Scale: November 19 - February 6, 2011, at SPACE, Heidi Tucker

don't miss the exhibit at SPACE in downtown pittsburgh. particularly enjoy seeing heidi tucker's work which is shown above

show info below:

November 19 - February 6, 2011, at SPACE
Opening November 19th 6-9pm.


SPACE gallery, a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents the visual arts exhibition ''Scale'' with guest Curator Ally Reeves, from November 19, 2010 through February 6, 2011. Ally Reeves, published art critic, Fulbright recipient and MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, is looking to integrate artist's practices with the concerns of the current economic times.

Artists featured in this exhibit are sculptor Derk Wolmuth who's functional shower is built from almost 80 percent salvaged materials, Guffey Hollow a mysterious east coast speakeasy, Bill Daniel a filmmaker, drifter, and transient anthropologist, Gordon Kirkwood whose work makes use of salvaged wood and lasers, Heidi Tucker and Caleb Gamble who sell both prints and tamales, and Teresa Foley who's gleaned Craigslist images and given them a second life as wearable merchandise.

This exhibit also features a project of Mark Dixon, Invisible with a musical performance on Feb.5th.


Scale's artists explore the current and coming years of economic change which are forcing the world to reconsider definitions of lifestyle. What new practices, images, and modes of creativity will emerge as others become expensive, exclusive, or impractical? How will society communicate and share?

''Scale'' seeks to envision new ways society can live, work, and create. Artists will showcase their models and visions for work, play, and living in a world where creativity has become an everyday necessity and even a survival technique. Featured artists make use of items that come at a low cost, provide efficiency, or are surprisingly durable as a means to meet both basic necessity and fuel creative passions.

Guest Curator Ally Reeves is a recognized visual artist with over ten years of experience and an active exhibit history. Currently an Adjunct Professor of Fine Art at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Reeves works with the Coleman Center for the Arts with the One Mile Garden project and was previously the artist in residence at the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center. Reeves was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to India in 2009-2010.

SPACE gallery, a project of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, is located at 812 Liberty Avenue, downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District. Gallery Hours: Wed and Thurs: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Fri and Sat: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Free and open to the public. Information: www.pgharts.org


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Pittsburgh Art Blog Turns 3, Promoting Pittsburgh Artists

Happy Birthday to a ... Blog?

I don't celebrate my own so why not? Who knows how much longer it will make it. Jumping candlesticks can get tiresome.

Pittsburgh doesn't exactly have an abundance of art info beyond the crude basics currently so hopefully more artists will take advantage of this resource and email me about what's happening on their end.

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David Grim's Book of Life Art Exhibit, Panza Gallery July 2010

David Grim Opens Book of Life at Panza Gallery

Pittsburgh, PA: Saturday, July 10th marks the opening reception (6-9PM) for David Grim’s Book of Life at the Panza Gallery (115 Sedgwick Street) in Millvale, PA. This project, containing over 400 ink drawings on phonebook pages, documents over three years of work for the artist. Showing alongside Grim’s installation, virtual personality Merge Divide presents a series of photographs culled from his blog Crown of Appalachia. The exhibit runs July 3 – July 31, 2010

Important dates:

Saturday, July 3- Preview Invitational (6-9PM)

Saturday, July 10- Opening Reception (6-9PM)

Saturday July 17- Artist Talk (1-3PM)

Saturday July 31- Closing Party (6-9PM)

Artist Statements:

David Grim-

Inspired by a childhood escape from religious conversion, The Book of Life presents the opportunity for me to reclaim the act of creation from an externalized “other”. Based on the concept of a holy tome containing the names of all those saved from eternal damnation, this project seeks to render humanity in its purest of form- defenseless and open. The intention of the displayed product is to raise questions regarding authority, transience, privacy, and the relationship between the artist and his subject.

