Gelah Penn
Gelah Penn
Bio, CV, Statement, Press
installations
Don't Bother to Knock, 2022
Angels with Dirty Faces, 2021
Prologue, 2020
Ebb Tide, 2019
WHITEOUT 2019
Situations: Zone 6/Rockland, 2017
High Tide, 2017
Situations, 2017
The Big Red One, Two, 2017
Double Indemnity, 2015
The Big Red One, 2013-15
Polyglot Y: Unhinged, 2015
The Come On, 2013
Where the Sidewalk Ends, 2012
The Big Heat, 2011-12
Niagara, 2012
Scarlet Street, 2011
The Naked City, 2011
Shadow of a Doubt, 2010
Suddenly, 2010
The Naked Kiss, 2009
Clash By Night, 2009
The Narrow Margin, 2008
The Reckless Moment, 2008
Plunder Road, 2008
Drive a Crooked Road, 2007
The Big Combo, 2006
Detour, 2006
Criss Cross, 2006
Criss Cross (LA), 2006
Swing Time, 2006
On Dangerous Ground, 2006
Night Moves, 2003
Daffy Dilly, 2001
Constructed Drawings
Phantom series, 2022-23
Havisham series, 2020-22
Rumor series, 2020-21
Stele series, 2019-20
Polyglot series, 2013-17
Blackfil series, 2007-10
Scribble series, 2006-11
Notes on Clarissa (Volumes I and II)
Artist Books and Catalogues
Chroniques #1
Chroniques #3 -- Collection Gund Library, Cleveland Institute of Art
Chroniques #6 -- Collection Brooklyn Museum Library
Gelah Penn: High Tide
Gelah Penn: Situations and Polyglots
Contact
Phantoms installation, studio view
2024
Various synthetic materials
Variable
Phantom #1
2022
104 x 38 x 22 inches. Polyester mesh, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, monofilament, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
Phantom #12
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, silicone & polyester tubing, vinyl, acrylic paint, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 54 x 28 inches
Phantom #2
2022
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, Mylar, lenticular plastic, plastic tarp, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
103 x 36 x 29 inches
Phantom #2, detail
2022
Phantom #3
2022
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, Mylar, plastic tarp, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 33 x 23 inches
Phantom #3, detail
2022
Phantom #4
2022
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, monofilament, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 49 x 53 inches
Phantom #4, detail
2022
Phantom #4, detail
2022
Phantom #11
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 39 x 36 inches
Phantom #11, detail
2023
Phantom #5
2022
Polyester mesh & string, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 37.5 x 23 inches.
Phantom #5, detail
2022
Phantom #6
2022-23
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, vinyl, silicone tubing, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 40 x 38 inches.
Phantom #6, detail
2022-23
Phantom #7
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, silicone & polyester tubing, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 45 x 14 inches
Phantom #7, detail
2023
Phantom #9
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic garbage bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, monofilament, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
Phantom #9, detail
2023
Phantom #10
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, silicone tubing, metal Choreboy, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 40 x 20 inches
Phantom #10
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic garbage bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, silicone tubing, metal Choreboy, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 40 x 20 inches.
Phantom #8
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 39 x 32 inches
Phantom #8, detail
2023