What: Philagrafika 2010 The Graphic Unconscious
Where: Tyler School of Art, B004 12th and Norris Streets, Lower Level South (map)
When: Thursday, April 8, 6 pm
Temple Gallery’s exhibition Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious focuses on print in the public sphere along with issues of accessibility, collaboration, and audience. Sheryl Conkelton, co-curator for The Graphic Unconscious, will talk with artists Swoon and Jordan Seiler about their artwork and its placement beyond the gallery.
About the speakers
Sheryl Conkelton is an independent curator based in Philadelphia. A member of the curatorial team that organized the key exhibitions for Philagrafika 2010, she has held senior curating positions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Henry Art Gallery and, most recently, was Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at Tyler School of Art.
Jordan Seiler lives and works in New York. Inspired by his surroundings and public spaces, Seiler founded the Public Ad Campaign, which acts on the assumption that public space and the public’s interaction with that space is a vital component of a city’s health. By visually altering and physically interacting with the public environment, residents become psychologically invested in their community. www.publicadcampaign.com
Swoon lives and works in New York. Her life-size, wheat-pasted prints of people, architecture, and motifs often occupy the building walls of urban neighborhoods. Her recent collaborative projects include the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea and Miss Rockaway Armada, and she has exhibited her prints and installations internationally, including at the Yerba Buena Center, Brooklyn Museum of Art, P.S. 1, and the Museum of Modern Art.