Pentimenti Gallery

Noticed and Unnoticed; and Center of the Cyclone

Pentimenti Gallery will present, simultaneously, two solo shows of Joseph Hu and Hunter Stabler. Joseph Hu will include small paper and cardboard sculptures and drawings in Noticed and Unnoticed, investigating the role of seemingly unimportant objects or gifts and their possible significance. Hunter Stabler will show compositions cut out of paper in Center of the Cyclone. Influenced by Yantra, a ritualistic geometric design, Stabler will intertwine the symbols of mythologies, WWII, and other esoteric imagery.

SPARK, BORROW & STEAL

In conjunction with Philagrafika 2010, Pentimenti Gallery presents a variety of print material based works in SPARK, BORROW & STEAL by Matt Haffner, Judy Gelles, Patricia Lambertus, Aurora Robson and Viviane Rombaldi Seppey. The exhibition’s title is inspired by Picasso’s renowned quote: “good artists borrow, great artists steal.”  Beginning with inspiration and ending with artworks, these artists create or use pre-existing printed material (and concepts of mass communication) from their original source.   All the artists provide different perspectives on the constant imagery and printed materials we are sometimes accustomed to disregard. 

MATT HAFFNER
JUDY GELLES
PATRICIA LAMBERTUS
AURORA ROBSON
VIVIANE ROMBALDI SEPPEY

About Pentimenti Gallery

Pentimenti Gallery is interested in content driven contemporary art which challenges traditional materials and aesthetics by emerging to mid-level artists. With a primary focus in painting and works on paper, the gallery also features a fresh program of works including video, sculpture and installation.

Joseph Hu, Bartram’s Gingko, dimensions variable, 1500 leaves, watercolor on paper, 2009.

Hunter Stabler image:Oracular Sephirotic Heliospectrascopigram, 40" x 40", ink and graphite on hand-cut paper.

Hunter Stabler, Schweinfurt Yantra of Black Thursday / The Flying Fortress of Solitude, 80 x 32 inches, graphite,

ink on hand-cut paper mounted on plexiglas, 2009. (Courtesy of Pentimenti Gallery).

Aurora Robson, We Travel, We Respond, 20" x 20", ink and junkmail on paper, 2009.

Through Their Eyes

Photography Public Art Installation
Palumbo Park (adjacent to Fleisher Art Memorial)
723 Catherine St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
January 27 - April 11, 2010
Closing reception April 11, 2010  3-5 pm

Using digital cameras the 7th grade boys and girls took pictures of themselves, their families, and their neighborhoods so they could study each others’ photos and learn about the diverse cultures of their fellow students. The group is composed of African-American, Hispanic, and Asian students. The students chose their favorite photos, and wrote captions for each shot, explaining why they took that particular photo.

Project Director Judy Gelles