Twee Abstraction reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer
”Twee Abstraction, at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and curated by TSA member Alex Paik, is composed of nine artists from the younger generation who make every effort to undermine formality. The appearance of a lack of technique is celebrated in these paintings, which often employ fragile found materials and underworked surfaces. A look of abjectness is cultivated.”
[Same/Not, by Edith Newhall]
Twee Abstraction on the ArtBlog
”Alex Paik’s zig-zag color-pencil-striped paper construction “Prelude and Fugue” likewise brings up ideas of party games — rubiks’ cubes gone bananas, game boards to nowhere and something like what Frank Stella might have made if he ever had a sense of humor or the ability to not take himself soooo seriously.”
[Around the World at 319 N. 11th St, by Roberta Fallon]
Twee Abstraction reviewed in [^]LAND
“Twee Abstraction is a new exhibition of work put on by Tiger Strikes Asteroid that attests to Alex Paik’s great curating. As a rule, I usually condemn when a curator includes him or herself in the show that they’re working on, but this is one of the few instances where rules were meant to be broken. The show includes work by 9 artists, but when entered a priori, looks like the genuinely diverse genius of a single worker.”
[Twee Abstraction at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, by Alexander Conner]
Twee Abstraction in the Philadelphia CityPaper
“There’s something about the descriptor “twee” that seems to welcome detractors. Haters will prattle on about how it’s just so sickly sweet and then knock its perceived lack of ambition. Granted, this debate is mostly a matter of taste, but if these cold-hearted hepcats want nothing to do with a return to playful innocence where jangly, lo-fi guitars and cooing vocals provide the soundtrack, then so be it. For everyone else, there’s “Twee Abstraction,” the latest group exhibition from Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Alex Paik curates and exhibits as he and eight others (including Andrew Masullo, who was just tapped to show at the 2012 Whitney Biennial) “take the mentality of early twee-pop and apply it.” Primarily using fragile materials such as found wood, wire, fabric and folded paper, the exhibition isn’t so much in-your-face as it is please-look-at-this, for it was made with care.”
[Twee Abstraction, by Chris Brown]
Twee Abstraction
curated by Alex Paik
January 6 - 29, 2012
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
319A North 11th Street, Suite 2H
Philadelphia PA, 19107
Get on the Block named one of the top art exhibits of 2011 by museumnerd
Gallery Joe @ Pulse:Miami
December 1 - 4, 2011
The Ice Palace
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
Alex Paik: Start to Move
October 7 - 30, 2011
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
319A North 11th Street, Suite 2H
Philadelphia PA, 19107
[interview with Matthew Sepielli]
