FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2015
Contact: Erica Minutella, erica@inliquid.org
(Images available upon request)
Anthony Vega
Disappearing Horizon
March 12 - April 26, 2015
The Hall, Crane Arts, 1400 North American Street, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA
Second Thursday receptions: March 12 and April 9, 6-9pm
PHILADELPHIA—InLiquid presents Disappearing Horizon, a solo exhibition by artist member Anthony
Vega, at The Hall at Crane Arts from March 12 – April 26, 2015. This show presents new works,
including both paintings and drawings that relate to Vega’s new Instagram project. He utilizes
content, scale, mark, material and color to engage and challenge our contemporary conditions,
allowing the works to invite viewers to question and investigate their visual landscape in new ways.
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Vega is a visual artist, educator and curator in the Philadelphia area, and he is represented by LG
Tripp Gallery (Philadelphia). His undergraduate work was completed at Saint Joseph's University,
where he studied fine art and philosophy, and his Master of Fine Arts degree was received from the
University of Delaware. He is currently adjunct faculty at the University of Delaware, teaching
studio courses, contemporary art theory and media studies as well as adjunct faculty at Penn State
Brandywine teaching drawing and painting courses. Previously, Vega was the director of the
University of Delaware Philadelphia gallery, UD@Crane, in the Crane Arts building. Vega’s work is
exhibited in galleries, museums and other venues regionally and nationally.
Vega writes about his art:
“The main interests in my practice lie in my fascination with the translation of language and image in
the digital age. My work is an exploration of my relationship to culture, interpretation, and how we
apply meaning personally and socially.”
Image: Anthony Vega, Untitled, 2014, acrylic on canvas.
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visual artists while serving as a free, online public hub for arts information in the Philadelphia area.
By providing the public with immediate access to view the portfolios and credentials of over 250
artists and designers via the internet; through meaningful partnerships with other cultural
organizations; through community-based activities and exhibitions; and through an extensive online
body of timely art information, InLiquid brings to light the richness of our region’s art activity,
broadens audiences, and heightens appreciation for all forms of visual culture.
Support provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.