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Assorted Tropicals

at NoBA Artspace, 210 Bala Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004


Opening Reception: 

Saturday, August 12, 12-5pm

August 12, 2017 - September 2, 2017

Show Catalog

Assorted Tropicals is an exhibition of paintings and sculptural objects that consider the overlap between consumerist aspirations and nostalgia. 


Within their separate individual studio practices, Alex Ebstein, Jess Machacek, Eric Simmons, and Elliot Walters use a casual representational approach to unpack the transaction between memory, place, and object that happens after a vacation ends. They consider the souvenir purchased as a tiny portal of reminiscence and flashback to aquamarine leisure and fun.


Featured in the exhibition are works from Ebstein’s yoga mat paintings, Machacek’s vinyl panels, Simmons’ landscapes, and Walters’ ceramic swimming pool vases.

AUTOMAT Collective

Suite 105, Crane Arts Building

1400 N. American Street

Philadelphia, PA 19122

Gallery Hours:

Saturdays 12-5pm and by appointment

Contact Us:

automatcollective(at)gmail(dot)com

© 2025 by AUTOMAT Collective.

AUTOMAT takes part in Second Thursdays. On the second Thursday of each month, AUTOMAT hosts opening receptions  and programming in its gallery space within the Crane Arts Building. 

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