Subversion
an exhibition presented by philadelphia sculptors and dvaa, juried by alice oh @ dvaa
Exhibition Runs: February 26th - march 22nd, 2020
Public Opening Reception:
Wed. February 26, 2020, 6-8pm
About the exhibition:
Subversion is the second collaborative exhibition between Da Vinci Art Alliance and Philadelphia Sculptors, following Shelter in 2018. For Subversion, artists were encouraged to submit artwork that pushes back. This exhibition highlights artwork that undermines or challenges social structures, morals, traditions, authority, perceptions and even human nature. Subversion confronts and questions everything from politics, gun rights and violence, to art history and the art world, gender norms, social problems and environmental threats.
Juror Alice Oh selected 27 works from 18 artists that address, in ways both humorous and dire, the political landscape of our present day. Through formal references such as a pistol, the human form, nature, and President Trump, the work in Subversion confronts our corrupt reality and proposes possibilities for a just future.
About the juror:
Alice Oh works with a unique artistic method that engages in only sparse planning, but instead focuses on allowing her paintings to develop naturally as a “dialogue” between the artist and their artwork. She often works in a series of works at a time in order to see her evolving dialogues to their logical conclusion. Greatly influenced by nature and biology, Oh is interested in the concurrence of microscopic and macroscopic life. Her work is included in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Leeway Foundation, Temple University, Yale University, and SAP America, Inc.
Oh exhibited University of Pennsylvania, West Chester University, Rosemont College, Franklin and Marshall College, Millersville University, the Philadelphia Arts Alliance, and the University of the Arts. Oh’s work has been included in the Painting Center, Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Towson University, the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, the International Fine Print Center, the Dupont Center for Contemporary Art, the University of Hawaii and the Yoshibishu Art Center, Japan. Throughout her career as an artist, she has received a Pew Fellowship Grant, a W.O.A. and Seedling Grant from the Leeway Foundation, and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Award in Painting. She was an artist in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Vermont Studio Center. Oh earned her MFA from Yale University and her BFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University and from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Currently, she is a Professor at Moore College of Art and Design. She lives and works in Philadelphia, PA and Seoul, South Korea.
selected artists:
Theo. A. Artz, David Beker, Natasha Cheung, williamCromar, David Detrich, Travis Donovan, Deirdre Doyle, Harold Kalmus, Monica Kane, Eleanor Levie, Nicholli Matheny, Constance McBride, Collin Mura-smith, Jeremy Sims, Holly Smith, Helge Speth, Simone Spicer, and Nina Valdera.
About Philadelphia Sculptors:
Philadelphia Sculptors is the only professional organization of sculptors in the Philadelphia region. Incorporated in 1997, its mission is to promote contemporary sculpture and serve as an advocate for sculptors by expanding public awareness of the role and value of sculpture within our culture. Since its inception, it has organized numerous indoor and outdoor group exhibitions at both traditional and non-traditional venues and has sponsored programs, conferences, workshops and performances. Membership is open to all. Visit philasculptors.org for more information.