Spring Break
Artists design for change
Jackie Essis
Issue date: 10/3/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Six groups of artists participated in the second-annual Canvas Clash Sept. 27, an event centered around allowing artists to express their concepts for progressive change in Philadelphia.
The theme of Canvas Clash 2008 was to use unconventional canvases to create compositions dealing with positive change. These unusual canvases included found objects like old car parts, windows, cardboard boxes, and other items that gave the artists inspiration. The art pieces were composed live at the event, each taking about five hours to design and complete. A majority of the artists working together were friends or even relatives, just proving that Philadelphia is truly the City of Brotherly Love.
In their positive change piece, James and Gregory Labold campaigned for "more brotherly love in the world, and families making something together," by expressing the idea of more unity in the Philadelphia neighborhoods. Topics of change also involved an alternative view of the Last Supper, depicting the greediness of corporate America and the need for others to get a slice of the ideal American dream.
Other canvases included cargo vans, which represented our community's dependency on oil and its effect on our environment. This was fashioned using spray paint and newspaper, which created an eccentric outlook on current events.
"This event won't solve these problems, but hopefully it will encourage more people to consider them more earnestly through an unexpected lens," Executive Producer of Canvas Clash, Chris Anderson, said.
Other exhibits at Canvas Clash included a section dedicated to photojournalism. Photographers Eric Mencher, Harvey Finkle and Ted Adams took photographs of the extensive landscapes of Fairmount Park. Many of the photographers involved in the exhibit have studied Philadelphia's social, political, and cultural issues in the past.
During the revealing of the artwork, DJ Statik of Illvibe Collective spun electric soul beats that kept the mood of the event optimistic. The overall moral of Canvas Clash came from graffiti artist Mike Dejessa who stated you must learn to "transition yourself because the world is changing."
If you were unable to catch this astonishing community event, all of the canvases will be on display at bS Shirts (16 N. Third St.) starting Oct. 3.
The free event was held in the Welcome Center of Love Park and was sponsored by corporations such as Utrecht, Campus Philly, M3printing, Zipcar, and Fairmount Park Commission. Also, local bands The Hustle, The Peace Creeps, and POPO provided musical entertainment throughout the afternoon.
The theme of Canvas Clash 2008 was to use unconventional canvases to create compositions dealing with positive change. These unusual canvases included found objects like old car parts, windows, cardboard boxes, and other items that gave the artists inspiration. The art pieces were composed live at the event, each taking about five hours to design and complete. A majority of the artists working together were friends or even relatives, just proving that Philadelphia is truly the City of Brotherly Love.
In their positive change piece, James and Gregory Labold campaigned for "more brotherly love in the world, and families making something together," by expressing the idea of more unity in the Philadelphia neighborhoods. Topics of change also involved an alternative view of the Last Supper, depicting the greediness of corporate America and the need for others to get a slice of the ideal American dream.
Other canvases included cargo vans, which represented our community's dependency on oil and its effect on our environment. This was fashioned using spray paint and newspaper, which created an eccentric outlook on current events.
"This event won't solve these problems, but hopefully it will encourage more people to consider them more earnestly through an unexpected lens," Executive Producer of Canvas Clash, Chris Anderson, said.
Other exhibits at Canvas Clash included a section dedicated to photojournalism. Photographers Eric Mencher, Harvey Finkle and Ted Adams took photographs of the extensive landscapes of Fairmount Park. Many of the photographers involved in the exhibit have studied Philadelphia's social, political, and cultural issues in the past.
During the revealing of the artwork, DJ Statik of Illvibe Collective spun electric soul beats that kept the mood of the event optimistic. The overall moral of Canvas Clash came from graffiti artist Mike Dejessa who stated you must learn to "transition yourself because the world is changing."
If you were unable to catch this astonishing community event, all of the canvases will be on display at bS Shirts (16 N. Third St.) starting Oct. 3.
The free event was held in the Welcome Center of Love Park and was sponsored by corporations such as Utrecht, Campus Philly, M3printing, Zipcar, and Fairmount Park Commission. Also, local bands The Hustle, The Peace Creeps, and POPO provided musical entertainment throughout the afternoon.
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