Brian James Spies
Containment Policy @ pterodactyl (philly)
!RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 10 @ 8 PM!

CONTAINMENT POLICY
curated by Dr. Kevin Richards, Jon F. Allen, and Rodney Thoms

A multi-media event examining the general containment policy that confines, refines, and defines how humans conduct and are conducted through their lives in the early twenty-first century via institutions that bind. From carefully contrived cubicles in the work place and the processed packaged food we consume to the surveillance cameras that record our whereabouts and the psychiatric pills that standardize our minds and wills, this exhibition will explore and explode the categorical imperatives that rue and rule our daily existence.
Steven Dufala / Billy Dufala / Paul D'Agostino / Carolina Maugeri / Brian Spies / Dr. Kevin Richards / David E. Williams / Ben Coover / Mary Coyle / Adam Simon / Jon F. Allen / Timothy Allen / DV Nikt / Jordan Graw / Joshua Borden / David S. Aponte / Tina Zavastanos / Thomas Micchelli

Opening Reception Saturday August 27 8-12pm
Closing Reception Saturday October 1 8-12pm

@ pterodactyl (philly)
3237 Amber St. Box 3 Fifth Floor North
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Nevermind: an Installation
I will be showing my latest installation; Nevermind: a meditation on youth, nostalgia, memory and trauma at Studio 824 at The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts from March 1st to March 16th 2011.
ANATOMY / ACADEMY
I will have my large self-portrait, "31 and done" on display at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Fischer Brooks Gallery as part of their Anatomy / Academy exhibit. The opening is on Friday Feb 4 from 5 - 7 pm. The painting is located in Gallery 128, the student gallery and will remain on display until the end of February.

More Info Can Be Found Here
Narcissus In The Studio: a work in process
"Come See Me Paint a Self-Portrait!" As Part of the
Narcissus In The Studio Exhibit at The Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts in the Fischer Brooks Gallery
at The Hamilton Building I Will Be Painting My Self-
Portrait on the Afternoons of November 10th & 12th
from 1 to 3 pm. If you can't make it then, my painting
will be on display for the duration of the exhibit...

MORE INFO AND A FLYER CAN BE FOUND HERE