Press: Review of "The Poetics of Decay" by Edith Newhall in The Philadelphia Inquirer | Brooke Lanier

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A requiem for real estate

Dolores Poacelli's "WALL/Steps," acrylic and oil on paper, at Brooke Lanier Fine Art. — BROOKE LANIER FINE ART

Dolores Poacelli’s “WALL/Steps,” acrylic and oil on paper, at Brooke Lanier Fine Art.

“The Poetics of Decay” at Brooke Lanier Fine Art gathers works by five artists who capture the history of Philadelphia buildings and neighborhoods — and their imminent demise amid the ongoing real estate boom.

Jennifer Manzella’s small etchings of the city’s disappearing buildings and properties are particularly poignant. Dolores Poacelli’s Wall/Steps is a like a bar graph of overdevelopment.

Jennifer Manzella’s “Broad Street, South Philly,” etching on paper, at Brooke Lanier Fine Art

Through Aug. 30 at Brooke Lanier Fine Art, 820 S. 4th St., noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 267-329-9653 or brookelanier.com.

Posted: August 1, 2019 – 11:00 AM

Edith Newhall, The Philadelphia Inquirer