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THE CURATOR: Bill Gates, paper art and loving the vag

POSTED: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 7:35 PM

Hudson Beach Glass

From Gail Cunningham's Plumage

Every Tuesday, Critical Mass pokes around the blog world so you don't have to. — Philly's premier paparazzo, Hughe Dillon, offers some outstanding photographs from Bill Gates recent acceptance of the prestigious Franklin Institute Award. In response, says Steve Jobs, "Uh, iPad." — As a child Gail Cunningham must have been the polar opposite of that kid who ate glue in the corner. Wielding a pair of scissors and a single sheet of paper, Cunningham crafts wondrous works of art. Her new collection, Plumage, is on display at Hudson Beach Glass (26. S. Strawberry St.) until the end of May. Uwishunu features a picture of a piece from the collection in which a flock of birds forms a couch. If that's not an obvious comment on the state of our economy, I don't know what is. — Philly's foremost fine art is seen on the street, and Phawker's Jeff Deeney has a slide show of recent graffiti to prove it. Deeney also touches on the impact of the infiltrating New York and Connecticut artists who tag in fiercely loyal West Philly neighborhoods. Which just makes me think of that kid in the graffiti episode of Cold Case. Death by spray paint does not sound fun. — The Fightins has a priceless photo from Jamie Moyer's shutout last Friday, but it's not a picture of the old man flingin' fast and hard. Instead, it's a little shutout shoutout to the enjoyment of female anatomy. Puke, tazing and now vaginas? You stay classy, Philadelphia.

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