We’ll continue our ROLL OF HONOR rundown for UNDER $100 with the mixed-media assemblage our jury aptly named “Best Sin under $100.” As we noted at our Opening Reception, not only is WAYNE W. URFFER the longest tenured OFF THE WALL artist in this show, he is the only one of our 48 participants who can say that he was “discovered” by our founding director Mary Liz. That would have been back in 1997, when he joined the faculty of the now-defunct Art Institute of Philadelphia (in fact, all the Art Institutes are now closed) as a professor in sociology, ethics and comparative religions. Yes, our way-back machine is in high gear because today happens to be our Gallery’s 45TH BIRTHDAY. (Our first-ever show “Her Name Is Not Anonymous Anymore” opened on Friday, December 8, 1978!) Many thanks to the tremendously talented Mr. Urffer — who incidentally is a two-time Mary Liz Fellow — for taking us down memory lane, as well as down the winding path of yet another ethical/religious debate. Who gets to decide what constitutes a sin? What does that mean for the alleged perpetrator or for the religion/group passing judgment? As always, TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES!
WAYNE W. URFFER
“Sin”
19.5 x 21.5
mixed-media assemblage
95.
