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Street Road
725 Street Road Cochranville, PA 19330 

The Little Free Library
1016B Gap Newport Pike 
Cochranville, PA 19330

Brian Richmond - Suburban Landscapes   
May 2 through September 30, 2015.  Opening reception May 9, 1-6pm.

Brian Richmond's painstaking, precise renditions of discarded mass produced packaging combine paper modeling and acrylic painting to create to-scale sculptural paintings that ask us to reconsider the throwaway objects that populate and crowd our contemporary landscapes. 

These works carry an implied critique of our consumer culture, but they move beyond a straightforward criticism and also read as a celebration of the vast amount of care, sheer hard work, and long histories of design and invention embodied by each 'worthless' object thrown on the ground, lying by the side of the road.

Richmond says, "Packaging is impersonal and ubiquitous. You see it everywhere you go; on the street, in the store, at work, in and outside your house. It is so omnipresent we stop noticing it. It is part of our landscape as if it was naturally occurring, while it is highly manufactured. By individualizing it through the painting process I make something unique which many may at first assume to be “found art” but which is actually a painting."

This exhibition of his work at Street Road will include earlier wall pieces, as well as new installations. Coinciding with Maryann Worrell and Doug Mott's Crisis Farm, this show offers another point of reflection and consideration of our 21st century landscapes and how we choose to see them, and to live in them.  

Brian Richmond graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design with a BFA in 2001. In 2008 he was awarded the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship. In 2012 he was awarded the West Collects acquisition prize. He has exhibited at Pulse Art Fair, Miami in 2012 as part of The West Collection’s “THIS END UP” installation. Brian currently works and resides in Chester County Pennsylvania.

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Street Road HOURS
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We can accommodate most times, given advance notice. 
And, stop by if you see a car outside!
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Little Free Library - Fall 2024 HOURS
Mondays 6-9pm
Wednesdays 6-9pm
Thursdays 12-4pm
Fridays 10am-2pm
Saturdays 10am-2pm
and by appointment.
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Our Little Free Library outdoor boxes at both sites are open 24/7 and are regularly restocked.

Please call 610-869-4712 or email to set up visits outside our regularly scheduled hours. 
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We are currently seeking volunteers for both locations: email us to enquire. We look forward to hearing from you!

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to Street Road here.
AUTUMN 2024 - please check our Visit page regarding roadworks
to The Little Free Library here.

A word about 'here':
We acknowledge that we are on the ancestral lands of the Lenape, original people of the mid-Atlantic area, forced west by British and US governments. Most Delaware Indian tribe descendants are now located in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. Lenni Lenapes in Pennsylvania are not officially recognized as tribes by the United States, though an estimated 5000 Lenape Nation descendants live in the Delaware River area. We pay respects to the Lenape people both past and present. Please consider the many legacies of violence, displacement and settlement that form part of our collective histories. While increased public recognition of these legacies and processes of redress such as Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission are positive steps, concrete focus on return of land and land rights remains a distant horizon.
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