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August 29-September 4, 2002
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Penn freshmen beware: Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art has its first big bash of the student year planned for the very night newbies are to be flayed, defiled and generally tortured at the Civic Center. Rather than focus on the financial headaches most arts associations are living through in this, the post-9/11 era of shifting charitable cash flow, ICA prefers wide exposure, presenting their season opener, Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and More ... On Collecting just as curious students start to venture out in search of excitement. The diverse group of artists' works brings together collections of numinous objects, in the spirit of Joseph Cornell; this rubric provides a shadow box of slimy, furry surprises, including everything from sock monkeys to a selection of original inventors' models from the U.S. Patent Office. Mexico City native Damian Ortega (for his first U.S. museum exhibit "Cosmic Thing") sticks to similar junk-bonding, presenting a satire on Western-made mass-produced collectables, deconstructing everyday totems like the Volkswagen Beetle. The absurdist verve of Amy Cutler may take an Alice Through the Looking Glass angle, but her structurally clothed floating women, on ground or bobbing around treetops, certainly seem Cornell-esque. Add Kimowan McLain's drifting Native American photo-transferred "Without Ground," part of ICA's Ramp Project, and this evening could prove to be more spacey than a whole boatload of new students.
“Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and More … On Collecting,” Wed., Sept. 4, reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., free, Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St., 215 898-5911.
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