Past Exhibitions
Jeanne Jaffe: Four Quartets

Opening reception Friday, 7 September 2012, from 6 – 11 pm
Marginal Utility is proud to present “Four Quartets”, an exhibition of new work by the Philadelphia based artist Jeanne Jaffe.
This exhibition is informed by T.S. Eliot’s book of poetry titled the “Four Quartet’s”. In these poems Eliot explores the experience of time, […]
Get it While it’s Cheap #2

August 3 – 26, 2012
Opening reception Friday, 3 August 2012, from 6 – 11 pm
Marginal Utility is pleased to present “get it while it's cheap #2”, a summer group show that features new projects by Coady Brown, Kyle Goldbach, Abby King, Patrick Maguire, Zorawar Sidhu.
Coady Brown's paintings are typically based […]
Abigail DeVille: Hooverville Torqued Ellipse

18 July – 12 August 2012
Marginal Utility Gallery is proud to present HOOVERVILLE TORQUED ELLIPSE, new work by ABIGAIL DEVILLE as its last project in a series of exhibitions for FIRST AMONG EQUALS at the ICA in Philadelphia.
Through the referencing of a canonical sculpture from recent art history, combined with an awareness […]
Richard Harrod: THE RENDERERS

27 June- 15 July, 2012
Marginal Utility Gallery is proud to present THE RENDERERS, an exhibition of new work by RICHARD HARROD as a part of FIRST AMONG EQUALS exhibition at the ICA in Philadelphia.
“Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an ‘event boundary’ in the mind, which separates episodes of activity […]
Scott Kip: Illuminated Structures

1 June – 29 July, 2012
Opening reception Friday, 1 June 2012, from 6 – 11 pm
Marginal Utility is pleased to present Illuminated Structures, an exhibition of new work by the Philadelphia based artist SCOTT KIP.
Kip employs the use of scale-model structures to build spatial metaphors for sentient life that depict the […]
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Daniel Lefcourt: Active Surplus

16 May – 3 June 2012
Marginal Utility Gallery is proud to present ‘Active Surplus’, an exhibition of new work by DANIEL LEFCOURT as a part of FIRST AMONG EQUALS exhibition at the ICA in Philadelphia.
Using the tools and materials of scenic fabrication and sign making, Daniel Lefcourt’s work continually point outwards, towards […]
JAYSON SCOTT MUSSON: Early Imperial Luxury Arts

25 April – 13 May 2012
Marginal Utility Gallery is proud to present ‘Early Imperial Luxury Arts’, an exhibition of new work by JAYSON SCOTT MUSSON as a part of FIRST AMONG EQUALS exhibition at the ICA in Philadelphia.
Early Imperial Luxury Arts is about the inevitable failure of the State, remedy […]
MIKE VASS: Vancouver #1-13 (Notes for a report…)

11 April – 22 April 2012
Marginal Utility Gallery is proud to present ‘Vancouver #1-13 (Notes for a report…)’, an exhibition of new work by MIKE VASS as a part of FIRST AMONG EQUALS exhibition at the ICA in Philadelphia.
Vancouver #1-13 (Notes for a report…)
On June 26th & 27th, 2010, the largest […]