 New Work by the
Dufala Brothers Constance S. & Robert J. Hennessy Project Space
February 10 - May 13, 2012
Image: Billy and Steven Dufala, 2012
Site specific installation, Courtesy of artists and
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wilmington, Del. - 10 February 2012 - The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts announces New Work by the Dufala Brothers, an installation of recycled steel duct work and construction materials. New Work by the Dufala Brothers will be shown in the Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space from February 10 - May 13, 2012. Philadelphia born artists and brothers Steven and Billy Dufala of Philadelphia have recently exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, which represents the artist duo. The Dufalas will be present during a formal opening of the exhibition with gallery talks that will take place during the Friday, March 2, 2012 Art on the Town from 5 - 9 pm with gallery talks beginning at 6:30 pm. A conversation regarding New Work by the Dufala Brothers will take place during the Art Salad 2012 Spring season. Additionally, themes regarding New Work by the Dufala Brothers will be presented during DCCA's 2012 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium titled SUPERstructure: city/building/interior/object on March 23 - 24, 2012. Related children's programs include a Spring 2012 class titled Build It: 3 Dimensional Exploration for ages 8 - 11 and two Free Family Programs titled Construction Junction and Tremendous Trash. Detailed information of all related programs is listed below.
Please contact Sara Teixido, Director of Marketing and Communications, at steixido@thedcca.org for images and information regarding this exhibition or related programs. View the New Work by the Dufala Brothers exhibition page and download the exhibition PDF here: http://www.thedcca.org/exhibit/new-work-dufala-brothers |
About the exhibition_________________________The Dufala Brothers design and fabricate wildly awkward and absurd versions of domestic spaces and consumer goods using recycled materials. The Dufalas construct an original, site-specific sculptural installation that responds to the existing ventilation system of the gallery. A vertical tower made of ductwork normally used in heating and cooling systems, the sculpture is crafted from salvaged materials found at Revolution Recovery, a Philadelphia-based recycling company. According to the artists, the ductwork arrived at the recycling center as an agglutination of miscellaneous and demolished  HVAC systems that they then collected and repurposed. Part dollhouse, part shantytown, the structure suggests both a domestic and industrial space configured with multiple parts with openings that allow viewers to peer into a seemingly cramped living area. Emphasizing infrastructure over livability, the Dufala Brothers' puzzle of interconnected conduit would seem inhospitable to any tenant. A wry commentary on our desire for technological progress at the expense of true convenience and efficiency, the artists reframe familiar HVAC ventilation as a strangely suffocating system. -Maiza Hixson Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art Image: Billy and Steven Dufala, 2012
Site specific installation (detail), Courtesy of artists and
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Information____________________________________
Steven and Billy Dufala (Philadelphia, PA)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Dufala Brothers, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Problemy, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College,Haverford, PA
2009
New Work, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
Trophy, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Fleisher Challenge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Here and Now, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Urbanism: Reimagining the Lived Environment,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA
Tri-State Show, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Terminal Jest, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2010
Solitary Pleasures, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Art Chicago, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Armory Show, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, New York, NY
Humor, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2009
InSites: Toilet Trikes, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Underground, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
A Beautiful Find, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED AWARDS
2008
West Prize Grand Prize Winners, The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Related Programs_______________________________
Art Salad Talks: Thursdays Noon - 1 pm
Art Salad is a free lunchtime series that features informal talks that delve into multi-point perspectives of contemporary art from artists, historians, educators, and curators. Bring your own lunch or have your lunch delivered by Cosi®.
View the full Art Salad Spring 2012 schedule here:
http://www.thedcca.org/content/art-salad
March 15 DCCA Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art Maiza Hixson will outline the ideas of design and methods of construction in the current DCCA exhibitions New Work by the Dufala Brothers and Contraption.
