FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2016
Contact: Dawn Kramlich, [email protected]
Nicole Paloux, [email protected]
(Images available upon request)
Matthew Barrick, Amanda Stevenson Lupke, Lauren Lyons, Benjamin Pierce, and
Lauren Rinaldi
Intimate Variations
July 12 – September 12, 2016
Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, 129 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia PA 19107
Artist Reception: Tuesday, August 23, 4-7pm
PHILADELPHIA — InLiquid is proud to announce a new partnership with Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro.
Vintage has been immersing themselves in the arts by displaying local artists’ work on their exposed
brick wall for many years. By teaming up with InLiquid, Vintage is becoming even more ingrained in the
unique culture of Philadelphia’s art scene. InLiquid’s team has begun to curate exhibitions for Vintage’s
character-filled space, and both are pleased to have the first show open this month.
Curated by InLiquid in partnership with Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro, Intimate Variations is an exhibition
of paintings and photographs which offer differing ideas of what “intimate” can mean. Taking
inspiration from very disparate locations, events, or moments, the artists in Intimate Variations are
brought together by a concept rather than a specific process or mode of working. Featuring the artists:
Matthew Barrick, Amanda Stevenson Lupke, Lauren Lyons, Benjamin C. Pierce, and Lauren
Rinaldi.
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Matt Barrick has traveled the globe as a musician, often spending as little as a few hours in a city before
moving on. He began using his photography as an attempt to capture those brief, quickly passing
moments and to connect in a more meaningful way with the people and places he encountered. His
photograph in this exhibition was taken in the streets of Buenos Aires.
Amanda Stevenson Lupke has logged over 15 years of professional photographic experience in Basel,
London, New York, and her hometown of Philadelphia. Her work has been featured in a variety of
exhibitions throughout the MidAtlantic region, international publications, and advertising campaigns –
including Harper Collins Publishing, Miller Brewing Company and Cox Communications.
Benjamin C. Pierce’s work concerns the human figure -- sometimes treated directly but more often
obliquely, with strong abstracting elements like defocus or motion blur highlighting form and gesture.
The precise qualities of palette and light that emerge in the final prints ripened over months and years.
Lauren Rinaldi is originally from Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA in Painting from Tyler
School of Art in 2006. She is a painter, illustrator and has worked on various projects with The City of
Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Her most recent visual works have been exhibited at Paradigm
Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia and Scope Miami Beach – International Contemporary Art Show in
Miami. She Currently resides in Philadelphia with her husband and son.
Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro is conveniently located in center city Philadelphia’s Midtown Village
neighborhood, just blocks away from City Hall, the Reading Terminal Market, Rittenhouse square, and
Independence Hall. Vintage’s French-American bistro style dinner menu is brought to you by Chef
Peter Pray, and they boast a wine selection of 60 wines by the glass from around the world.
Restaurant link: http://www.vintage-philadelphia.com/
Phone: 215.922.3095
Image: Lauren Rinaldi; Sweetie IV; 2015, oil on wooden plaque, 5” x 9.5”
InLiquid’s Mission:
InLiquid mobilizes and makes accessible the visual arts culture of the greater Philadelphia region in order to unite
communities, establish wider audiences for artists and designers, facilitate the relationship between artists and
collectors, and nurture the public’s appreciation of all forms of visual art.
InLiquid’s Vision:
InLiquid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to creating opportunities and exposure for visual artists
while serving as a free, online, public hub that showcases Philadelphia’s vast visual arts culture.
Through the active promotion of artists’ work and credentials via online accessibility, numerous ongoing
exhibition programs distributed throughout the city in galleries and alternative spaces, meaningful partnerships
with cultural organizations and corporate clients, unique community-engaged events, and the facilitation of
relationships with art collectors, InLiquid delivers the richness of our region’s visual art culture to broader
audiences, thus increasing appreciation of all forms of visual culture.
InLiquid envisions a future Philadelphia where the visual art culture is so deeply integrated with the community
that everyone can be a collector, regardless of socioeconomic position, profession, and location.