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  "description": "Some photos from a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-07-27T14:22:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "One of the things that made us settle on the neighborhood we moved into this spring was its proximity to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It's an easy 15-minute walk, mostly through or on the edge of Fairmount Park, and one of the first things I did after the first wave of unpacking was over was purchasing a membership and an initial visit. I love the fact that we can go on a whim, and when there have no particular urgency to see more than we want. I've gone a few times just to see the incredible Duchamp collection there. \n\nA new exhibit opened yesterday displaying some of the 400+ screenprints that were recently gifted to the museum by the NYC-based screenprinting studio Brand X: \n\n> Since 1979, Brand X Editions has pushed the boundaries of screenprinting and its expressive possibilities in their partnerships with emerging and established contemporary artists, from Helen Frankenthaler and Alex Katz to Rashid Johnson and Emily Mae Smith.\n\nI suppose that I've always connected screenprinting with cheap/blocky posters and t-shirts; it's impressive seeing the almost photographic level of precision that Brand X can achieve, and the extended techniques that they've been able to develop to extend the art and science of the medium.\n\nI took photos of some that I found interesting. \n\n<br />\n\"Untitled\" by Rafa Macarrón\n{ .img-caption }\n\nI've seen Macarrón's work before, and I love the loopy energy in this one particularly. If anyone has an extra $10000, I have an excellent spot for a copy of this print in my office. \n\nThe geek in me would liked to have seen more information on the process and equipment in their studio to make these. The closest thing to that was a room that had proof prints showing a huge Chuck Close self-portrait that was created from his painting; a gradual accretion of colors from light to dark until the piece is complete; the exhibit has 6 or 7 including the final, a sampling: \n\n<br />\nStage 1\n{ .img-caption }\n\n<br />\n...about halfway through\n{ .img-caption }\n\n<br />\nFinal completed print\n{ .img-caption }\n\n<br />\n\"Swell Guys\" by Leon Golub\n{ .img-caption }\n\n<br />\n\"Battery Variations\" by James Siena\n{ .img-caption }\n\nHighly recommended, and there's also a great new exhibit in the adjacent photography gallery including an Andy Warhol \"album\" of a few hundred Polaroid SX-70 photographs taken casually in the early 70s. \n\n<small>View Change History</small>",
  "title": "Brand X @ Philadelphia Museum"
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