March 22
DCCA Curator of Special Projects J. Susan Isaacs, PhD, will preview themes to be explored in the 2012 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium, SUPERstructure. April 26 Assistant Professor and Chair of Liberal Arts Department at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Kevin Richards, PhD, will lead a discussion of Billy and Steven Dufala's exhibition New Work by the Dufala Brothers. _______________________________________
2012 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium
Friday, March 23, 2012: 7 - 9 pm
Saturday, March 24, 2012: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
 Under Construction is one of seven exhibitions during the Spring 2012 schedule that are thematically linked in a series titled SUPERstructure: city/building/interior/object. This exhibition theme will be the topic of DCCA's 2012 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium on March 23 - 24, 2012 with Keynote Speaker Marshall Brown Professor of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. The Symposium SUPERstructure will present interdisciplinary scholarship and examine artistic/architectural practice as a platform for discussion of the built environment, including the urban and domestic, the environmentally sustainable and unsustainable, the beautiful and repellant, and the permeable boundaries between design, craft, and fine art. This program is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Saturday March 24, 2012, 11 am
 | Image: Billy and Steven Dufala, 2012
Site specific installation,
Courtesy of artists and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA |
Philadelphia-based artists, satirists, and siblings Billy and Steven Dufala design and fabricate wildly awkward and inefficient versions of consumer goods using mass-produced materials. The artists' prior constructions include a fiberglass furniture suite and chain-link house. Hixson discusses the artists' wry cultural commentary and pragmatic design approach to absurd objects and skillfully crafted sculptural lemons.
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Youth Class
Build It: 3 Dimensional Exploration
(Ages 8 - 11) Saturdays, April 21 - May 12, 2012 10:30 am - 12:30 pm $60 Member, $70 Future Member, Supply Fee: $20
Tired of paper and pencils? So are we! Join the DCCA as we explore alternative art materials traditionally used for construction and industry in this unique sculpture class. Work with a DCCA Teaching Artist to build a work of art like no other!
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FREE Family Programs
Construction Junction Sunday, February 19, Noon - 3 pm
Inspired by the DCCA 2012 Spring exhibition series SUPERstructure: city/building/interior/object, participants will construct the biggest "building block" tower ever to be installed at the DCCA! Then families will move to the DCCA classroom to create their own "constructed" sculptures with a Teaching Artist. Tremendous Trash Sunday, April 22, Noon - 3 pm
Put your wastebasket to work with collaborative, found object installations and sculpture. Participants will work with a DCCA Teaching Artist to transform ordinary discards like milk jugs and broken shoelaces into tremendous one-of-a-kind creations!
Learn more: http://www.thedcca.org/content/free-family-programs
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Guided Tours
To arrange Guided tours for DCCA exhibitions, contact the Education Department at 302-656-6466 x7101. Learn more about DCCA's tour programs:
http://www.thedcca.org/content/guided-tours
About the DCCA
The DCCA, a non-collecting art museum founded in 1979, presents between 25 and 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized artists that explore topical issues in contemporary art and society, as well as symposia, lectures and tours. The DCCA rents individual studios to more than 25 artists, who also exhibit regularly within its galleries and throughout the region. The DCCA presents a variety of educational and outreach programs, including programs that integrate contemporary arts into the public school curriculum, and artists' residencies that feature collaboration with underserved community groups. The center is housed in a renovated industrial building at 200 South Madison St. in the heart of the rejuvenated Wilmington Riverfront.
DCCA gallery hours are:
10 am - 5 pm Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Noon - 5 pm Wednesday and Sunday
Admission is FREE
302-656-6466
www.thedcca.org
The DCCA is wheelchair-accessible.
Visitors with special needs are encouraged to call in advance.
DCCA exhibitions and programs are made possible, in part, by individual contributions; member support; and by major grants from Bank of America, Borgenicht Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, DuPont, ING DIRECT, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware in partnership with National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Christmas Shop Foundation; Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities; The First State Gridiron Board; The Gilliam Foundation; I Could Do Great Things Foundation; Puffin Foundation; United Way of Delaware; Walmart; Wilmington Flower Market; and by Amtrak - Official Transportation Provider for the DCCA.
High resolution images available upon request.
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CONTACT
Sara Monserrat Teixido
Director of Marketing and Communications
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 South Madison Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-656-6466 x7110
steixido@thedcca.org
 
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