A striking greenhouse for
the 21st century grows in the American Philosophical Society’s (APS)
garden near the corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Digitally designed
and constructed of recycled and recyclable materials, it’s the
centerpiece of The Greenhouse Projects, a series of inter-related
programs that debut on September 9, 2011.
Next,
Philadelphia Sculptors at UArts:
Opposites Attract
September 9 - October 13, 2011
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Opening Reception:
Friday, September 9, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
“Opposites Attract,”
Philadelphia Sculptors’ Fall, 2011 exhibition will take place at The University
of the Arts on South Broad Street in Philadelphia. Mounted in two galleries,
the Sculpture Gallery in Hamilton Hall, 320 S. Broad St., and Gallery 224 in
Anderson Hall, 333 S. Broad St., the exhibition will be on view from September
6 – October 13, 2011 with a public opening reception on Friday, September 9
from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. A live performance of music and poetry will be presented
during the opening at 6 pm at Gallery 224.
In “Opposites Attract” sculptors are paired with artists working in other
disciplines, or with practitioners of a completely different discipline, to
create a new synergistic art form. Some artists are collaborating to create a
new work of art together, while others are presenting two different works
incorporating a unifying concept. The resulting art works provide new insights
into the relationship between two disparate forms of expression. Non-sculpture
disciplines in the exhibition include poetry, musical composition and
performance, photography, video, painting, printmaking, computer graphics,
biology, mechanics, and electronics.
Collaborative installations include an original opera filmed and projected onto
a sculpture, a floor of rising and falling plastic water bottles, a room full
of blowing plastic bags, and life-size dancing marionettes. Other creative
collaborations pair 3D and 2D political art from America and France, 2D and 3D
images of war casualties, and linear images of nature presented in different
media.
The artists in the show are: Milt Friedly, Deanna Nikaido, James Haines, and
Paula Nelson; James Fuhrman and Mark Warhol; Melissa Maddonni Haims and Deborah
Leavy; Cheryl Harper and Denis Gaydier; Frances Heinrich and Alan Kesselhaut;
Monica Kane and Maxine Feldman-Cohen; Leslie Kaufman and Mitch Weiss; Elizabeth
Mackie and Kaitlyn Paston; Diane Marimow and Madeline Adams; Joan Menapace and
Leesha Star; William Middleton and Dr. Mindy Weinstein; Lisa Nanni and James
Elbrecht; Olga Nielsen and Heather Siple; Ian Paterson and Andrew Murray; Janis
Pinkston and Carolyn Davis; Joanna Platt and Jenna Hannum; Jean Plough and June
Blumberg; Colleen Rudolf and Ted Carey; Gabrielle Silverlight and Brian
Hamilton; Holly Smith and Howard Neifeld; Karen Smith and Valerie Huhn; Simone
Spicer and Don D'Egidio
The Sculpture Gallery is located on the ground floor of Hamilton Hall, 320 S.
Broad Street, and Gallery 224 is across the street, on the 2nd floor of
Anderson Hall, 333 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia. Gallery hours during the
exhibition are Monday – Friday, 8:30 – 5:00. In addition, both galleries will
be open during the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour on Saturday, Oct. 1 and
Sunday, Oct. 2 from noon – 6 pm.
