State of the Union
Fab Four
Victoria Donohoe
Philadelphia Inquirer
March 16, 2012
Abington Art Center's latest "Solo Series" show, a favorite venue for area artists seeking high-profile solo exhibitions, features three Philadelphians and one Yardley resident.
Emily Steinberg, a painter and graphic novelist, draws thumbnail cartoons, and she's on to something. Her sketch They Told Us All We Had to Do Was Go Shopping, for example, goes after modern life's unending sales pitch. Not derivative, her commentaries take a single composite shape. They may not be earthshaking in their depth or inventiveness, but they display finesse and skill.