Furpile (Plein Air Viewing)
Daniel Albuquerque, Andrew W. Allison, Pamela Anderson, Eric Anthony Berdis, Jackie Blue, Gene Bunny, Thomas Callahan, Anne Chen, Jen Cooney, Stray Coyote, Iggy Craig, Creative Citizen Studios, Seven D, Miles Davitt, Izzy Dent, Cole Denyer, Cass Dickenson, Doghead, Finn Dugan, Elvin, Ardy Esk, Dara Etienne, july's first, flavushh, Fungus, Riley Griffiths, Elliot Basil Hanson, Jackson Wiley Hardwick, Jesse Hatchett, Shaun Hathaway, Harley Hollenstein, Isa, Jovian, Zephyr Kim, Izzy Knapp, Christy Kunitzky, Halo Lahnert, Lane Lincecum, TL3, Jackson Margolis, Eleanor McQueeny, Meowgirl300, Cole Modell, Bethany Moody, Kittee Mortis, Liam Murray, NAK, Brittany Orlando, Pedro Perez Pedrero, Sam Pelletier, chandler pippin, Julia Pretsfelder, Daisy "hunty" Redding, Roadkill, Lillian Rothenhofer, Christina Sadovnikov, Alice Screams, Jackson Siegal, Bradley Sizemore, Nate Skinner, Asher Snake, Karmel Spanier, Matthew Speedy, Maya Sunflower, Taliruq, Totan, Andrew Newell Walther, Elsa Werth, Davy Crockett Wiggins, Gwendolyn Wood, Harrison Wyrick, and Yael
May 31 – May 31, 2026
This listing is for the plein air viewing of Furpile. The work comprising the show will be displayed outdoors next to Blue Slide Playground.
Furpile is a please-touch stuffie sculpture show. Furpile intends to imbue both the audience and the artist with a shared experience of play, such that each of them may participate in their capacity as a novice, and that a basic lived experience may be transmitted through the work itself.
Dolls have performed roughly the same function for the whole of human history, but I thought the general notion of a "doll" may yield work too variable in scale and format. A Beanie Baby is a sort of object with parameters that are generally understood and that few people, besides persons employed by Ty in an official capacity, have ever attempted to construct. There is a way to "fail" at making a Beanie Baby in a way you can not fail at making a "doll." So, I asked about 500 people to make a Beanie Baby and mail it to me. Furpile is a show of the counterfeit Beanie Babies I received in return (roughly 75).
At the close of the show, all of the works on display will be donated to a thrift store somewhere in Pennsylvania, such that these Beanies may reintegrate into our larger ecosystem of objects.
PLAYDATES ARE ALLOWED AND ENCOURAGED. Furpile is a great opportunity to socialize stuffies that don't get out of the house much.
PG-13 for cartoon nudity and violence. Parking available along Beechwood Avenue. Sunscreen recommended.