A.V.O.W. at the Painted Bride Art Center

Amps, Volts, Ohms, & Watts (A.V.O.W.) is a group exhibition curated by Sean Stoops. The show features artists from Philadelphia and around the rest of the US who have revived obsolete technologies to create a wonderful show of images, sounds, robots, circuit paintings, and lights. Jeremy Boyle, and Max Lawrence are a couple of the featured artists. The show runs through March 15th at the Painted Bride Art Center.

Trapped in Orbit: Out of Body, Out of Mind

Charles Hobbs, a Philadelphia artist has his show "Trapped in Orbit: Out of Body, Out of MInd" showing at the Esther M. Klein Gallery. This show explores natural phenomenon such as the weather. The show exhibits new works consisting of instillations and paintings. The show runs through March 1st.

February Solo Series at Abington Art Center

This year Abington Art Center has decided to do a solo series in each of its 4 galleries. This month brings us the work of Louise Barteau-Chodoff, Danielle Bursk, Rosalyn Richards, and Nyugen Smith. Danielle Bursk exhibits a series of extemely intricate drawings, and Rosalyn Richards shows us her colourful oil paintings. I realy found Nyugen Smith's work to be interesting. Smith has created dwelings or shacks made from found objects. I also really enjoyed Louise Barteau-Chodoff's video instillation. The show runs through the first of March.

Emily Brown & Susan Tiger

Gallery Joe presents 2 shows; Emily Brown's "Surfaces an Reflections," and Susan Tiger's "It is not a goodbye said to one's father." Brown's work features a series of ink on paper pieces depicting different types of reflections and surfaces, just like the title implies. Many of these pieces depict te rich textures of water, sometimes almost looking photograhic in quality. Susan Tiger's work explores colour, and her series depicts different objects which seem to either disolve into or form out of the surface itself. The show runs at Gallery Joe through February 23rd.

Menagerie at the Art Star

Menagerie is a collection of drawings and paintings by Merrilee Challiss. There are some nice pieces of art here, and I really enjoy the patterns, rhythems, and textuers used in many of her drawings. The show is currently running at the Art Star gallery and runs through October 14th.