THE CURATOR: popularity contests among artists, DIY hatin', the GPTMC's new promotion, a solution to bare walls, Dr. Phil comes to Philly

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THE CURATOR: popularity contests among artists, DIY hatin', the GPTMC's new promotion, a solution to bare walls, Dr. Phil comes to Philly

POSTED: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 7:39 PM

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He was here, in our fair city? No no no no!

Every Tuesday, Critical Mass sifts through the art blog world so you don't have to. -The breadth of Facebook's influence is reflected in NEXUS/foundation's most recent exhibit, 'My Face in Your Space.' Each artist did a portrait of another artist, the catch being that the subject had to then reciprocate with a portrait of the original artist ' the FB equivalent of having a friend request accepted. The artblog reports that artist Austin Lee is the most popular, having done 20 portraits (and receiving 20 in return). -Roberta Fallon of Philadelphia Weekly interviewed UPenn grad Manya Scheps. Fed up with Philly DIY-ers' self-satisfaction, Scheps created the critique zine New Asshole. Ahead of the game, Scheps claims that the beginning of her discontent was this past winter, two full seasons before City Paper's Bruce Schimmel noted that this summer has been one of the perturbed. -To coincide with the It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's season premiere, Philebrity pointed out the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation's earnest, but perhaps misguided, attempt to promote our city ' which is shown affectionately, but crudely, in It's Always Sunny. But hey, whatever it takes to get people to sleep over. -September tends to be a month of new tenants. Walls looking a bit bare? Pick the perfect hi-res image and send it to Old City-based Larger Than Life Prints, which will create a giant, wall-safe sticker to your liking. Technically Philly chose a mouse icon, but feel free to slap on something a wee less dorky. -You can't spell Philly without 'Phil.' Unfortunately. And that's the only reasoning I can find as to why the TV shrink Dr. Phil is sticking his mustache into local business, which the Inquirer reported on last week. Not only will the man be adding his two cents on the Vick controversy, he'll also try to heal the rift between Pat's and Geno's. Please.

Caroline - Philadelphia Tourism

Posted 2009-09-22 16:36:00

We are nothing if not earnest. :)

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