Green Line Art Projects

Jim Morgan--Recent Drawings

2009-01-14T09:32:00.002-05:00

Through February 2009
Green Line | Powelton Village 3649 Lancaster Avenue

This group of recent drawings begin with the artist perusing commercial and residential real estate listings, with an interest in simple, mundane structures such as warehouses, service stations, modest homes--a vernacular to which we tend to pay scant attention. Morgan strips the images of their location and surroundings and reduces the subject matter to delineated container forms...the essential function of buildings...to hold things. Whether the contents were plumbing supplies or people is irrelevant from this perspective. Just as this architecture may "disappear from view" in the conciousness of the passerby, in these drawings, without the depiction of exterior adornments or geographic context the viewer looks through the skin of the buildings. The form of structure is the primary interest.

Jim Morgan graduated from the Pratt Institute, New York. He is based in Princeton, NJ.

www.jimmorgangallery.com

Kathryn Van Steenhuyse--New Paintings

2008-12-05T10:45:00.003-05:00

Through January 2009
Green Line Cafe, 4239 Baltimore Avenue

Interested in the process of "making sense" of an experience, Kathryn Van Steenhuyse uses painting as a way to be continuously suspended in a state of not-knowing and discovery. Each encounter with her paintings is somewhat baffling and that uncertainty is exciting.

Van Steenhuyse was born in Vinton, Iowa in 1979. She received her MFA in Fine Arts in 2008 from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, and a BFA in Painting, 2001, from Washington University in St. Louis, Magna Cum Laude. She has participated in exhibitions at the Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; The Berlin Office, Berlin; Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA; Queen's Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA; Playspace Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco; Crucible Steele Gallery at CELLspace, San Francisco, CA; HEREart Center, New York; The Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; the Moore College of Art + Design, Philadelphia, PA. She was also a Fellow of The Career Development Program at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 2006 – 2008, Philadelphia, PA.

Van Steenhuyse currently lives and works in Bolton Landing, NY.

Visit: www.kvansteenhuyse.com

John Tallman--Contemporary Two-Dimensional Art Objects for Home or Office

2008-11-11T12:50:00.006-05:00

Through December 2008
Green Line | Powelton Village 3649 Lancaster Avenue

John Tallman has created a new set of colored cast resin objects created specifically for this exhibition.

Tallman's idiosyncratic art exists somewhere in between painting and sculpture, however they all explore vibrant color riding the vehicle of a wide range of materiality. All the work in this show are untitled, though the artist casually calls them "sponges, washcloths, and cotton balls." This underscores the way Tallman simultaneously embraces and pokes serious fun at the high-minded ideals of late modern “purist” approaches to art making.

His work was last exhibited in Philadelphia in 2006 at the Abington Art Center. Since then his work has been included in exhibitions at The Drawing Center (NYC), IS Projects (The Netherlands), and Sydney Non-Objective (Australia).

A native of the Philadelphia area, Tallman now lives and works near Chattanooga, TN.

Read a cafe customer's response to this work: "Toxic, Boring, Inhumane"

Visit the artist's website:
www.johntallman.com

About Green Line Art Projects

2008-10-01T16:16:00.003-04:00

Green Line Art Projects is based on the idea of building personal relationships through contemporary visual art and ideas. The exhibitions are mounted in the three West Philadelphia locations of the Green Line Cafe, a family-owned coffeehouse business. This context--a cafe with tables and chairs, versus an art gallery--is integral. Exhibitions are curated by Douglas Witmer, founder and co-proprietor of the Green Line, and focus primarily on painting and works on paper by artists from Philadelphia and beyond.

Here is an incomplete list of artists whose work has been exhibited at the Green Line:

Chris Ashley
Tim McFarlane
Emily Erb
John Tallman
Sarah Nicole Phillips
Timothy Gierschick
Linn Meyers
Anne Seidman
Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Matthew Langley
Paige Williams
Doug Noe
John Overmyer
Kate Van Steenhuysen
Zarouhie Abdalian

Matthew Langley--Paperworks

2008-09-05T16:25:00.004-04:00

Through November 7, 2008
Reception: Friday September 12, 6-8pm
Green Line | Powelton Village 3649 Lancaster Avenue

(image: Flare, 2008, acrylic on paper, 18 x 15 inches.)

This exhibition introduces the work of Washington DC artist Matthew Langley to the Philadelphia area. Langley is a graduate of The Corcoran School of Art and has exhibited extensively in the DC area, including a recent solo exhibition at the DCAC (District of Columbia Arts Center).

In this focused selection of new works on paper, Langley mines an "order versus chance" contradiction apparent in his process to create his composition. Langley states: "I feel that the building, tearing down, and rebuilding is the true core of what painting is and should be. The image making that comes from this strategic approach to the true core of painting production will be clear, concise and rational. I would be foolish to believe that the end result would be dull or repetitious."

(image: Indirect Enquiries, 2008, acrylic on paper, 9 x 9 inches)

The artist will be present for a reception on Friday September 12, from 6-8pm.
Map to location.

