What a Relief: small relief sculptures is a juried exhibition of relief sculptures organized by The Phillips Collection and Washington Sculptors Group (WSG), and presented at Phillips@THEARC. WSG is a nonprofit that promotes awareness and understanding of sculpture by organizing exhibitions and events that are free to the public. The artists-members of WSG were invited to submit works that engage and expand upon the tradition of relief sculpture in contemporary terms. From over 80 entries, two jurors from The Phillips Collection—Nehemiah Dixon III, Director of Community Engagement, and Vesela Sretenović, Cross-departmental Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives and Partnerships—have selected 37 works by artists ranging from age 15–81 to be presented at Phillips@THEARC from January 11 to March 18, 2022.
Phillips@THEARC is The Phillips Collection’s satellite campus, consisting of a workshop space and gallery, in Southeast DC. It is a part of Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), a community space that brings families east of the Anacostia River world-class services through its resident partners.
LOCATION:
Phillips@THEARC
1801 Mississippi Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20020
www.phillipscollection.org/thearc
Exhibition Viewing Hours: Thursday & Friday, 11 am-7 pm
ARTISTS
Full artists bios are available upon request. Please contact jmitchell@phillipscollection.org.
David Alfuth
Sondra N. Arkin
c.l. bigelow
Janet Brome
Christopher Corson
Patrick Craig
Alonzo Davis
Marilyn Geldzahler
Joanne Kent
Wanjin Kim
Chee-Keong Kung
Elaine Langerman
Heidi Lippman
Ruth Lozner
Dalya Luttwak
Nicole Maloof
Sharon Pierce McCullough
Kass McGowan
Kristina Penhoet
Ana Rendich
Marc Robarge
Jean Sausele-Knodt
Gail Shaw-Clemons
Tatyana Shramko
Ann Standrod
Michael Stewart
Steve Wanna
Cindy Winnick
Jenny Wu
Top left to right:
Alonzo Davis, Microclimate VI, 2021, Mix media, surf sail fragment with bamboo on cradled board, 14 x 13 x 4 in., Courtesy of artist
Christopher Romer, Hunters Moon over Silver Lake, 2021, North American woods, household enamel paints, hardware and sand, 16 x 16 x 12 in., Courtesy of artist
Bottom left to right:
Chee Keong Kung, Slow Light X, 2021, Wood, metal, gesso, acrylic, graphite, and color pencil, 8 ½ x 14 x 3 in., Courtesy of artist
Gail Shaw-Clemons, I’m Done #1, 2021, Charbonnel Aqua Wash Etching ink on 100% rag paper, 15 x 11 in., Courtesy of artist