October 14 – December 15, 2025.
Incorporating photography, video, drawing, weaving, sculpture, embroidery, printmaking, painting, book arts, and interactive installation, the artists in the exhibition use the constraint of the grid as an integral part of their tactile practice – whether serving as a formal framework for experimentation, an indexical device to interrogate historical narratives, an organizational tool for intertextual mapping, or a conceptual means to flatten and expand space. This ambitious group show centers Philadelphia artists in dialogue with international contemporaries and historical context; the sprawling exhibition design will activate the floors, walls and windows of Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery’s 3700 square feet of space.
Site specific work includes an ikea-hacked fountain of captialist critique by Jacob C Hammes, an optical color window installation by Anne Schaefer, a spatially puzzling inter-wall work by James Johnson, a suspended quilt of climate-based data visualization by Jody Graff, and a layered display of upcycled handwoven rugs by the mother and daughter duo, Hannah and Joyce Wallace. Curated by Mark Stockton and Cindy Stockton Moore.
Featuring work by: Jaime Alvarez, Bergman Salinas, Ruth Scott Blackson, Lindsay Buchman, Rae Burns, Micah Danges, Jeremy Drummond, Edgar Endress, Amze Emmons, Dan Fischer, Allison Frick, Jody Graff, Jacob C Hammes, Nadia Hironaka and Matt Suib, Sean Irwin, Duwenavue Santé Johnson, Jim Johnson, Gabriel Martinez, Hayato Matsushita, Kara Ja'Nice Mshinda, Erin Murray, Eadweard Muybridge, Sharilyn Neidhardt, Violet Oakley, Makeba Rainey, Anne Schaefer, Chuck Schmidt, Mary Smull, Chad States, Sarah Steinwachs, Brent Wahl, Hannah and Joyce Wallace, Andrea Walls, Jeff Williams, and Lauren Whearty.