Exhibits & Events

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia is pleased to present Pieced, a two-person show featuring Philadelphia-based painter Peter Allen Hoffmann and New Mexico quilter and interdisciplinary artist, Anne Wu. The show is curated by Mary Henderson.

The title of the show refers to the American quilting technique that inspires the work of both artists. Hoffmann’s restrained abstraction echoes their symbolic geometry, while Wu’s quilts use the piecing technique as a storytelling vehicle. The work in the show is consciously scaled to the human body – in Hoffmann’s case, to the size of a face, and in Wu’s, to the size of the outstretched form that a quilt is meant to cover. Although a spirit of playfulness pervades both artists’ approaches, inviting viewers to seek patterns and connections through a visual language that calls to mind puzzles and games, their work does not offer easy solutions. It suggests, rather than states; evokes, rather than imitates.

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Closing Reception: September 9th at 5:00 PM.

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