Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Molly Eichel

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Published: Sep 10, 2008

Wood turners from around the world come to Philly to take part in the Wood Turning Center's International Turning Exchange, where they live and create in our fair city. Each piece in this culminating exhibit is accompanied by photos or films documenting their experiences. Stephan Goetschius' Disconnected Proximity (pictured) uses elongated, missile-like egg shapes, which create a sense of movement in an otherwise heavy media.

Digging deep into their archives, the Rare Book Department highlights English children's book illustrators from the 18th to early 20th centuries, including Beatrix Potter, Kate Greenaway and Arthur Rackham. Greenaway's watercolors are demure yet still full of childlike whimsy, while Rackham uses fantastical figures that can be at once grotesque and beautiful.

Aline Smithson plays with the photographic medium in this tribute to analog photography. Using a toy camera, printing from multiple negatives and incorporating text and texture, Smithson proves her presence and interactions with her work. Owned by Stieglitz shows a skinny building shot in soft focus, with warm blues, greens and sepia tones. On the side of the frame is a heavy black bar dividing the focal point from a similar building in another shot.

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