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April 4-10, 2002 artpicks Hit the Road
ArtSelf-described as the "Mütter Museum of transportation history," the Lost Highways Archive, run by Northern Liberties artist Todd Kimmell, collects pieces of on-the-road Americana and displays them in loving but campy exhibitions. This month it has two shows. The first, "The Family Car on Mars," will be held at the Crosley-Deluxe gallery space at Lost Highways' headquarters in Old City. The exhibit focuses on the station wagon in its glory days, the '50s and '60s. Viewers will experience going "down the Shore" and going to the drive-in through interactive installations. The other show going up in the building is titled "RV Roots: The Auto Camping Craze of the Teens and Twenties" and features artifacts from the earliest instances of taking-home-on-the-road vacations. Part of this collection comes from the Barnett Canvas Co. on Arch Street, which closed its doors a few years ago. Its extensive stock of auto-camping material was rescued from a nearby dumpster. The Mütter's not the only place in town with a quirky, sometimes disturbing collection that gives insight into the way we used to be. Lost Highways Archive Exhibitions, opens Fri., April 5, runs through September, 307 Market St., 215-925-2568. | ||||||||||||||||||
