is an immersive installation of paintings and sculptures that call on the visual world of American childhood tinged with grotesque witchery and fantastic escapes. Libby Rosa explores the concepts of control and transformation through her invented symbols, characters, and places. Rosa has transformed the gallery's architecture by adding sheetrock walls containing porous channels. These lead to other worlds through her embedded paintings and cutouts.
Solo Exhibition, BELL OUT OF ORDER PLEASE KNOCK, Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA | February 4 - March 17, 2024
Part of (re)FOCUS 2024, a citywide festival in collaboration with Philadelphia’s
Libby Rosa, Bewitched, 2024. Cracked Mirror, Shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, foam, apoxie, epoxy, flashe, 36.5” x 14.5”x5”
Libby Rosa, Bewitched (detail), 2024. Cracked Mirror, Shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, foam, apoxie, epoxy, flashe, 36.5” x 14.5”x5”
Libby Rosa, Bewitched (back), 2024. Cracked Mirror, Shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, foam, apoxie, epoxy, flashe, 36.5” x 14.5”x5”
Libby Rosa, Descend (Worm), 2024. Stainless steel, thread, flashe, apoxie, aluminum, epoxy, wire, motor, 13”x6”x2”
Libby Rosa, Descend (Worm detail), 2024. Stainless steel, thread, flashe, apoxie, aluminum, epoxy, wire, motor, 13”x6”x2”
Libby Rosa, BELL OUT OF ORDER PLEASE KNOCK, 2024. Flashe and pastel on canvas, 39.75” x 56”
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Eyelash), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Philadelphia Diamond and Cloud), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Philadelphia Diamond), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Leaf and Poppy), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Poppy), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Witch Finger), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, First Love, 2023. Flashe, colored pencil and pastel on canvas, 10”x10”
Libby Rosa, Both Sides Now (Tuft), 2024. Various paintings embedded into Sheetrock using foam, flashe on canvas, epoxy, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, mirror, fluorescent lights
Libby Rosa, Shedding, 2024. Flashe, pastel, and colored pencil on canvas, 18”x18”
Libby Rosa, Attract, 2024. Flashe and pastel on canvas, 22”x18”
Libby Rosa, Flick (Bee), 2024. Stainless steel, plastic tape, flashe, apoxie, foam, epoxy, whiskers from deceased cat, wire, motor, 10”x10”x5”
Libby Rosa, Flick (Bee Detail), 2024. Stainless steel, plastic tape, flashe, apoxie, foam, epoxy, whiskers from deceased cat, wire, motor, 10”x10”x5”
Libby Rosa, The Witch, 2023. Flashe and pastel on canvas, 24”x24”
Libby Rosa, Lying (Flyfishing), 2024. Biobased fly cup, foam, sateen fabric, wire, flashe, wire worm bait, shattered tempered glass from a vandalized vehicle, edition of 12, 2.5” x 2.5” x 1”
