MISS DOCENT: Kentucky spice, erupting felt and dyed uniforms

Impressive permanent collections may have put our area museums on the map, but it's the rotating exhibits that keep visitors coming back. Every Thursday, Abigail Minor updates you on the newest and most browse-worthy. This week: Kentucky spice, erupting felt and dyed uniforms.

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MISS DOCENT: Kentucky spice, erupting felt and dyed uniforms

POSTED: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 12:00 PM

Filed Under: Arts | Critical Mass | Museum | Philly Artists Visual Art

"Secret Garden" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

For those feeling empty since the end of the Philadelphia International Flower Show, a "Secret Garden" is available. This exhibit features three American artists, Ted Hallman, Sheila Hicks and Jim Hodges, who embody gardens in their work as images of disorder, spirituality and remembrance. Sheila Hicks, for example, twists and ties dyed nurses’ uniforms into a giant ambiguous shape overtaking the room, while Jim Hodges disassembles artificial flower petals to create a spilling curtain waterfall. Hand-printed textile landscapes accentuate the works much like leaves do flower buds, making this garden one suitable for exploring.

Through July, free-$8, Perelman Building, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fairmount and Pennsylvania Aves., 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org

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