Past Exhibitions

Posted Notices: Selections from the Archive

4-27 October 2024

2C books / Marginal Utility is pleased to present Posted Notices: Selections from the Archive.

Posted Notices is an informal archive comprising a decades’ worth of collected ephemera found on the bulletin board, walls, and stairwell of the 319 (Vox) building and the surrounding Callowhill neighborhood.

The 319 Building has housed […]

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Misha Wyllie, Shopper’s Special: Circular Ad Collages

12 July – 29 September 2024

opening reception: 12 July from 6:00-9:00 PM

Marginal Utility / 2C books are proud to present Shopper’s Special: Circular Ad Collages, an exhibition of multimedia works on paper by Philadelphia-based artist Misha Wyllie.

The exhibited works in Shopper’s Special: Circular Ad Collages are composed of circular advertisements […]

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Rahul Subhash Shinde: And in my absence, a tree.

3 May – 30 June 2024

opening reception: 3 May from 6:00-9:00 PM
closing reception: 30 June from 3:00-6:00 PM

Marginal Utility/2C Books is proud to present “And in my absence, a tree” by Philadelphia-based artist Rahul Subhash Shinde.

7 drawings by Shinde will be on view in the bookstore from May 3rd […]

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C.J. Stahl: Text-Based Drawings

2 February – 1 April 2024

opening reception: February 2nd from 6:00-9:00 PM

Marginal Utility and 2C books are proud to present Text-Based Drawings, an exhibition of works on paper and plywood by the Philadelphia-based artist C.J. Stahl.

Stahl’s drawings present an interplay between large fonts and forms found in wood grain. The words […]

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Pap Souleye Fall: Greenscreen Vortex as digestive engine for digital matter and matter.

13 July – August 20 2023

opening reception 13 July 7:00-9:00PM
Icebox Project Space
1400 N American St. Phila, PA

Marginal Utility is proud to present Greenscreen Vortex as digestive engine for digital matter and matter by Philadelphia based artist Pap Souleye Fall in the INVITED: Take Care of the Square […]

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Closure 2009-2023

7 July – 9 July 2023

opening reception 7 July 6-9 pm

Marginal Utility is proud to present ‘Closure 2009-2023’ an exhibition of posters and ephemera from the gallery’s archive.

Marginal Utility is hosting its final exhibition in their 319 N.11th st. gallery space. Closure 2009-2013 presents printed posters for many of their past […]

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Taji Ra’oof Nahl / TR7: Cross Pollination

5 May – 26 June 2023

Opening reception Friday, 5 May from 6–10 pm

Marginal Utility is proud to present an interim-survey of works by Philadelphia based artist Taji Ra’oof Nahl / TR7.

As a conceptual artist TR7 works through avant-garde modalities of art production & embraces an egalitarian approach to materials. For this […]

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Nhi Vo: Step Steep Step

3 March – 16 April  2023

Opening reception Friday, 3 March from 6–10 pm

Marginal Utility is proud to present Step Steep Step a solo exhibition of new work by Philadelphia based artist Nhi Vo.

It started with an interest in the letter E, specifically e in the words Step and […]

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Scott Kip: Christmas Box

2 December 2022 – 23 January 2023

 

Opening reception Friday, 2 December from 6–10 pm

Annex Space, 6th floor lobby

Marginal Utility is proud to present ‘Christmas Box’, a new assemblage sculpture by Philadelphia based artist Scott Kip.

Many Happy Returns: Ruth Scott Blackson, Sarah Gamble, Mackenzie McAlpin, Lydia Ricci and Theresa Rose

2 December 2022 – 4 February 2023

Opening reception Friday, 2 December from 6–10 pm

Marginal Utility is proud to present ‘Many Happy Returns’, a group exhibition of five Philadelphia based artists, Ruth Scott Blackson, Sarah Gamble, Mackenzie McAlpin, Read More »

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