Emily Erb--Paintings on Silk

2008-08-16T10:16:00.005-04:00

Through July 2008
Green Line | Powelton Village, 3649 Lancaster Avenue

Cemetary, 2007, dye on found silk with found frame, 16 x 20 inches.

Emily Erb holds a BFA from Tyler School of Art. Her recent work hybridizes photography, drawing, painting, and the "handicraft" of fabric dying to produce haunting, dreamlike images.

PlaneImage--Paige Williams and Jeffrey Cortland Jones

2008-02-19T11:31:00.009-05:00

Through March 2008
Green Line | Powelton Village, 3649 Lancaster Avenue

(Left to right: Jeffrey Cortland Jones, two works by Paige Williams, Jones, Williams, Jones...click to enlarge)

PlaneImage features the work of Paige Williams and Jeffrey Cortland Jones, two Ohio-based abstract painters. Both working on panel, each addresses the hard slick surface with a unique touch and concern for color and imagery.

Paige Williams, "Without Even Thinking," 2006. Latex on panel, 23 inches square.

Paige Williams, currently teaches painting and drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. She exhibits locally, nationally and internationally including exhibitions in Germany, the Ukraine, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York and has been selected as an Artist in Residence at the Millay Colony for the Arts in New York, The University of Alaska in Anchorage, The Neu Rathaus Gallery in Munich, Germany and The Vermont Studio Center.

Williams' work explores the space between us: the physical and psychological disparities that exist in relationships along with the joys and tensions that arise as a result of navigating these intervals. The works are about discovery, the struggle to relinquish control and reveling in the absurd and unexpected.

Jeffrey Cortland Jones, "Disco," 2007. Enamel, resin, and other mixed media on MDF, 17 x 7 inches.

Jeffrey Cortland Jones teaches at the University of Dayton, Ohio. Recent exhibitions include the Weston Center for the Arts in Cincinnati, The University of Cincinnati, Western Kentucky University, and Providence College in Rhode Island.

Jones' recent paintings are the records of densely layered actions. His preference for the materials of heavy industry such as resin and MDF panels neverthess give way to his sense of luxurious color and sense of light. His use of clear coats allows allows the viewer to literally sift through transparent layers of experience, imbuing the paintings with a sense of real time.

Jessica Hoffman and Molly Landergan

2008-02-18T11:45:00.001-05:00

Jessica Hoffman and Molly Landergan
Recent Photographs
Through March 2008
Green Line Cafe, 4239 Baltimore Avenue

Out of the Box--PW covers

2008-02-17T12:20:00.002-05:00

Out of the Box--Philadelphia Weekly Covers, October 05--July 07
Through March 2008
Other Green Line, 4305 Locust Street

This is a collection documenting the dynamic cover art for the Philadelphia Weekly produced under the direction of award-winning designer Sara Green. The show includes our favorite "Soul of the City" cover that features an illustration based on the Green Line!

Submission Guidelines

2008-01-20T11:51:00.003-05:00

The Green Line Cafe accepts submissions on a rolling basis for possible future exhibition at our three West Philadelphia locations.

We will review your work one of two ways:
--E-mail us your website URL where we can view your work and find out how
to contact you.
No attachments please! They will not be reviewed!
GreenLine [at] greenlinecafe [dot] com

--Mail or drop off a CD of your work to:
GREEN LINE ART PROJECTS
c/o The Green Line Cafe
4239 Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
CD should contain 10 images representative of current work that you would plan to exhibit, your contact information, and your bio.
Statement is optional.
Be advised that we cannot return these materials.

Please do not drop off original artworks.

Because of the large number of inquiries we receive, you will only hear from us in the event that we would like to invite you to show. Please do not call the cafe to ask about the status of your submission. The staff working behind the counter at the cafes will not be able to help you.

Artists who are invited to exhibit will be asked to sign an exhibition agreement with the Cafe that outlines details such as hanging and taking down your work, prices, commission, and how sales will be handled.

Exhibition Agreement

2008-01-01T11:53:00.000-05:00

Click Here for Exhibition Agreement PDF.

Zarouhie Abdalian

2007-12-18T13:16:00.000-05:00

Green Line | Powelton

Zarouhie Abdalian
Who you callin' gutter punk : recent engravings
Through January 2008
Green Line | Powelton, 3649 Lancaster Avenue

Zarouhie Abdalian's series of intimately scaled, exquisitely rendered engravings portray homeless youths. As engravings, hand-carved into copper, these portraits record acts of painstaking physical and mental exertion, determination, and care. The portraits describe individuals who are often indiscriminately and blindly labeled as "gutter punks" solely because of their status as homeless youth.

Zarouhie Abdalian grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated from Tulane University. She has exhibited in New Orleans, Philadelphia, France, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and South Africa. In 2007, her illustrations were published The Color Inside, a children's book by Folwell Dunbar. Abdalian's work is held in many private collections and is in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and the Montgomery (Alabama) Museum of Fine Arts.

Abdalian currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she is the Artist-in-Residence at the Philadelphia Cathedral.

For more information, visit www.zarouhie.com.

