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Sonya Clark tangles with hair at Snyderman

I was drawn to Sonya Clark’s show at Snyderman Gallery by a photo of a chair she had made–a found armchair festooned with braids that hung off the back and bottom like Spanish moss. Fit for an African king I thought.

Fiber at Snyderman

If you’re still thinking there’s a big divide between art and crafts, the 7th International Fiber Biennial will set you straight. Much of the work reflects social and artistic concerns and all of it is beautifully made. The exhibit, at Snyderman Gallery, features fiber art from 61 artists, who come from as far away as Denmark and Korea, with 15 of them from the Philadelphia area. Among my favorites are two pieces about America’s long-term contentious issue–race. One is from a white artist, one from an African American artist, and as always, the subject is loaded with feelings.

Juicy jewelry from Bruce Metcalf, detailed drawings from South Philly

Like candy in a sweetshop, Bruce Metcalf’s painted and carved wood jewelry calls out to you from behind the glass cases in Snyderman Gallery. Colorful, stylized lips and breasts and biomorphic tendrils that suggest underwater creatures make up the necklaces and brooches you see. These plumped up and gorgeous little objects with their sensuous surfaces and bright, seductive colors are like those playful creatures from an Elizabeth Murray painting–beguiling and can we say, naughty?