![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The descriptive titles and captions are meant to encourage further interpretation of the objects,” Cobb says, “and through the juxtaposition, metamorphosis, and abstraction of representational forms, my work is intended to captivate the imagination.” Cobb’s premise and installation concept reflect a desire to situate her work in the storied, wood-paneled galleries of the PAA with the aim of giving visitors the impression that they have been invited into an eccentric and wondrous library.Ĭobb’s mastery of CAD (computer-aided design) has allowed her to develop a vocabulary of forms in unusual materials such as photopolymers, which lends her neck-pieces, earrings, and brooches the extraordinary precision and specificity required by her ideas. The title of the exhibition evokes both meanings of the word “legend”: the more common use, referring to stories of mythical beings or events, as well as the term used to describe an illustration, or to explain the symbols on a map. In her first solo exhibition in Philadelphia, artist Emily Cobb has transformed the PAA’s first floor galleries into a surreal study collection for her studio jewelry, including brooches, neckpieces, and rings-highly original pieces that illustrate modern fairy tales and fables. ![]()
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