David Hartt Reviewed in Wallpaper*

Oct. 18, 2019

ELKINS PARK, PA – David Hartt: The Histories (Le Mancenillier) brings film, tapestry, sound and orchids to the 60-year-old building.

Hartt tells Wallpaper*, ‘I’ve been thinking about the building’s potential future as an architectural ruin and wanted to commemorate that aspect in relation to community-building,’ adding that he borrowed Wright’s understanding of consistency in design for his own work. Known for his visually discreet yet thematically piercing multidisciplinary interventions, the artist has brought nature inside the abashedly glamorous interior, enticing visitors to reflect on equilibrium and transcendence, on par with the building’s spiritual function.

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