Good Grief!

According Good Grief’s sophisticated user preference tracking algorithm, readers who enjoy fake art reviews will also enjoy Phreaking Philly’s review of Cart, a popular BYO in Old City:
Cart is a charming, unassuming BYO that offers little in the way of interior design, but bags of potato chips clipped to its industrial-nuevo structure provide a splash […]

Today’s arts pick is inspired by the 2005 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. These stretchy plastic bags transform a pair of feet into instant performance art.
The dueling symbolism of this piece thrusts a tremendous amount of tension onto the viewer and leaves many questions unanswered. The plastic medium evokes the material commonly used to store […]

Today’s art’s pick questions the role of the artist in our society.
The symbolism—namely the palette and the sword—is straightforward and represents the subject’s uncertainty and turmoil. This figure, an artist himself, faces a difficult decision: should he use his skill to create beauty, or should he wield his talent like a sword, using […]

Today’s arts pick is a masterpiece that represents some of society’s most troubling problems. Though constructed of material commonly associated with childhood and innocence, the piece is an abstraction of the segregation and bigotry that pervade our culture.
The artist has chosen an unusual medium for this picture, one originally intended to act as a harmonious, […]

I’m in Montana, and Good Grief! is in re-runs. This is my favorite arts pick because the comments are hysterical. Read the comments!
Today’s arts pick is an extremely dark and haunting piece. The predominant theme of the installation is, of course, the angst of modern day isolation. By depicting a common […]

This week’s arts pick highlights society’s obsession with mobility and the resulting eradication of privacy and traditional boundaries. To portray the potential devastating consequences of our absurd fixation with mobile devices, the artist uses both location and well-chosen, commonplace materials.
First, consider the location. The piece is installed at the end of a long, […]

This week’s arts pick depicts a tragedy of almost unimaginable magnitude. Even a literal interpretation of this piece evokes the anger and sadness that accompany the destruction of a vessel filled with valuable fluid.
To experience the true pathos of this installation, however, viewers must transcend the literal and contemplate the subtext. Consider the […]

Today’s arts pick is an astoundingly brilliant commentary on the emptiness of pop culture. The ubiquitous subject is familiar to most people as a loveable kitty exploited to sell everything from school supplies to thongs.
But don’t be deceived by the sweet exterior, which lacks substance and depth and merely serves to conceal the despair […]

Today’s arts pick is a study in hope and adaptation. The main focus is a familiar object, a provider of amusement and happiness that connotes idyllic summer days and blissful childhood memories. The subject’s color—a cool, refreshing blue—reinforces its mission by evoking the water that fills it and provides relief to wilted urban […]

Today’s arts pick is another outdoor installation, this one representing the downward spiral of a once-useful object into a total state of degradation.
The piece, an item designed to protect and aid vision, has been debased in a myriad of ways, and the artist uses every means at his disposal to emphasize its pitiful condition. […]