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319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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By Appointment
Saturday + Sunday 12:00-5:00pm
01 May – 26 July 2026
opening reception: 01 May, 6-9 PM
Marginal Utility / 2C Books is proud to present ‘Pick a Path with Heart,’ an exhibition of woodcut prints by Philadelphia-based artist Henry Murphy.
Drawing on the visual language of woodcut artists such as Shiko Munakata, Antonio Frasconi, and Dan Miller, Murphy […]
6 March – 26 April 2026
Opening reception Friday, 6 March from 6 -10 pm
Marginal Utility/2C books is proud to present Blow of Iron, an exhibition of works on paper by Philadelphia-based artist Zeyu Yu.
Through drawing, painting, and image-making, Zeyu creates spaces for engaging the unknown—psychic, psychological, spiritual, and the personal […]
5 December 2025 – 1 March 2026
opening reception: 5 December 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Marginal Utility / 2C Books is pleased to present Deadeye, an exhibition of photographic works by Philadelphia-based artist Ditta Baron Hoeber.
Deadeye is the tile of a black and white photograph that I made many years ago. It’s also […]
5 September – 30 November 2025
opening reception: 5 September 2025 from 6-9 PM
2C Books/Marginal Utility is proud to present Echo of Another, an exhibition of works on paper by Philadelphia-based artist Tania Qurashi.
Through painting and drawing, Tania Qurashi explores objects, vessels, and symbols as entry points into […]
07 March – 25 May
opening reception 07 March 6:00-9:00 PM
Marginal Utlity/2C books is proud to present Curio, an exhibition of new work by Philadelphia-based artist ZacharySimonson.
I am an architect of worlds, using my preoccupation with my everyday patterns of thought as building blocks to construct sanctuaries of play. I use […]
01 November – 29 December 2024
Marginal Utility is proud to present BLUR NEGATIVE SPACES OR and DP, a new installation by NYC-based artist Pap Souleye Fall.
My work aims to create ruptures between practices that tie worlds together, reimagining how black/queer people of the diaspora blur edges through transmedia and pop culture. […]
4-27 October 2024
2C books / Marginal Utility is pleased to present Posted Notices: Selections from the Archive.
Posted Notices is an informal archive comprising a decades’ worth of collected ephemera found on the bulletin board, walls, and stairwell of the 319 (Vox) building and the surrounding Callowhill neighborhood.
The 319 Building has housed […]
12 July – 29 September 2024
opening reception: 12 July from 6:00-9:00 PM
Marginal Utility / 2C books are proud to present Shopper’s Special: Circular Ad Collages, an exhibition of multimedia works on paper by Philadelphia-based artist Misha Wyllie.
The exhibited works in Shopper’s Special: Circular Ad Collages are composed of circular advertisements […]
3 May – 30 June 2024
opening reception: 3 May from 6:00-9:00 PM
closing reception: 30 June from 3:00-6:00 PM
Marginal Utility/2C Books is proud to present “And in my absence, a tree” by Philadelphia-based artist Rahul Subhash Shinde.
7 drawings by Shinde will be on view in the bookstore from May 3rd […]
2 February – 1 April 2024
opening reception: February 2nd from 6:00-9:00 PM
Marginal Utility and 2C books are proud to present Text-Based Drawings, an exhibition of works on paper and plywood by the Philadelphia-based artist C.J. Stahl.
Stahl’s drawings present an interplay between large fonts and forms found in wood grain. The words […]