The Railroad in Contemporary Art from Friday, May 25 through Sunday, June 24. In addition, a gallery talk will be held on Saturday, June 16 at 1 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public.
Featuring some 32 exquisite works, this exhibition explores the train, and the American railroad system in general, as motifs in recent art. Featured artists include Michael Allen, David Brumbach, Michael Chapman, Robert Cottingham, Matthew Daub, Gregory Dean, Ann DeLaurentis, Dottie D'Orazio, Rob Evans, Daniel Morper, Paul Rickert, Fred Rodger, Doug Schlemm, Heidi and Allen Sherman, Lisa Troupe, Roger Winter, John David Wissler, Alan Wolfson, and Mark Workman. In Evans' Marietta Train, a miniature train set is the lone presence in an otherwise empty room, setting a tone of mystery and estrangement. Similarly, in Rickert's Refuge, 30th Street Station in Philadelphia is rendered as an architectural behemoth where reflections dwarf the anonymous commuters. In the work of the renowned photorealist Robert Cottingham, locomotive imagery is even more enigmatic.