Current Exhibition
June 7 – October 25, 2008
Temple Gallery will be open by appointment only from July 20 – August 31. Regular gallery hours will resume the week of September 1, 2008. To schedule an appointment, call 215-782-2776 or email exhibitions@temple.edu
An exhibition of and about books, Volume Attempts moves beyond the usual categories of books related to art—art books, artist’s books, or books about art—and instead provides an environment that explores the conceptual and literal spaces of books that present or represent artistic endeavor. This exhibition was organized by the graphic designer Purtill Family Business.
Temple Gallery is located at 259 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19027. Gallery hours are Wednesday - Saturday, 11 – 6 pm.
Upcoming Exhibition
Field Reports: Documents and Strategies from Land Arts of the American West
November 22, 2008 – February 28, 2009
Temple Gallery
Field Reports will examine new developments in the study of landscape. Included is recent work created in Land Arts of the American West residencies in which artists, architects, scientists and students live in specific locations for extended periods, exploring and developing interdisciplinary responses to these places across time. Creating work both on site and in the studio, their investigations encompasses study of the physical and geologic forces that shape the land as well as the cultures that define each place. This exhibition is organized by Chris Taylor, Professor of Architecture at Texas Tech University and co-founder and co-director of the program Land Arts of the American West, started in 2002 with Bill Gilbert from the University of New Mexico.
Image credits Top: Installation of Volume Attempts: The Space of Books, Temple Gallery, 2008. Photo credit: Matt Suib. Bottom: Gloria Haag working on the Bonneville Salt Flats, near Wendover, Utah, 08 SEP 2003. Image courtesy of Chris Taylor.
