December finds Mixed Company celebrating its fifth anniversary and, as always, new talent is offered amidst artists who've exhibited here before. First Friday promises a real party at this place, not that it doesn't always glow on once a month with a festive atmosphere.

Mixed Company regular Jenie Moore gives a nod to the late great Audrey Hepburn by painting facsimiles of posters of her films, especially those that ran in the Kennedy era.

Jacqueline Reis makes her debut with photography taken during her time in China. The work is stunning and covers two perspectives. There are candid man-on-the-street shots, and other work that features shots of Buddhist icons taken from dizzying angles that at once heighten their spirituality while lending them an added emphasis of immediacy.

Newcomer Syd Torchio has chronicled the streets of Philadelphia for years with an inimitable will and an indomitable palette. His latest work finds him moving forward yet again, with grand dollops of paint colliding. His method of composition is a perfect fit in visually describing Philly in all its grand eloquence.



Mixed Company, 60 North Third St., 215.627.8688, www.themixedcompany.com

PRESS/REVIEW December • 2004 - R.B. Strauss