The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The dog days of August haven’t brought Philadelphia galleries to a grinding halt the way they used to. Indeed, more than a few have taken an optimistic approach to what has traditionally been the slowest month of the year, even opening new shows over the past two weeks.

The Slingluff Gallery in Fishtown has a recent series of works by Mark Havens, an artist whose large color photographs of vintage motor oil decals were recently shown by JAGR: Projects in the Rittenhouse Hotel. But these photographs on wood panels are as faint and reflective in mood as his c-prints of decals were graphic and bold. Please click here to view the whole article.