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More on "Radlands," that exhibit with the tepee

POSTED: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:50 PM

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In case you haven't heard, a tepee is going up in the Piazza this weekend. Sherri Hospedales wrote about it in this week's A&E section:

After a road trip last summer to Badlands National Park in South Dakota, Philadelphia artists Matthew Gribben and Sheldon Abba were inspired to construct a tepee like the ones they saw on their adventure. But it's become so much more than that. By the opening of "Radlands," an art show honoring American Indian culture with mixed media, installation and photography, the DIY tent will have morphed into a 14-foot magical structure painted black with glow-in-the-dark features.

If you want to get a taste of the exhibit before tomorrow, Gribben and Abba have been keeping a blog documenting the trip and the making of their show. A video up top is a preview of sorts, and judging by its candlelit setting and a description of hunting for timber in the woods later in the blog, the two artists are seriously getting into character for this show. Never ones to shy away from promotion, they've even got a Radlands T-shirt for sale for $22:

Opening reception Fri., July 31, 6-10 p.m., free, through Aug. 16, Pure Gold Gallery, Piazza at Schmidts, 1050 N. Hancock St., puregoldgallery.wordpress.com.

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