Monthly Archives: January 2013

Upcycling Trash to Treasure, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

Susan Malony, Success, Upcycling Trash to Treasure, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

Susan Moloney, Success, Upcycling Trash to TreasurePhiladelphia Dumpster Divers

Susan Moloney‘s artwork exemplifies the Joseph Cornell line of thinking that the Dumpster Divers represents. In Success the composition is formal presenting a puppet show. But each element is signified with random information, the storytelling and narrative sweetly refined with a pure eye for color, each bit of fabric, text and objet trouve´ has a story all it’s own. Susan Moloney creates her own poetic theater creating parallels and reverence for other art forms.

Linda Lou Horn, Dart of My Heart, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

Linda Lou Horn, Dart of My HeartPhiladelphia Dumpster Divers

January 5 – February 10, 2013
Upcycling Trash to Treasure
Main Line Unitarian Church, Fireside Gallery
816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon, PA

Over 20 Dumpster Divers are exhibiting in this delightful and inspiring exhibit.

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Wishes/Lies/Dreams, Alison Stigora and Jay Walker at 1616 Walnut Street

Wishes/Lies/Dreams, Alison Stigora and Jay Walker

Wishes/Lies/DreamsAlison Stigora and Jay Walker

Alison Stigora has created large scale installations for the Crane Arts Center Icebox GallerySkybox and Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts. For those projects she gleaned the forests to find logs to scorch black then arrange in flowing meditative assemblages arranged like a flood of logs through large spaces. By concentrating on wood her attention would naturally be drawn to paper products in the urban environment. Philadelphia has fallen wood but not enough to build an Alison Stigora sculpture, at 1616 Walnut Street she shows how recycling materials can expose the spark of enlightenment she experienced when she wanted to make art. The crystalized idea culminates in a structure that transforms the trash we create into something as luxurious and lustrous as gold.

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