From Pennsylvania Dutch to '60’s graffiti to him
A item by Timothy Curtis in his show“Two Hundred Years of Painting,’’ at The Current, Stowe, Vt., through April 12.
Curtis, a Philadelphian, explores explore the relationships between Pennsylvania Dutch stoneware from the 19th Century, 1960s graffiti writing in the same area and his own artwork, highlighting the thread of influence in one region over 200 years. View original stoneware and new paintings by Curtis, along with a special area dedicated to celebrating the lives and work of 1960s African-American Philadelphia graffiti writers.
The Trapp Family Lodge, in Stowe, founded by the Austrian refugees from the Nazis whose story is the basis of the musical The Sound of Music
— Photo by Royalbroil