Grizzly Grizzly has taken over my life

So most of anyone who checks in here probably knows that I am a Co-Founder and Co-Director of a project space in Philadelphia since December 2009. I have become extremely lazy with this blog and been focusing all my efforts elsewhere with Grizzly Grizzly but alas this is not a 'blog suicide note' by any means, its more of an apology.
I do plan on updating here more regularly, perhaps changing the focus to go beyond what it started as (art, etc. I liked) and what it became (reposting Grizzly shows). A mix of both and more, and will probably be done in massive bursts of posts. And a s a p.
Grizzly Grizzly as you may know is doing extremely well and getting tons of local and international attention and press. It has been perhaps the most interesting adventure I have embarked on in my life and  I can only suggest to art lovers anywhere to check it out whether digitally or actually. And also please send us your images and proposals at 2xgrizzly@gmail.com and who knows we'll probably be glad to work with you and get something rad of yours up and shown.
This is not a retreat this is a regrouping.
Sincerely,
Dennis

Grizzly Grizzly exchange exhibition with Tompkins Projects

Grizzly Grizzly is proud to announce an exchange exhibition with Tompkins Projects.

Please join us Friday, March 11 from 6-10PM for the opening reception.

Current Grizzlies showing recent work include:
Mike Ellyson
Jacque Liu
Dennis Matthews
Mary Smull
Cindy Stockton Moore

Gallery Hours
12pm to 6pm, Fridays & Saturdays
and by appointment

http://www.tompkinsprojects.com/
http://www.grizzlygrizzly.wordpress.com/

127 Tompkins Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11206

http://grizzlygrizzly.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/omission-breath/

sharon van etten

she's playing at world cafe live tomorrow in philly. i might regrettably miss this to a prior engagement. or perhaps the grizzly grizzly meeting will be rescheduled.
sharon van etten
watch here

Colleen Rudolf @ Grizzly Grizzly

Grizzly Grizzly
elephant feet shoes, need I say more?
Hours : Sat-Sun 1-6 pm
319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor

Yevgeniya S. Baras & Robert Scobey @ Grizzly Grizzly

Ranbir Kaleka

Auroboros:

To light up his path, a horse rider turns on his torch/flashlight, but light from the torch doesn’t brighten the rider’s path but the beam of light illumines only the back of his own horse.

I was thinking of many things: The sheer impossibility of absolutely accurate predictions of what lies ahead in time and space, the necessity of illuminating the past before a movement forward, cyclicality, self-reflexivity, the ancient Ouroboros symbol of Serpent swallowing its own tail, the failure of systems, the futility of circular thinking.

This too: At the legs, the man’s  body merges with the horse’s body, implying they are one. The man could be looking for its scattered self to put it all together in one piece. The horses body would fit into one piece as a jigsaw puzzle but the shape of the pedestals makes this ‘coming together’ into a whole an impossibility.

The little girl is added digitally to give sense of scale,.. the sculpture is a a little under 2.50 Metres (over 8 feet) tall.


Warmly, Ranbir



P.S.
Ranbir is an amazing artist that I had the wonderful opportunity of presenting his lecture at SAIC, he has sent me this new work and I am working on getting the video of the lecture uploaded which will be posted here soon.

Grizzly Grizzly gettin' some press!

Gallery Visit by Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof

Yevgeniya S. Baras and Robert Scobey

GrizzlyGrizzly presents our new show featuring Brooklyn painter Yevgeniya S. Baras and Philadelphia multimedia artist Robert Scobey.
Our opening reception will be Feb 5th, from 6 to 10 pm
The Grizzly is located at 319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor.
Gallery hours are Sat & Sun 1 to 6 pm




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Joshua and Tisch Abelow, pt. 2

The Opening will be Friday, January 8th from 6 to 10 pm
Grizzly Grizzly is located at 319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor
(if you cannot make it, I will schedule viewings by appointment, so please email me at dpmatt@ymail.com)

Joshua and Tisch Abelow

Grizzly Grizzly is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Joshua and Tisch Abelow.






Joshua and Tisch share the same last name because they are brother and sister. Until recently, these two artists lived in different locations (Tisch in San Francisco/LA, Joshua in Berlin). Currently, these artists find themselves working in their respective studios in their hometown, Frederick, MD. This exhibition aims to bring their works even closer together by showing their paintings/drawings in the same space for the first time.

The gallery will hold an opening reception on January 8th from 6-10 pm and will be open by appointment.

GRIZZLY GRIZZLY opening

GrizzlyGrizzlyis our new gallery in Philadelphia, here are pictures of the inaugural show and ensuing mayhem. Yes we take submissions, email me.

Eric Sall

Eric Sall interview is published too, on White Hot's website,read it here

INDEX review published!

My review is now published online for White Hot Magazine, read it online!

Chicago Art Open

I'm in this, again. Should be cool, Candida Alvarez was one of the judges and she's a great painter and teacher of mine.
Its at a much better venue this year, The Merchandise Mart, from October 3rd to the 19th. Go see this!

Accidental Gallery Opening this Weekend

Last Day for our MFA Show

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

MFA Exhibition

April 26 - May 16, 2008

(Gallery 2 & Project Space, 847 W. Jackson Blvd., 2nd & 3rd Floors)

Exhibition hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Extended viewing hours: April 30 and May 16, 11:00 am - 9:00 pm