ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION

August Exhibition Re-Cap! Philadelphia and its Manufactures

Philadelphia and its Manufactures

1859 & 2009

Photographs and Objects From Factories Here and Gone

August 7 – 30, 2009

Store Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am – 7:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm – 6:00pm

***Upcoming Lecture by Jacob Hellman and Phillip Taylor: Thursday, August 20, 6-8pm

 

Jacob Hellman’s interview with WHYY

 

For those of you who were not able to see the grand opening last Friday of the magnificent photography and artifact exhibition by Jacob Hellman, below are some installation shots that clearly do not do justice to the quality of documentation captured here by Jacob:

 

 

 

(Left to right)

Philadelphia Pipe Bending Co., 2009, 2 C-prints

Abandoned Brewery (Frankford & Norris), 2009, 3 C-prints

 

 

Interior with Product Catalog, (Horn Surgical), 2009, 3 C-prints, documents, cabinet

 

 

Looms (Horn Surgical, N. 54th St.), 2009, 2 C-prints and spindle

 

 

Mushrooms (Robert Bruce Sweater Factory)2008, C-print

 

 

 

(Clock-wise from Bottom Left)

I Call This The Wall of Death (Peters Hardware), 2009, C-print

Shutter Dog display board (Peters Hardware), Hand-wrought steel

Bob at Die Press, Peters & Son Hardware. (Front & Norris), 2009, 2 C-prints

History of Howard St., Documents, pigment prints, 2009, C-prints
(Image source: Free Library of Philadelphia)

Turning and Sliding Table (Berks St. Elevated), 2009, C-print, pigment print
(Image source: Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

 

 

Apothecary Display featuring Penn Scale Manufacturing Co. Heirloom Scales and Penn Scale, Diptych (Berks & Mascher), 2009, 2 C-prints

 

 

 

 

August Window Display featuring a stamping machine/die cutter from the 1920s, courtesy of the Charles Benefiel Collection

 

For any questions regarding this exhibition or price inquiries of the above artwork, please email JulieA@artintheage.com