Exhibits & Events

HAND-ME-DOWN, a solo exhibit by sculptor David Herbert, premieres at Grizzly Grizzly from May 5 to June 18. For his first show in Philadelphia, Herbert radically alters the gallery by building a false back wall that makes Grizzly’s intimate space even more so. Referencing the Western canon that dominates art history books, his new sculptures, purposely scaled for Grizzly’s space, include a bright yellow remake of Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel, a Greek-inspired bust, and a plywood rendition of the Navarone WWII mountain playset. His site-specific installation not only shrinks our floorplan by one-third but also reconsiders the display of artworks by placing his remakes in wall cubbies and acrylic boxes like so many urns in a columbarium.