Reading Terminal: Food chain

March 5, 2013
Reading Terminal Market Debuts Food Chain, A New Public Art Installation Now On Display
Posted by Aaron Horton
Filed in: ARTS ATTRACTIONS NEWS
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Food Chain is currently on display at Reading Terminal Market. (Photo by M. Edlow for GPTMC)

Reading Terminal Market’s new art installation is officially on view. Appropriately titled Food Chain, the piece is With Art Philadelphia’s first public art installation and was created by artist, textile designer and author/illustrator, Alex Stadler of stadler-Kahn.

Food Chain is constructed out of polychromed papier mache and carved Styrofoam and is the first of several art installations by local artists that will be popping up around the city over the next few months.

Also, in celebration of the Flower Show, Reading Terminal Market has extended their hours this week. Through Saturday March 10, Reading Terminal Market will be open through 7 p.m. and will stay open until 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 11 — giving attendees some extra time to enjoy the market and check out the new art installation.

Check out more photos, including a behind-the-scenes look, of Food Chain below.

Food Chain at Reading Terminal Market
When: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Reading Terminal Market, 51 N. 12th Street
Cost: Free
More info: www.readingterminalmarket.org








(All photos by M. Edlow for GPTMC)

About the artist:

Alex Stadler is an artist, textile designer and author/illustrator, based in Philadelphia since 1993. He is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and in 2010, he started stadler-Kahn textiles, producing scarves in New York City made from Italian merino and cashmere. In June of 2012, he opened stadler-Kahn at 1724 Sansom Street, a design shop featuring his stadler-Kahn scarves and other design work, shown alongside a mix of fine art, vintage pieces and anything else that intrigues him. Stadler is the author/illustrator of over ten children’s books and as an independent designer, has created work for Comme des Garcons, Nina Campbel ltd, Todd Oldham, babyGap and Token.

COMMENTS

I've always thought art on public display is a lot fun because its not only free but the art is almost always flamboyant or funny. This article also touches on what I've been noticing around me in the city. I see little pieces of art in the most random places where they weren't before like at 15th and 13th station on the L- train.