SETTING UP

IT WAS A LITTLE before 9:00 when I arrived at Fischer Bros. & Leslie, the butcher and deli on 72nd near West end. I had walked up Broadway trailing my kit behind me on a small hand truck against a frigid breeze and was happy to be inside. One of the employees was cleaning the front window, inside and out, and they were still moving a delivery into the back. I parked my kit in front of the cold case and spent a few minutes deciding what spot would give me an interesting composition without being the way.

One of the precepts for painting on-site is that you must get permission from the boss. A boss is defined as someone who can make a de-

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STORY & PAINTING BY ROBERT BECK

Timestamp:

Photographs by Larry Fink and Judith Joy Ross

Allentown Art Museum

31 N. Fifth St., Allentown, PA

610-432-4333 AllentownArtMuseum.org

Through April 16, 2023

Timestamp brings together the work of two of the most important photographers of the twentieth century, renowned for creating probing and engrossing studies of people and everyday life. This exhibition presents a selection of images by Larry Fink from the 1960s and early 1970s, and by Judith Joy Ross from the late 1980s and early 1990s.

James A. DePietro Solo Show

Nazareth Center for the Arts

30 Belvidere St., Nazareth, PA Nazaretharts.org

February 18-March 26, 2023

Artist Reception Sunday, February 19, 2-4

Open weekends and by appointment

A mini-retrospective of the artistic vision of James A. DePietro which encompasses works from his last three series: The Shadow Series (2014 - 2017), Objet d’Art Series (2017 - 2020), and The Stream of Consciousness Series (2020 - present).

Emil Lukas: Four Modes

Lafayette College Art Galleries

Grossman Gallery

243 North Third St., Easton, PA Galleries.lafayette.edu

January 23-April 15, 2023

Artist Talk / Reception: February 2, Buck Hall

219 N. Third St., Easton, PA

Emil Lukas is the Grossman Visiting Artist at Lafayette College for Spring 2023. Lukas’ residency will include an exhibition, an artist talk, and a printmaking project at the Experimental Printmaking Institute. This exhibition is curated by Robert Mattison and features four types of work Emil Lukas has been exploring and creating for decades: Puddle paintings, Larvae paintings, Thread paintings, and Bubble paintings define an artistic practice that continuously expands the vocabulary of contemporary art-making.