window space for the month.
Specimen will open Monday, August 3rd at The Art Shop @ Moore, and we will host Christina for an artists' reception and meet-n-greet that day from 5-7 pm. I really want to make her visit back to Philadelphia and to Moore a great one, so I hope everyone will come out!
Christina builds ceramic (with other media) scarabs and shield, and sometimes scarab shield. Some sculptures become humanoids with little heads, and others seem to be protective charms; shields watching over the space they occupy.
I'm really excited to see a whole field of these pieces in our window space. I know we'll be safe all month long.
First Mondays @ Moore
Specimen
-Christina Barbachano '98
August 3-31, 2009
Opening reception with the artist; Monday, August 3rd, 5-7 pm.
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