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If
Pop Art is your bag, then check out Mixed Company, 60 North Third
Street, a joint that's always got the goods. The roster of artists here
ranges from Philly to Manhattan and they always guarantee everyone an
eyeful.
Jenie
Moore turns out the bomb. That said, she slaps
together paintings that grab a little bit from the bright,
eye-catching graphics of candy bar wrappers, cute chickadees
that reference Japanese animation, covers from cheesy, sleazy
tough pulp novels form decades ago and her own take on funky
logos of products that don't exist.
The first time I saw John
Pompetti's work, I swore it was silkscreen
art--only to be proven wrong. Blinding bright primary colors
are slathered on canvas to create paintings that run their
own con through sheer technique and tight precision. Here,
form and palette superceded all else through images that are
downright radioactive.
The future is now, though mushed into a mess with the past,
thanks to the medium that Jeff
Schaller uses is in work, which is encaustic,
a process where molten wax is mixed with pigment. The finished
work, images superimposed atop images, leaves a sensory overload
arrayed to assault all five senses--and beyond!
Chances are good that all of you have run across John
Stango's paintings somewhere since next to
Philly's murals and public sculpture, Stango's work can be
found everywhere else. From Madonna to Al Capone, Lady Liberty
to Muhammad Ali, Stango's portraits are letter perfect excursions
that meld exact form with a piercing palette.
This place has also got furniture for the jetsetter on the go, plus other
items to suit anyone's fancy.
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