Esherick hosts ‘Telling Tales’ exhibit

The Wharton Esherick Museum in Malvern, Pa., is currently hosting “Telling Tales”, a virtual exhibition, through Aug. 27.

“Telling Tales acknowledges the importance of storytelling in Esherick’s life and career through the exhibition of 25 artists whose work is a testament to the power of a well told story,” according to a statement on the museum’s website. “Across a wide array of artistic approaches, Telling Tales showcases how skillfully and effectively wood can be used to tell stories drawn from the expanse of human experience and feeling,” the Museum website states.

Exhibiting artists include Lucia Garzón, Suzi Fox, John R.G. Roth, Anna Hitchcock, Andy Buck, Peyton Dolin, Kagen Dunn, Carolyn Grew-Sheridan, Nathaniel Hall, Morgan Hill, Rob Hiza, Bob Holcombe, Danny Kamerath, Kathleen Kilanowski, Liz Koerner, Fernando Martinez, Rob Millard-Mendez, Matthew Olson, Colin Pezzano, Kara Beth Rasure, Peter Sandback, Peter Scheidt, Mark Tan, Janine Wang and Brian Skalaski, and Charles Wright.

The exhibition doubles as a juried woodworking competition, won by Lucia Garzón of Philadelphia for “Dad’s Cart”, a wooden replica of the janitor’s cart that her dad uses to clean buildings at night.

View the exhibition online at whartonesherickmuseum.org.

This article was originally published in the August 2023 issue.