Turn Here: ARTISTS PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS Featuring artists who use signage and other graphic approaches as a strategy for promoting eco-awareness. Includes work by Xavier Cortada, documenting his trips to the South and North Poles; Helen Lessick’s work with sign painters of Kenya to create signs about soil depletion and health; Tim Gaudreau, Amie Potsic, and artists from the Green Patriot Posters project.
Xavier Cortada, The Longitudinal Installation: South Pole, 2007 / North Pole, 2008.
Turn Here: ARTISTS PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Thursday, May 17th to Sunday, August 12th
Featuring artists who use signage and other graphic approaches as a strategy for promoting eco-awareness. Includes work by Xavier Cortada, documenting his trips to the South and North Poles; Helen Lessick’s work with sign painters of Kenya to create signs about soil depletion and health; Tim Gaudreau, Amie Potsic, and artists from the Green Patriot Posters project.
Opening reception: Thursday, May 17, 6:00 – 8:00 pm including discussion with the artists.
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The Borowsky and Open Lens Galleries are located at the Gershman Y, 401 South Broad Street (at Pine Street) in Philadelphia. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Monday – Sunday 9am – 5pm. Gallery information: (215) 446-3001.