Current exhibition

Umlaut Machine: Selected Visual Works by Christian Bök
Opening November 18, 2009
November 1 - December 20, 2009

Past exhibitions

Poem Posters: Small Press Broadsides
Opening 9/29/2009
September 14 - October 30, 2009
Spin Glasses and Other Frustrated Systems
Opening 4/6/2009
(April 6 - May 31, 2009)
That's What She Said: Female Voices in Embroidery
Opening 2/26/2009
February 9 - March 20, 2009
Tapeworm: A collaborative exhibition based on The Tapeworm Foundry: andor the dangerous prevalence of imagination by Darren Wershler-Henry
Opening 11/20/2008
November 20, 2008 - January 31, 2009
Render the Following: Work by Artie Vierkant
Opening 10/27/2008
October 27 - November 15, 2008
Word Each to Cling I: Photographed Pianola Rolls by Erica Baum
Opening 9/11/2008
(September 1, 2008 - October 25, 2008)
Lines Between the Color: Mixed Media Work by Margery Amdur
Opening 4/2/2008
(April 1, 2008 - May 10, 2008)
incognito: Self-Portraits by Sasha Parker
Opening 2/27/2008
(February 24, 2008 - March 30, 2008)
Eidophusicon: Letterpress Work by Matthew Neff
Opening 1/30/2008
(Jan. 16, 2008 - Feb. 24, 2008)
Strata: Encaustic Paintings by Lorraine Glessner
Opening 11/27/2007
(Nov. 25, 2007 - Dec. 16, 2007)
Lines of Regression: Paintings and Drawings by Paul Fabozzi
Opening 10/24/2007
(Oct. 17, 2007 - Nov. 16, 2007)
Stars Shine Bright on Shatter Light: Shape Poems by David Daniels
Opening 9/11/2007
(Sept. 5, 2007 - Oct. 9, 2007)

KWH Art

Word Each To Cling I:
Photographed Pianola Rolls by Erica Baum
September 1 - October 25, 2008

"I want to present a voice that reminds us of the individual in the midst of the machine. So this creaky lyricism blurts along the assembly line. And the use of many pronouns keeps it abstract -- it's many voices at the same time that it's one voice..." -Erica Baum

Word Each To Cling I features photographic work by Erica Baum taken from paper rolls for a player piano, or pianola. The pieces frame excerpts of song lyrics juxtaposed with abstract musical data. The opening program included presentations on the history of automated instruments and musical notation-cum-graphic design in the 20th century by Emily Dolan & Thomas Patteson, as well as a live demonstration of a functioning player piano.

Works

Photos

KWH Art is an art gallery integrated with the ground ﬂoor of the Writers House. Up to six exhibitions take place during the academic year from September through May. Openings feature a reception for the artist and an accompanying program; examples include panel discussions, poetry readings, film screenings, and technique demonstrations by the artist. Through exhibiting a diverse array of art media and cross-disciplinary programming, KWH Art seeks to engage Penn students and the broader Philadelphia community with the interrelationships between literary and visual arts.

For more information, please contact: whweb@writing.upenn.edu.