Merge Divide-

Convinced that Pittsburgh is the figurative “Crown” of a vast tract of America marked by the Appalachians, I decided to commemorate my travels throughout the region with an online presence, including words and images. This marks my initial foray into the sense of a partially imaginary place that may indeed exist. I mean to convey the weird netherworld quality of this area in sociological and alchemical terms.

For more information on David Grim and these events,

please call Mark Panza at 412-821-0959 or panzagallery@mac.com.



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The week that is

We’ve had a couple of worrying days – Ms Bo has been looking very peaky. I’m putting it down to too many bugs – the trouble is she has an insatiable appetite for bugs and grubs and if it doesn’t move, she’s not terribly interested in eating it. Yesterday we put her on a largely bug free diet (she got a few plump wood lice and that was it – aside from the usual grain and seed). Interestingly, this morning she is looking better but I’m still not convinced she’s “over” whatever has been ailing her – and frankly, I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to do. Fly, if you’re reading this, help, please! (Fly is the very nice fellow from the International Guinea Fowl Association.) D is convinced it’s either a “childhood illness” or a growth spurt. But who’s to know, certainly not us, complete novices in the this guinea rearing business. Frankly, I don’t think it helps that the wind is howling – and Bo doesn’t like the wind – I think it brings back bad memories from the night her whole flock were wiped out.

On which note, the fire is still raging on the other side of the bay – fanned by the strong winds. It’s partially under control but hectares of indigenous bush of have been destroyed and several homes have been razed.




For those of you who have been reading this blog for a while, you may remember my posts about Angela, the Zimbabwean lady who works for me once a week. As you may know, cholera has broken out in Zimbabwe (and is spilling over into surrounding countries, including South Africa). It’s purported that the reported figures of illness and death are being grossly underplayed by the Zim government. The latest news report references 756 deaths and more than 15 000 infections. A Zimbabwean aid agency said on the news this morning that the infrastructure in Zim is no longer on its knees but is lying flat on its face. Hospitals are standing empty, doctors and nurses aren’t working because they’re not being paid (neither are teachers). Last week the soldiers ran riot when they couldn’t draw their salaries – though the generals are, of course, still living it up. I’ve been concerned for Angela because most of her family is still in Zim. I asked her this morning when she came to work how things are going. She says her sister in Harare has been complaining of stomach pains for the past week and yesterday was much worse. The doubly worrying thing for Angela is that her young daughter lives with her sister. Her brother who is out in the rural areas says the water coming out of the taps is green – they are reduced to drawing water from a borehole – though who’s to know whether that is contaminated or not. The situation is beyond ridiculous and absurdly, instead of calling for Mugabe’s resignation, South Africa and neighbouring countries are still looking to broker a power sharing deal – which will still leave Mugabe in charge. It’s nothing short of rank insanity. You can read more about it here.

I think one of the worrying things that stems from this outbreak of cholera is the potential for a resurgence of the xenophobia we saw in South Africa in May this year. Then, local people went on the rampage against “foreigners” who were accused of stealing “jobs”. Now there is a grave danger that locals may once more go against “foreigners” for bringing disease into the country. Angela said that she couldn’t get to work yesterday because there was so much violence in the area where she lives. Once again she is afraid that she and her husband will be targeted because they are Zimbabwean. I think the thing one needs to bear in mind in this situation is that the xenophobia hasn’t “gone”. It has just been brought into check from the madness that flared up in May. The reality is that it is still there, simmering and playing itself out in backstreets where no one really bothers about it. The reality of being a “foreigner” in South Africa from somewhere else in Africa is a harsh one indeed.

If there was ever a time for world pressure to be brought on Zimbabwe’s government, now’s that time – in fact, it’s long, long overdue. Mugabe needs to go, Zimbabwe needs to be restored to the vision all its people once held for it, it needs to become the green and pleasant land that it once was, that it has the potential to be again. One wonders how much more suffering ordinary Zimbabweans will have to endure before the world actually steps in and says “enough!”. One wonders if ordinary Zimbabweans can indeed endure any more.