A new exhibition at The Galleries at Moore in Philadelphia takes visitors behind the screens of the people seen during video calls and into their living spaces.
“Collections: Art We Love — A “Show and Tell” features works that are from the home collections of staff and faculty members of Moore College of Art & Design, appearing through March 26, in The Galleries, 1916 Race St., located on The Parkway.
In accordance with Moore’s guidelines, indoor exhibitions at The Galleries are closed to the public until further notice because of COVID-19, but some of the exhibition can be viewed from Race Street.
“We’ve welcomed students and colleagues into our homes virtually and it’s been interesting to see the colorful walls, windows, light fixtures, pets, plants, books, tchotchkes, and all kinds of other stuff in those tiny Zoom frames,” said Gabrielle Lavin Suzenski, Rochelle F. Levy director of The Galleries at Moore.
“We’re bringing some of the art and design from those virtual snapshots into The Galleries at Moore for our internal community to experience in person.”
One of the rules of the exhibition is that the submitted art cannot have been made by the faculty or staff person. Participants also had to identify the artist or maker of the piece, describe their connection to it, and tell why they are drawn to it.
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