One of our 2008 Salon presenters, Jenny Kanzler, and Shelley Spector–First Person Arts’ partner in whine for the Philly Complaint Choir–are part of a show at My House Gallery dedicated entirely to the 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper!  Besides being a great idea for a show, it offers an added entendre to the phrase “works on paper.”  Check it out tonight:

My House Gallery invites you to attended its opening of PAPER JAM on Friday, September 19th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

The 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper has become a fixture in our
contemporary culture. This standard image confronts us every day.
Containing advertisement, files, faxes, business contracts, photo
copies, and a myriad of information, we take in the information, often
over looking the spatial context within which it is contained. What if
our standard paper size was drastically different? What if it was half
of or doubled in size? How would this change our perception and
understanding of information? Paper Jam puts the 8 1/2 by 11 piece of
paper under the hand of the artist to allow them to expand or contract
their artistic understanding of the parameters of space presented.

My House Gallery
2534 S. 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA
19148

You can see Shelley Spector (whose sit Spector PROJECTS chronicles her own artistic projects) at the preliminary meeting for the Complaint Choir, September 25th at the Gershman Y (401 S. Broad St.).  Find out more details here at the Philly Complaint Choir Blog.  See you there!