I-95.10

If you like art even a little bit, don’t miss the final iteration of Zoe Strauss’ I-95 project. Strauss, a South Philly native, got a camera for her 30th birthday in 2000 and started a 10-year project documenting American identity; she’s since been in the Whitney Biennial, gotten a Pew Grant and had her collection “America” named book of the year by Artforum. Strauss’ work lacks that distant, objectifying quality common to a lot of photography claiming to depict Real America (photos of sleeping homeless men would be an example on the most obvious end of the spectrum); the people in her shots are clearly there as human beings Strauss has a rapport with, not as sunsets or still-lifes. They pose for the camera, invite her into their homes and show her tattoos, scars and occasional genitals.

This is the last of the annual shows at which Strauss displays her work on the two square blocks of the pilasters that hold up the highway. Copies of pictures are $5 during the show, and at 4 p.m., when the show is over, people who have hung around can grab one picture to take home. She says she’ll be at the South Philly Taproom between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., if you want anything signed.

-- Emily Guendelsberger, Philadelphia Weekly

Sunday, 1-4pm. Free. Under I-95, Front and Mifflin sts.

click here for Zoe Strauss' Side Jawn.