HALF LIFE:Adriana Lobel, Kyle LoPinto, and Kaitlin Pomerantz
July 7—August 27, 2023
First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, July 7, 6:00—10:00 pm
Practice Gallery is pleased to present the three-person exhibition, Half Life: Adriana Lobel, Kyle LoPinto, and Kaitlin Pomerantz. The exhibition will open on Friday, July 7 with an opening reception for the artists from 6:00 to 9:00 as part of First Fridays. Regular gallery hours: Sat & Sun, 2:00-6:00.
Using materials that range from found objects and decaying plant material to biodegradable epoxy resin, the artists each respond to the impacts of industry and consumption, and offer personal avenues for meaning-making, material preservation, and re-use. ‘Half life’ refers to the rate at which atoms decay, and is a measure of usefulness preceding decline or obsolescence. Half Life offers material explorations that bear witness to the complexities of shifting environmental conditions. The works act both as memorials and diaries, addressing concerns with local deforestation, the precarity of global supply chains, and the overconsumption of resources in an era of choking abundance.
About the Artists
Adriana Lobel
Epoxy, plant debris
Adriana Lobel is a Philadelphia based artist working with everyday ephemera. She is inspired by the act of connecting to one's surroundings through instigated proximity and attentive looking. She creates new ecologies from fabric scraps, plant debris, twigs, and small scale photographs of objects splintered and displaced from the patterns of living. She received her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 2023.
Kyle LoPinto
Kyle LoPinto lives in Philadelphia and works at The College of New Jersey as Studio Safety Technician. He is a sculptor that works primarily with found objects and materials.
Kaitlin Pomerantz
Kaitlin Pomerantz is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator working between mediums with attention to the stories and memory that materials carry. Through sculpture, spatial intervention, image making, and text, Pomerantz considers narratives of place and the ecological and social relations and histories unfolding within it.