Pen Pals show

I curated this show which opens on Saturday!

PEN PALS blind “exquisite corpse” drawing collaborations between artists inside and outside of prison walls

opening reception:

SATURDAY May 6th 8:00pm to 12:00am @ The Padlock Gallery 1409 Ellsworth St. www.padlockgallery.com

Exquisite Corpse is a drawing game in which two artists collaborate on a drawing of a figure without being able to see what the other is drawing. A piece of paper is folded in half and one person draws a head on one side then the other person draws a body on the other. Afterwards the paper is unfolded and the collaboration is revealed.

In this brand new show from the Padlock Gallery pairs of artists, consisting of one currently in prison and one currently out of prison, were randomly teamed up to play the game. No one saw what the other one had drawn.

This same process was done with students at YOUTHBUILD Charter School who collaborated with ten young people their own age who are currently incarcerated in Philadelphia. The show wil be up until the month of May and the artists on the inside will get copies of their work sent to them.

ARTISTS INCLUDE:

Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Beth Nixon, Heather Morton, James Ulmer, Jesse Moynihan, John Heron, Juliet Wayne, Karel Mato, Kris Chau, Liz Rywelski, Mark Price, Randall Sellers, Tadashi Moriyama, Xavier Schipani, Adan Flaco Martinez, Ana Lucia Gelabert, Antonio Howard, Bernard Patrick, Dan Fletcher, Danny Rene “Hawk” Smith, Ed Chaparro, Fabian Flores, James B. Moura, Scott Servis, Sherry Ann Vincent, Sundiata Acoli, Virgil Barfield

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