Theresa Saulin's "Night Is A Girl" reviewed by Philadelphia Weekly

Theresa Saulin's show "Night is a Girl" opens this Friday (April 1st) at Tiger Strikes Asteroid.

Philadelphia Weekly reviewed the show as one of their "April First Friday Picks".


"Theresa Saulin, a local artist whose recent works are on view this month at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, evokes both biological systems and man’s predilection for intrusion. “Night is a Girl” showcases the artist’s astonishing aptitude for translating a theme into disparate mediums. Her earthenware sculptures are beautiful yet harrowing mutations of human and botanical forms... The unexpected synthesis of cast-off doll parts and vegetal growths is at once a fascinating novelty and an alarming anomaly, the sort of artifact one might have uncovered from an Old World cabinet of curiosities... By obscuring whole bodies of evidence, Saulin demands a close examination of her diagrams, which like nearly every natural phenomenon, elude the viewers’ total comprehension."

Read the review entire here, and come check out the opening at Tiger Strikes Asteroid on Friday, April 1st from 6-9pm. 

Lucy Kim at Slag Gallery, NYC

Lucy Kim has a show coming up at Slag Gallery in New York. "Ubiquitous", featuring work by Lucy Kim and Janos Stone, runs April 12-May 7. The opening reception is Thursday April 14th, 6-8 p.m.

Lucy Kim, along with Jeesoo Lee, took part in a show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in December 2010. Kim's work "involves the manipulation of advertisements through simple, blunt physical actions" and the use of delicate tin foil, manipulated, painted and then flattened out.

Slag Gallery is located at 531 West 25 St, Ground 10 and is open Tues-Sat., 11am-6pm.

Live from Mt Airy, It's Alexis Granwell!

A lovely write up of Tiger Strikes Asteroid member Alexis Granwell's show:

 "The latest show at the Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space pairs the assemblages of Alexis Granwell with the paintings of Rick Lewis and proves (again) that contemporary art can pass muster anywhere, even in an 18th-century carriage house in bosky Mount Airy. Granwell's delicate interminglings of colorful cast-off bits of cardboard, leather, wood, wire, paint, and thread look like abstract paintings set loose from canvases. They're the descendants of works by artists like Judy Pfaff and Richard Tuttle, but with a whimsical architecture all their own."

From the Philadelphia Inquirer (click for full article).
The show is up for one more Saturday, don't miss it!

Ryan McCarteny: see the man walking @ Tiger Strikes Asteroid

The current show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid features member artist Ryan McCartney's paintings on wood.
These works are fantastic in person because you are able to appreciate the texture and subtle surface variations in the paintings. The show comes down Sunday March 27th, but don't worry! We're open Saturdayand Sunday from 2-6, so come visit us.

Tiger Strikes Asteroid is located at 319 N. 11th Street in Philadelphia, on the fourth floor. 

Aleis Granwell at Mount Airy Contemporary

Alexis Granwell, Tiger Strikes Asteroid member, is part of a show on display currently at the Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space. The show will be up until April 2nd. Granwell's works on display are a mix of three-dimensional assemblages and prints, "inspired by the cycle of decay and renewal in the urban landscape."

MACAS is located at 25 W. Mt Airy Ave, Phila PA 19119. The gallery is open Saturdays from 1-4, go check it out!