Gelah Penn
Gelah Penn
Constructed Drawings
Phantom series, 2022-ongoing
Stele series, 2019-
Havisham series, 2020-22
Rumor series, 2020-21
Polyglot series, 2013-17
Blackfil series, 2007-10
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, 2015
Double Indemnity, 2015
The Big Red One, 2015
Polyglot Y: Unhinged, 2015
The Come On, 2013
The Big Heat, 2011
Where the Sidewalk Ends, 2012
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
Plunder Road, 2008
The Reckless Moment, 2008
Drive a Crooked Road, 2007
The Big Combo, 2006
Detour, 2006
Criss Cross, 2006
Swing Time, 2006
Criss Cross (LA), 2006
Night Moves, 2003
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
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Phantoms installation, studio view
2024
Various synthetic materials
Variable
Phantom #31
2025
Polyester mesh & fabrics, plastic bags, Mylar, latex tubing, staples, eyelets & T-pins
110 x 41 x 17 inches
Phantom #25
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics & trim, latex tubing, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
107 x 41 x 22 inches
Phantom #28
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics, plastic bags, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
78 x 20 x 3 inches
Phantom #29
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics, latex tubing, acrylic paint, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
90 x 22 x 5 inches
Phantom #32
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics & trim, Mylar, pompom, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets, T-pins
108 x 34 x 7 inches
Phantom #32
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics & trim, Mylar, pompom, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets, T-pins
108 x 34 x 7 inches
Phantom #27
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics and trim, Mylar, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets, T-pins
80 x 17 x 4 inches
Phantom #33
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics, latex tubing, acrylic paint, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
110 x 24 x 14 inches
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
Skinny Phantom #3
2025
Polyester mesh & fabrics, rubber tubing, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
67 x 11 x 3.75 inches
Small Furled Phantom
2024-25
Polyester mesh, fabrics & trim, latex & silicone tubing, plastic bag, acrylic paint, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
9 x 13 x 4 inches
Phantom #30
2025
Polyester mesh, fabrics, acrylic paint, Mylar, metal, cylinder, black photo foil, staples, eyelets, T-pins
77 x 9.5 x 16 inches
Skinny Phantom #1
2024
Polyester mesh & fabrics, rubber tubing, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
87 x 9 x 3 inches
Phantom #13
2024
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
116 x 40 x 18 inches
Phantom #13, detail
Phantom #1
2022
104 x 38 x 22 inches. Polyester mesh, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, monofilament, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
Phantom #17
2024
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, silicone tubing, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
105 x 36 x 17 inches
Phantom #15
2024
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, silicone tubing, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
106 x 34 x 7 inches
Phantom #15, detail
Phantom #18
2024
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, silicone tubing, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
107 x 36 x 30 inches
Phantom #16
2024
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, acrylic paint, staples, eyelets, T-pins
103 x 18.5 x 29 inches
Phantom #19
2024
Polyester mesh, plastic bags, puff, staples, eyelets
Phantom #19, detail
2024
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 #9
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic garbage bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, monofilament, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
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 #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
Skinny Phantom #2
2024
Polyester mesh & fabrics, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins
57 x 9 x 2.5 inches
Phantom #5
2022
Polyester mesh & string, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 37.5 x 23 inches.
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 #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 #8
2023
Polyester mesh & fabric, plastic bags, lenticular plastic, Mylar, staples, eyelets, T-pins.
104 x 39 x 32 inches
Phantom #8, detail
2023