Opening Receptions: Sarah Detweiler // Sean 9 Lugo at Paradigm Gallery

Please join us as we celebrate the hard work and creativity of two artists with distinct narratives and perspectives in art. Both artists will be in attendance with opportunities to view and collect artwork from 3 floors of the Paradigm Arts Building.

Sarah Detweiler: Unmasquerade

For her third solo exhibition with Paradigm, Detweiler chose to visualize her recent experience of receiving an Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder diagnosis and how she’s adjusting with a new understanding. As if uncovering a hidden part of herself, Detweiler is able to establish a visual vocabulary highlighting her curiosity and perceptiveness as an artist, while also letting audiences in to her daily struggles as a human. Instead of seeing her neurodivergence as an obstacle, she can release the expectations of appearing adjusted and “ordinary” in social settings. Audiences can bask in Detweiler’s revelry, as she parades in costumes that both cover her body and reveal her authentic self in her paintings.

Please email [email protected] if you wish to be added to Sarah Detweiler's digital collector preview list for her upcoming exhibition. You may also submit your request .

Sean 9 Lugo: Storyteller

In this anecdotal exhibition, Lugo will be displaying the cinematic experiences he had growing up in East Coast urban cities in the 1990s through a variety of mediums: painting, collage, and illustration. As he recalls his adolescent meeting spots and made-up games, he rediscovers how he was first captivated by art and how it informs his practice today. Lugo strives to authentically represent the people and places in his stories, in a similar vein to the artists of the Golden Age of Illustration in the early twentieth century. Lugo studies the process of Howard Pyle and Saturday Evening Post covers by Norman Rockwell, and adapts them into new versions of nostalgic Americana starring the Black and Latine figures of Lugo’s youth.

Please email [email protected] if you wish to be added to Sean 9 Lugo's digital collector preview list for his upcoming exhibition. You may also submit your request .

The reception is free and open to all. All artwork will be available to collect during the opening.Please email info@paradigm-gallery for any inquiries prior to the receptions.

Also on display:

Artwork by Eustace Mamba

Artwork by Alain Jean-Baptiste

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Artwork by Katherine Fraser

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and many more!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Paradigm Arts Building, 12 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, United States