John Overmyer

2007-12-18T12:53:00.000-05:00

The Green Line Cafe

John Overmyer
Commentary 1995-2007
Through January 2008
Green Line Cafe, 4239 Baltimore Ave

Nationally recognized West Philly-based artist and illustrator John Overmyer shows hundreds of drawings completed over the past twelve years. Overmyer recently created the album art for Songs on the Green Line, released by the Cafe. Overmyer made many of the drawings in this show while having coffee at the Cafe. The work is installed on the Cafe's walls in a similar fashion to his studio...in an offhand collage fashion with tape showing.

One wall features preparatory drawings for "Songs on the Green Line." The other focuses on editorial illustrations, including work done on assignment for many widely known publications.

Brae Howard

2007-11-15T16:15:00.000-05:00

Other Green Line

Brae Howard
China Portraits
Thru December 2007
The Other Green Line, 4305 Locust Street

In 2005, Philadelphia-based photographer Brae Howard lived in China for 10 months, teaching English, while documenting the people and absorbing their rich culture. She quickly felt at home in their culture and deeply admired their ways of thinking, their whimsical combinations of colors and patterns, their natural sense of community, and their easy humility. Most of the photographs are of strangers on the streets and some are of her students. The photographs are characterized by the warmth and natural fondness felt towards her subjects.

Sarah Nicole Phillips

2007-10-09T07:22:00.000-04:00

Green Line | Powelton Village

Sarah Nicole Phillips
"Cloud Colour Tells"
Through October, 2007
Green Line | Powelton Village, 3649 Lancaster Avenue

Sarah Nicole Phillips is a Brooklyn-based artist who produces series of unique print editions. Green Line Art Projects is showing her 2006 series "Cloud Colour Tells Much About What is Going on Inside " and her 2007 series "April Pictures."

Phillips also has a permanent installation currently on view at LAVA, just up the street on Lancaster Avenue.

Both venues will be open for Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.

Learn more about Green Line's involvement with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.

Laureen Griffin and Michael Schwartz

2007-10-08T10:52:00.000-04:00

Green Line Cafe

Laureen Griffin--Portraiture Project
Michael Schwartz--Conversations
Through October 2007
Green Line Cafe, 4239 Baltimore Avenue

The Green Line celebrates its involvement with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours and the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program by exhibiting the work of current 40th St AIR resident artists Laureen Griffin and Michael Schwartz.

Griffin's "Portraiture Project" is a collaborative process with the subjects she photographs. She invites the public (mostly gender queer and women) to share personal stories of gender stereotyping and/or to dress in gendered costume and be photographed. The artist and subject work together to conceive of the ideal costume and setting. The resulting photographs are displayed salon-style in the cafe. The Gender Portraiture Project is supported by a grant from the Five County Arts Fund, a Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Schwartz's paintings on paper and panel are all portraits in one way or another. The selection of work for this show was curated by an artist friend and placed together taking into consideration theme, color, size, location and form. This particular group of work represents a conversation amongst the work, between two friends, and extending to the viewing public.

The 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program awards West Philadelphia artists six months of free studio time in a previously unused space near the corner of 40th and Chestnut Streets. In exchange, the program asks each artist to share his or her talents with the West Philadelphia community. Learn more about the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program.

Learn more about Green Line's involvement with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.

P. Timothy Gierschick, II

2007-09-02T10:22:00.000-04:00

Green Line | Powelton

P. Timothy Gierschick II
Recent Works on Panel
Through September 28
Green Line | Powelton--3649 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia

P. Timothy Gierschick II shows a focused group of intimately scaled paintings on panel that feature inconographic images rendered in relationship to found objects, such as vintage medical prescriptions.

READ THE REVIEW of this exhibition on Philly Artblog!

More information about P. Timothy Gierschick, II HERE .

Sherman Arts Poster Survey

2007-09-01T11:01:00.000-04:00

Other Green Line

Sherman Arts Poster Survey
Through October 28
Other Green Line--4305 Locust Street

"Sherman Arts Poster Survey" celebrates the third anniversary of Green Line's partnership with Rich Wexler and Sherman Community Arts. Over the years, Rich has been a tireless advocate of Philadelphia's vibrant indie music scene. With their dynamic design and often humorous content, his posters for shows at the Green Line make up a significant piece of visual culture all on their own.

Sherman Community Arts is an organization that promotes community building through music, films, and arts events. Sherman Community Arts also promotes the idea of supporting local musicians, local venues, local economy, and Artist's rights and resources, as well as promotes various community based arts events through the city. This work is accomplished through organizing various events throughout the West Philadelphia/Philadelphia community including such venues as The Rotunda, The Green Line Cafe, The Balcony, Tritone, and more. Sherman also host a weekly on-line mailer that promotes various grass roots and independently organized arts events.

Douglas Witmer

2007-08-31T10:36:00.000-04:00

Green Line Cafe

Douglas Witmer
Recent paintings
Through September 20
Green Line Cafe--4239 Baltimore Avenue

Douglas Witmer shows recent large and small scale paintings. Witmer is one of the co-owners of the Green Line Cafe. This is his first exhibit at the cafe. His current paintings explore vibrant transparent colored bands that float above fragile grey foundations. Witmer's work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at Sydney Non Objective in Sydney Australia.

More information about Douglas Witmer HERE .