CURATOR: New gallery exhibits from May 4-10

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CURATOR: New gallery exhibits from May 4-10

POSTED: Friday, May 4, 2012, 4:00 PM

Filed Under: Arts | The Curator Visual Art

Art-geek extraordinaire Courtney Sexton presents a weekly selection of Philly's must-see gallery exhibits.

"Wild Nature" at Wexler Gallery

Wexler is definitely one of my favorite more traditional galleries in town, with a rotation of exhibitions that always manage to be both refined and cutting-edge. Director Sienna Freeman's vision of what contemporary art is and how much of a role the curator can play in making it accessible and successful keeps Wexler a place worth returning to.

The current group exhibition at Wexler (opening tonight) features four artists — Christy Langer, Julie Anne Mann, Andy Paiko and Jennifer Trask — working in drawing, painting, sculpture and metalwork. The connecting themes in “Wild Nature” are the natural world, the human condition and the sublime. Here, the artists “explore the exotic worlds of flora and fauna from an allegorical approach, often drawing from personal experiences, memories and dreams.” Anthropomorphic tree forms drawn in silver leaf on actual wood, drawings on stretched animal skin and found-object/precious-metal wearable sculptures are just the beginning.

Through June 30, free, Wexler Gallery, 201 N. Third St., 215-923-7030, wexlergallery.com.

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