Process and Production New works by Althea Murphy-Price and Wendy Wolf March 19-27, 2010 4501 Spruce St Philadelphia, PA 19139 Reception on Fri. March 26 from 7-10 pm Gallery hours on Sat. March 27 from 12-5 pm http://www.samquinn.com/http://www.philaopenstudios.comshapeimage_2_link_0
Hair informs the basis of Althea Murphy-Price’s installation-based work, in which she utilities the aesthetic and conceptual role of the multiple. Through excessive repetition, her pieces question ideas of ritual within the context of cultural identity. Murphy-Price also uses stencils to create intricate patterned floor arrangements using finely cut hair-clippings. http://www.altheamurphyprice.com/ Wendy Wolf works within a restrained structure of obsessively repeated process—mark making, tracing, cutting, sorting, and assembling. Wolf's series "Natural Repetition" examines the intricate and beautiful marks made by "pests" as they've eaten through leaves. She collects, traces and reproduces damaged leaves out of paper to create installations and framed pieces utilizing shapes from the whole leaves as well as the marks made from the pests. Traveling to the show via SEPTA? The 42 bus stops in front of the gallery. The 42 travels from Penns Landing to 61st and Pine st (and the reverse). Going to the gallery the bus travels along Walnut St. from Penns Landing through Center City, and returns from the gallery along Chestnut St. The 34 trolley also stops 3 blocks away.http://www.altheamurphyprice.com/shapeimage_3_link_0