"Work! We Are No Strangers" at the Crane Building - Inliquid Art and Design Blog

The exhibit "Work! We Are No Strangers" is up at the Crane Building and features Tiger Strikes Asteroid members Jamie Alvarez, Nora Salzman, Alex Paik, Caroline Santa, Alexis Granwell, Anne Schaefer, Ryan McCartney, Matthew Sepielli, Rubens Ghenoy and, Terri Saulin.

This show is a great chance to see work by TSA members as well as artists from Marginal Utility and Grizzly Grizzly (also located at 319A N 11th).

Read more about "Work! We Are No Strangers" on the Inliquid Art and Design blog HERE.

Matthew Sepielli on Phrequency

"In his first solo show, Sepielli sets forth a body of work that throws traditional painting practices to the wolves, often trading traditional canvas for items like his father's course books from college. Sepielli's paintings are akin to the lithosphere – thick and full of matter – laid flat on a table they might resemble the real life contours of a landscape. He incorporates carpet, studio detritus, and more paint than a Sherwin Williams shop to construct what he calls 'things that portray' rather than the blasé 'painting'."

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Matthew Sepielli in 34th Street Magazine

"If you didn’t catch Matthew Sepielli’s work at Artspace Liberti’s In3s show, now would be the perfect time to journey to Tiger Strikes Asteroid on N. 11th Street to wander through Sepielli’s works. Not quite paintings, but not exactly sculptures either, his work favors hardcover books rather than canvas as his base. These mutant forms have extraordinary texture and come to life through Sepielli’s novel exploration of medium. For instance, his piece “State Fair” layers purples, blues and yellows and juxtaposes them with drill holes on what appears to be scraps of cut canvas spilling out of a closed book. In an interview with FunnelPages, Sepielli reveals his artistic process: “I had all of these hard-bound books, and I was thinking about what I could do with these things after I’m done reading them, since they usually just sit on shelves. So they became surfaces that I paint on. I am thinking about brail and text and how you read a painting versus how you read a book.” With this in mind, his books transform from out-of-reach abstracts into thought provoking 3D concept pieces. Yet, not all of Sepielli’s work hangs on the white walls of galleries — his participation in the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program lends him some serious street cred. This is Sepielli’s first solo exhibit and this local is definitely worth watching out for."

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