2015 was an especially eventful year for the artist, who shows her work at Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Rutstein, whose work is inspired by science and the natural world, spent 6 weeks last summer as an Artist at Sea, painting and working with scientists mapping the ocean floor on Robert Ballard’s ship, The Nautilus. This year, she also completed her first public art piece, “Sky Terrain,” at 11th and Montgomery on the Temple University Campus.
Read MoreThe two University of the Arts schoolmates and friends (they’re not a couple) began collaborating on projects while they were in school. After graduation, they decided to find a shared studio space to continue their collaborations, and set up shop in a storefront at 2020 South St. And in 2010, they asked themselves, “Why not start a gallery?” They already had a good space and a friend they wanted to show, so they just went ahead and did it.
Read MoreCanadian sculpture artist Jess Perlitz recently opened “Chorus,” a moving audio work comprised of recordings of incarcerated men and women throughout the U.S. She asked them, “If you could sing one song, and have that song heard, what would it be?” She layers the results into a “choir” triggered by a visitor’s arrival into a cell at Eastern State Penitentiary. We interviewed Jess a couple of years ago about the emotions and processes that inform her work, and why it is that you can so often interact with her pieces.
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