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Exhibitions

SOFA Chicago: Talking Shop with Snyderman-Works

Ruth and Rick Snyderman are true champions of craft. For 46 years, the couple has been exhibiting contemporary studio craft, first through The Works Gallery (which Ruth founded in 1965) and Snyderman Gallery, which the couple opened in 1983 as a venue for artists working in studio furniture and sculptural glass. In 1996, they combined operations, becoming the venerable Snyderman-Works Galleries that we know today in Philadelphia's lively Old City arts district.

Jeff Zimmer's Shadows and Light

Peer into these shadowy landscapes. Or better yet - find a way to do it in person. Each piece in Jeff Zimmer's atmospheric new series Whitewash is made out of 7 to 19 layers of enameled, sandblasted flat glass - which the artist layers to create a three-dimensional image, gently lit from the back. "What the photos don't convey is the depth of the pieces," Zimmer says. The elements near the horizon are further away from the viewer than those in the foreground. "They shift in relation to each other as you move around the piece."

Q&A: Steve Keeble, Collectors of Wood Art

We had some time to talk to Steve Keeble, Executive Director of the Collectors of Wood Art, last week about collecting, wood art, and SOFA. Make sure to check out the CWA's lecture "Legacy & Continuum in Collecting Wood Art" in room 326 at 11 a.m. on Friday. Check out what he had to say about collecting, wood art, and SOFA.

Living History at MAD's 'Crafting Modernism'

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design

Museum of Arts and Design
New York, New York
October 12 - January 15

Hugo Franca's Giant Wood Casulos

In order to truly appreciate Hugo Franca's work, you need to sit inside of a massive tree. The Brazilian designer carves giant casulo (cocoon) sculptures out of reclaimed wood, largely from Pequi trees that grow in Brazil. These jaw-dropping works are part of his exhibition at R 20th Century gallery in New York, and I was lucky enough to stop in there recently. Trust me, while these "environments" look fantastic in pictures, nothing compares to actually experiencing them firsthand.

Perceptions of Plastic Then and Now

A collection of filmstrips and an exhibition catalog from the exhibition "PLASTIC as Plastic"...

Vivian Beer's Substantial, Striking New Work

Last spring, I had the pleasure of chatting with furniture maker/designer Vivian Beer about new bodies of work she was developing - immediately followed by the challenge of writing a story that, in effect, was still unfolding.

Dates: 
Jan 20, 2012 to Mar 16, 2012

Location

Atrium Art Gallery Lewiston, ME
United States

Dates: 
Oct 5, 2011 to Jan 28, 2012

Location

Boca Raton Museum of Art Boca Raton, FL
United States

Dates: 
Nov 3, 2011 to Nov 22, 2011

Location

Oregon College of Art and Craft Portland, OR
United States

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