
Start your Philadelphia Open Studio Tours here at CFEVA!
JOHN SCHLESINGER
CFEVA Fellow
THE CENTER OF EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS
237 S 18TH ST
ARTIST TALK:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, NOON TO 1PM
“Deploying photo, neon, and found objects, I triangulate a
conversation between photography, light art, and sculpture. These are
linked together by twisted rebar I pull from demolition sites. The rebar
is mimicked in turn by the neon, which is bent following the rebars
jagged contours. The neon functions as a fragile, glowing, anti-shadow
of the hard dull metal. Essentially, re-tracing and re-telling this violent
narrative. These serve as the dimensional mounting structure for resinsoaked
photographs immersed in epoxy like insects in amber. I call
them ‘Neon-Hybrids’.”
-John Schlesinger
Exhibition: October 7 to November 16, 2019