Committed to engaging a broad audience with contemporary photographic practice, the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image (formerly known as Philadelphia Photo Arts Center), has planned two full years of innovative, curated exhibits and related programs that engage Philadelphians of all ages and backgrounds. As it has since its inception, the organization will bring cutting-edge work and ideas to underserved neighborhoods to expand access to and conversation about contemporary art to wider, more diverse audiences.
TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image
Installation images from the Contemporary Photography Exhibition IX featuring Sasha Phyars-Burgess and Guanyu Xu. The juror was Dan Leer, curator of photography at the Carnegie Museum of Art. PHotos by Lori Waselchuk/PPAC
Thinking of a Place Opening Panel featuring Nelson Chan, exhibition curator Josh Brilliant, and artist Rose Cromwell, June 13, 2016. Photos by Lori Waselchuk
Thinking of a Place Opening Reception, June 13, 2018.
Thinking of a Place investigates the nature of a place through the medium of the photo book. Curated by Josh Brilliant, Thinking of a Place explores how photographs can be made of the familiar and unfamiliar while acknowledging the politics of representing another’s home and culture.
With over 100 books from 93 different artists from around the globe, Thinking of a Place is both an exhibition and a reading room. Visitors will have the opportunity to remove each book from the wall for a more intimate experience. Ranging from unique artist books to iconic publications, Thinking of a Place gathers a distinct selection of books that both challenges and illuminates what it means to visually encounter a place.
Photos by Lori Waselchuk
Installation image: To Be Real exhibition by Rashaad Newsome at the Philadephia Photo Arts Center. 2019. Photo by Anthony Wood
Installation of Contemporary Photography Exhibition VIII at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center April 11 – May 18, 2019. The show features two winners: Claire A. Warden and Arielle Bobb-Willis. Photo by Lori Waselchuk
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Philip Johnson commissioned Warhol to make a large-scale work for the exterior for his pavilion for the New York World’s Fair, along with other artists. Warhol’s provocative response, a multiple portrait of ‘Most Wanted Men’ was installed a few days before the opening but was deems too inflammatory and contrary to the upbeat image of the World’s Fair and the work was taken down.