Polly Apfelbaum: For the Love of Una Hale
This publication is a comprehensive document of Polly Apfelbaum’s 2020-22 ceramics residency at Arcadia University and resulting installations (exhibited in the spring of 2022) in conjunction with a curated survey of works by folk artist David Ellinger (1913-2003). The book features over 160 illustrations, including color photographs of each of the 63 ceramic works Apfelbaum presented as well as multiple installation views along with documentation of two wallpaper projects. Reproductions of 40 works by Ellinger are also included.
Texts by: Tessa Bachi Hass, Wayne Koestenbaum, Lisa Minardi, Ezra Shales, Jenni Sorkin, David Pagel and Jenelle Porter with a transcription of a conversation between Apfelbaum, Shales, Elizabeth Ferrell, Gregg Moore, and Rachel Geisinger.
Edited by Richard Torchia and Katy Donoghue with an introduction by Torchia and an artist glossary by Donoghue. Designed by Conny Purtill, Purtill Family Business. Major funding provided by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.
Retail price: $45.00
Additional details:
Publisher: Arcadia Exhibitions, Arcadia University
City: Glenside, Pennsylvania
Pages: 200
Dimensions: 12 x 10 inches
Hardcover
Binding: Smyth-sewn
Printing: 4-color offset
ISBN: 978-0-9762154-8-6
The catalogue is now available for purchase in the Spruance Gallery.
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David Kettner: After the Fall
This large format publication includes reproductions of 66 collages dating between 2013 and 2023. The book features the transcription of a conversation between London-based collage artist John Stezaker and Kettner, who have been corresponding since 2013.
It also includes seven short texts by Philadelphia-based artist and writer Eileen Neff, whom Kettner has known since 1975 as a teaching colleague, and an introduction by exhibition curator Richard Torchia. The publication has been generously funded by the Edna W. Andrade Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation.
Retail price: $40.00
Additional details:
Publisher: Arcadia Exhibitions
City: Glenside, Pennsylvania
Pages: 120
Dimensions: 11 x 11 inches
Paperback (card stock)
Binding: Smyth-sewn
Printing: 4-color offset
Book is now available for purchase in Spruance Gallery.
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