June 9 - July 30, 2004

Housing over fifty works from the 1960s to the present in what appears to be a vacant exhibition space, "Open" considers the elasticity of emptiness, the thresholds of perception, and the physical and cultural parameters of the white cube.

View "Open" exhibition postcard (PDF format)

View "Open" Gallery Map and Checklist (PDF format)

Co-curated by Sandra Firmin, Associate Curator, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, and Richard Torchia, Director, Arcadia University Art Gallery, in conjunction with "The Big Nothing," a citywide festival initiated by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Catalog available Fall 2004.

For more information about the ICA’s exhibition, as well as a comprehensive listing of citywide programming developed in conjunction with “The Big Nothing,” go to www.icaphila.org.

Summer Hours:
Tues, Wed, Fri, 10 am-4 pm; Thurs, 12-7 pm, and by appointment. Closed July 2-5 for Independence Day Weekend.

Funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Friends and Advisory Board of the Arcadia University Art Gallery. Exhibition catalog made possible thanks to generous support from Mari and Peter Shaw.