About the Exhibition
Opening reception: Second Thursday, May 13, 6 - 9 pm
Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is pleased to announce Sample 3, a group exhibition highlighting the work
of first year Master of Fine Arts students Matt Kalasky, Tyler
Kline, Aubrey Levinthal, and Stuart Lorimer, some of the
Mid-Atlantic region's most promising emerging artists.
Matt Kalasky's videos use humor to poke holes in the mythic
reality of pop culture. Generally, Kalasky's practice is 'about
how understanding is generated.' Often a character in his
own videos, Kalasky creates ridiculous narratives that are
fully executed to completion. He hopes to 'reveal the sinews'
of the myths that exist all around us.
Tyler Klines' sculptures use aluminum foil, a common domestic
material that is both 'portable and grounded.' Kline's sculptures
are complicated pseudo-organic masses that belie their humble
origins. Kline states that his sculptures are depictions of
'cathedrals, turbulence, and paranormal entities.'
Aubrey Levinthal's paintings are full of fragmentary narrative
elements. Each has the appearance of being a piece of a larger
collection or story. Her works uses her own memories as a
reference, creating work, which is at once whimsical, clumsy,
nostalgic, and elegant.
Stuart Lorimer's painting practice is characterized by an
oscillation between representation and abstraction. Lorimer
is interested in the 'potential of an idea' realized through
the painting process. Lorimer's abstract work is contemplative
yet, seems to be free of the art historical baggage that sometimes
drags down contemporary abstraction.
About the Gallery
Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is the brainchild of independent curators and artists Sarah Eberle and Ben Will. Eberle and Will worked together on a number of underground curatorial projects. Sarah Eberle has an extensive background in visual art. After graduating from University of California at Berkeley, she worked for Worth Ryder Gallery and Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA. Upon arriving in Philadelphia in 2002, she worked as the Gallery Store Manager for The Print Center and played a major role in the founding of Falling Cow Gallery as the inaugural Director.
Ben Will worked as an independent curator in London and Philadelphia, as well as working for a variety of arts organizations including Artistsspace in New York City. The two met while co-curating an exhibition, Squat, displayed at Tower Investments in Northern Liberties, now known as The Jenny Jaskey Gallery. Discovering a mutual love for contemporary art, Eberle and Will decided to open a gallery together. They bought a run down row home on the corner of Girard Avenue and Second Street in South Kensington, the heart of Philadelphia’s newest art neighborhood. |
