Current Exhibitions

Studio Makkink & Bey, Dust Cabinet, wood, sticker, wooden table, 210 x 100 x 75 cm, 2005. Courtesy of Studio Makkink & Bey BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photographer: Bob Goedewaagen

Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey

February 3, 2012–Late Spring 2012

Opening Reception:
Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, February 3, 2012, 6–8 pm

Performance and Reception:
Artist Talk by designer Jurgen Bey begins at 6:30 pm

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Upcoming Exhibitions and Events

Image: Mark Bradford, 2007. Photo: Carlos Avendaño

Mark Bradford:

Geppetto

March 2, 2012–Late Spring 2012

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 2, 2012, 6–8 pm.

Performance and Reception:
Members Preview: Artist Talks by Mark Bradford, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Pae White at 5:30 pm

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Jennifer Steinkamp, Moth 5 (still, detail), 2012, digital projection, dimensions variable, courtesy of ACME, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York.

Jennifer Steinkamp: The Death of the Moth

March 2, 2012–Late Spring 2012

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 2, 2012, 6–8 pm. 

Performance and Reception:
Members Preview: Artist Talks by Jennifer Steinkamp, Mark Bradford, and Pae White at 5:30 pm

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Left: Mark Bradford, Niagara (still, detail), 2005, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. Right: Carlos Avendaño, Brenda (still, detail), 2012.

Mark Bradford and Carlos Avendaño: 2 Videos

March 2, 2012–Late Spring 2012

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 2, 2012, 6–8 pm.

Performance and Reception:
Members Preview: Artist Talks by Mark Bradford, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Pae White at 5:30 pm.

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Pae White, digital rendering of Summer XX exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2012. Courtesy of the artist.

Pae White: Summer XX

March 2, 2012–Late Spring 2012

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 2, 2012, 6–8 pm.

Performance and Reception:
Members Preview: Artist Talks by Mark Bradford, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Pae White at 5:30 pm.

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Past Exhibitions

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Excerpts from the opening night performance for Nick Cave's exhibition Let's C on December 16th, 2011. Nick Cave: Let's C
An excerpt from Animal Stories, a public lecture by Laurie Anderson on October 13, 2011 at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Laurie Anderson: Forty-Nine Days in the Bardo
Nari Ward, We the People, 2011. In collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Used and hand dyed shoelaces. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, and Galleria Continua, San Gimignano. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño Nari Ward: We the People
An excerpt from Theaster Gates' lecture at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Video by Hannah Schulman. Theaster Gates: An Epitaph for Civil Rights and Other Domesticated Structures
Edna W. Andrade, Maze, 1983, screen printed pigment on linen, 50 1/4" width, length variable, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Close At Hand: Philadelphia Artists from the Permanent Collection
Nicolas Lobo, Grape syrup action for Paul Octavian Nasca's "U smile 800% slower", 2011. Digital Video, Duration: 14 minutes, 37 seconds. Liquid Matter
Fighting Kissing Dancing installation view at the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, 2010 Fighting Kissing Dancing
Magnetically stabilized, air driven, computer interfaced, chaotic emu egg pendulum, 2011. Mixed media. Dimensions variable New American Voices II
Cai Guo-Qiang at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms
Joan Jonas: Reading Dante III and Reading Dante II
William Anastasi, Same Salt I-V, 1986. William Anastasi blindfolded, draws on frosted acetate during his residency and exhibition at the FWM Duo-Chrome/Duotone: Ink to Light
Paula Wilson, Remodeled, 2007. Relief woodcut, offset lithography, and silkscreen with collaged elements and handcoloring. 19 1⁄2 x 25 3⁄4 inches. Produced at the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies Paula Wilson: First Story
John John, 2008. Two 1937 Depression Era John Deere Tractors, steel, paint. 8 x 24 x 7 feet. New American Voices
Mocha Dick, 2009. Wool felt, vinyl coated fabric armature, and internal fan. 126" x 180" x 624" Tristin Lowe, Virgil Marti, Peter Rose, and Ryan Trecartin
Left to Right: Robert Wilson, Horned Frog, 2006; Johnny Depp, 2006; Kool (Snow Owl), 2006. All works commissioned and produced by VOOM HD. Robert Wilson: VOOM Portraits
Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Cardoso Flea Circus, 1996. Acrylic and oil on canvas, hand silkscreen on nylon taffeta, various fabrics, steel, brass, video, various props and fleas. 96 x 116 inches in diameter. Threads of History: The Fabric Workshop and Museum 1977–2008
Ed Ruscha, Industrial Strength Sleep, 2007 (detail). Merino wool, cotton, and Trevira CS tapestry. 109 ½ x 276 inches. Ed Ruscha: Industrial Strength
A view of artist Cameron Gainer's Forest Through the the Trees, 2006, an installation at The Fabric Workshop and Museum's New Temporary Contemporary, 2007. Cameron Gainer: Forest Through The The Trees
A view of Warp Trance, 2007, a project-in-process at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2007. Senga Nengudi: Warp Trance
A view of Storefront, 2007, a project at The Fabric Workshop and Museum 1222 Arch Street location, 2007. Mark Bradford: Storefront
Anish Kapoor, Body to Body, 1997 (detail), Wool and fiberglass. 115 x 58 x 9 ½ inches Simply Red
People (detail), 1979. Hand silk screen on cotton muslin. Width: 45 inches. Will Stokes Jr.: Retrospective
Installation view of The "Best" Phlower Power Window at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (1222 Arch Street Windows), 2007. Window Installations by Contemporary Artists at 1222 Arch Street
Jim Hodges, You, 1997 (detail). Silk flowers and thread. 168 x 192 inches. Process and Collaboration: Celebrating Twelve Years at 1315 Cherry Street