Jon Manteau in "Back On My Feet" Benefit

Above image © by Jon Manteau
Check out this post from Roman Blog II (link to the right under Philly Art Scene)

http://romanblog2.blogspot.com/2009/05/manteau-back-on-my-feet.html

New Ptg.

White Ray, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 42x42 inches.

New Work

Movie Night

Biscuit enjoys The Essentials onTCM. Here she's watching The Devil and Daniel Webster!

Last night was The Penthouse w/ Myrna Loy and Warner Baxter.

Harold Venable and Michael G. Young @ the Cheltenham Art Center

Harold Venable, Windward, acrylic on canvas, 30x30 in.
The Show runs until June 26th.
Cheltenham Art Center
439 Ashbourne Rd.
Cheltenham, PA 19012
215-379-4660

Tenuous Magic Parts @ SAGE Projects

Works on paper and canvas by Paul Rodriguez. Photo by Jon Manteau.
The opening at SAGE Projects for Tenuous Magic Parts was a great success!
The show includes work by:
Dustin Metz (painting)
Heather Phillips (photography)
Ricardo Rivera (feedback projections)
Paul Rodriguez (painting)
Karen Stone (sculpture/installation)
Ben Will (sculpture/painting)
Jon Manteau, curator
...and will be on view until May 31st.

Meikle Gardner @ Material

Image by Meikle Gardner
Material is excited to announce its forty-fourth exhibition: Breathing Spaces.

Breathing Spaces is organized by Michel Allen and will feature work by Stephanie King as well as work by Sally Bennett, Meikle Gardner, and Jim Napierala. As an added bonus, furniture designer, Will McGowen, will provide benches for the exhibition.

Breathing Spaces will run for two days only with a reception on Friday, May 8th from 6-8 pm. Additionally, the gallery will be open on Saturday, May 9th from 2-3:30 pm. Material Art Space is located at 2553 Broad Avenue
Memphis, TN 38112

The exhibition is organized by Southern native, Michel Allen. Allen is a curator currently living in New York. More information on her projects can be found at www.allenprojectsonline.com. Stephanie King’s clever, process based work was the inspiration for the title of the show. She has been featured in a number of The Price is Right shows at David Lusk Gallery. Meikle Gardner is probably the most well known to the Memphis community. He has shown locally at the MAX show at AMUM, Perry Nicole Fine Art, as well as Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts. He moved to New York several years ago and maintains his studio practice while working at Gagosian Gallery. He was featured in a one person show at Michel Allen’s space in Chelsea last fall. Another Memphis native, Sally Bennett currently lives in Connecticut. Jim Napierala has been showing with Allen Gallery for three years. He has shown extensively in New York. His work has been reviewed in Art In America and was featured in an exhibition at the Whitney Musuem's annex space in 1990. Local furniture designer, Will McGowen, will provide benches in the show. His work is meticulous and successfully combines the old with the new.

New American Paintings #81: The Mid-Atlantic Edition

Check out the current issue of New American Paintings.
Issue #81 includes my work and 39 other painters from the Mid-Atlantic region.
Available @ Borders, Barnes and Noble, and bookstores and news stands everywhere.

Dwayne Butcher @ David Lusk Gallery

Dwayne Butcher, Unspecified Location in Suspicious Numbers, 2009, ink and acrylic on canvas, 30x40 in.

If your in the Memphis area on Friday night, stop by and help Dwayne Butcher celebrate his opening at the David Lusk Gallery.

Dwayne Butcher: the genius hasn't killed me yet
paintings, videos & lists
28 apr-30 may 2009
opening fri 1 may, 6-8
4540 poplar, memphis, tn 38117

Also, check out Dwayne @ ArtsMemphisTV

Next @ SAGE Projects

The current show COLORevolution runs trough Sunday, May 3.

Next up is Tenuous Magic Parts which opens Sunday, May 10, with the reception from 5-7. More details on the Sage Projects site.

New Work: Assemblages

Pink Cage (mm), 2009, painted metal and styrofoam, 18x24 inches.
Pink Cage (mm), 2009, detail.
Two Together, 2009, wood, pillows, bungee cords, trash bag, 20x 72 inches.
Two Together, 2009, detail.

COLORevolution: Extended-Open for First Friday!

This image: Black Grid , 2009 and Green Grade, 2009 by Paul Behnke
Our exhibit has been extended until May 2nd!

COLOREVOLUTION : A Matter of Light
is defined by the use of color and light as seen through a physical progression, in real time, as one moves slowly through this exhibition of 5 painters’ works.

This is the second art exhibition by SAGE PROJECTS at 333 South Street that will bring together five Philadelphia painters: Karen Baumeister, Paul Behnke, Nic Coviello, James Erikson, and Michelle Marcuse.

The upper level gallery will feature works by all the artists from the SAGE artist collective: Henry Bermudez, David Foss, Jon Manteau, Vincent Romaniello, Rob Solomon.

Art This Weekend

There's a lot going on artwise this weekend.
SAGE Projects presents it's second show.
In the downstairs project space:
COLORevolution will include paintings by Karen Baumeister, Paul Behnke, Nic Coviello, James Erikson, and Michelle Marcuse.
The upstairs gallery will feature work by Henry Bermudez, David Foss, Jon Manteau, Vincent Romaniello, and Rob Solomon.
Where:
SAGE Projects 333 South Street Philadelphia, PA When: Sunday, April 5th, 5-7 PM
also...
Be sure to stop by the closing reception for Nic Coviello's show at Nexus...
Spotting Raptors and Cadmium Landscapes
Where:
NEXUS 1400 North American Street Philadelphia, PA When: Friday, April 3rd, 6-9 PM

and last but not least...
Right Now
Tim McFarlane @ Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Where:
Bridgette Mayer Gallery 709 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA When: Friday, April 3rd, 6-8:30 PM

Studio View

New work for the upcoming show @ SAGE Projects.

New Work

Gold Grid, 2009, acrylic on canvas on board, 8x10 inches (aprox.)

Nic Coviello: Spotting Raptors and Cadmium Landscapes

Image © the artist.
Not much time left to see Nic Coviello's latest offering @ Nexus!
A closing reception will be held on Friday, April 3rd from 6-9 PM.
More info here.

Ravenna Taylor: Lingo

Image: As Yet, 2007, 30x32 inches, oil on wood panel. © the artist.
Please check out Ravenna Taylor's online exhibition Lingo at Abstract Art Online.
The exhibition will be on view until May 3rd.

Don't Miss These Shows: Tim McFarlane @ Bridgette Mayer & The Philadelphia International Airport

Image courtesy of the artist©
In addition to Tim McFarlane's upcoming solo exhibition at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery, there is also a new exhibition of his works on paper at the Philadelphia International Airport.

Right Now / This Moment @ The Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Phenomena @ The Philadelphia International Airport

Bridgette Mayer Gallery

COLORevolution @ SAGE PROJECTS

Artists on South Street: Philadelphia

Artists Paul Behnke, left, Jon Manteau, second right, and Vincent Romaniello, right, with Studio Art Group Engaged, transform a vacant store into an art project space on South Street in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Artists are occupying vacant storefronts along South Street for the cost of utilities in an attempt to enliven barren buildings. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6685522