Visual Art

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Published: Jan 12, 2011

Bambi Gallery Dominic Episcopo's photographs of meticulously sculpted and styled meat cuts — a sirloin shaped like Abe Lincoln, ground beef making like the Love statue — evoke exactly the kind of national pride the exhibit's title, "Meat America," would imply. Through Jan. 30, 1001 N. Second St., Suite 7, 215-319-1374, bambiproject.com.

Institute of Contemporary Art Anne Tyng's "Inhabiting Geometry" features brightly colored life-size figures coexisting with hollow dodecahedrons, inviting you to explore the labyrinth for yourself. Through March 20, 118 S. 36th St., 215-898-7108, icaphila.org.

AxD Gallery When it comes down to bare-bones representation, what is a woman, really? Larry Wood's "Woman/Object" explores this question through sculptural line drawings, thin metal works that take the shape of body parts both curvaceous and skeletal. Jan. 14-Feb. 19, 265 S. 10th St., 215-627-6250, a-x-d.com.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Go see this spring's big PMA exhibit on Marc Chagall, but don't pass over "The Peacock Male: Exuberance and Extremes in Masculine Dress" in the Perelman Building, a retrospective of over-the-top menswear dating back 300 years. Sartorialists, eat your heart out. Jan. 22-June 30, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.

The Galleries at Moore To make a statement about greed, Jenny Drumgoole has gone to extremes — she's filmed herself covered in cream cheese for a Paula Deen recipe contest; she's been a "wingette" at South Philly's annual Wing Bowl. "Real Woman of Philadelphia" chronicles Drumgoole's subversive culinary misadventures on film. Jan. 28-March 15, 2000 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-965-4027, moore.edu.

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Penn Museum's central exhibit of spring 2011, "Secrets of the Silk Road" features mummies that have made their way from the ancient Silk Road to West Philly — roughly 8,000 miles and 3,800 years. Feb. 5-June 5, 3260 South St., 215-898-4000, penn.museum/silkroad.

Kimmel Center A photographic chronicler of local folks in motion, JJ Tiziou has been commissioned by the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and the Mural Arts Program to project an ever-changing digital mural onto the Kimmel Center's faÃ§ade. It's "How Philly Moves" on its largest scale ever — at least until Tiziou's 50,000-square-foot Philadelphia International Airport mural debuts in June. April 7-May 1, 300 S. Broad St., 215-546-PIFA, pifa.org.