It has bravely sojourned
on. with Philadelphia a hotbed of the form and the center at Mixed Company.
60 N. Third St., featuring a roster of exceptional talent who updates
the form for the new millennium.
Jenie Moore
grew up in Philadelphia, graduated from Tyler School of Art, Temple
University, then relocated to Manhattan. Though she shows all over the
world, Mixed Company is her sen-timental favorite. It's also
a place where she can show her more inti-mate sized work, since much
of what she does amounts to murals.
Moore's paintings range far and wide in subject and theme, though
what she shows at Mixed Company is always tightly focused. Taking
a cue from stock advertis-ing imagery, she then adds her own visual impression
of what Madison Avenue means to her. Other work includes mockups of pulp
magazines of the 1940s.
A New Englander who earned his art degree from Beaver College (now Arcadia
University), Jeff
Schaller liked Philadelphia so much he stayed. He also exhibits
across America,
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but finds Mixed
Company a perfect fit. He's won many awards for his art, including this
year's first place in Mixed Media at the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Show.
His mixed-media work is hardly run of the mill, as it mixes silkscreen with
encaustic, a process that combines pigment with molten beeswax, a technique
that is millennia old. Schaller is also an accomplished muralist.
Another Philadelphia specialty, and he recently adorned a wall in scenic
Ken nett Square.
Chances are good that you've seen John
Stango's work someplace, because his paintings are all over the
city. Philadelphia born and bred, he's a Tyler grad who found his hometown
the place to be, especially since he was featured in his first solo show
here at a mere 19.
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Now, he exhibits internationally,
from Japan to France, but is most comfortable at Mixed Company. He
paints in a number of modes and works in silkscreen as well. However, his
patriotic Americana, which features flags and eagles and has always been
a large part of his output, is more in demand than ever before.
This trio barely scratches the surface of who's on view here. Cool photography,
funky mosaics and plenty more paintings can be found as well. Plus new artists
- and just Populists - are always being exhibited.
Oh, and Mixed Company also maintains a Cocktail Nation ambi-ence
for that authentic atmos-phere of Camelot. R.B. STRAUSS |
