Dufala, Billy and Stephen
Billy and Stephen Dufala
American, (Billy b. 1981-) (Steven b. 1976-)
About the Artists
Steven and Billy Dufala practice in a variety of media, approaching sculpture, theater, performance, music, digital media, and good old-fashioned drawing with equal passion and zeal. The Dufala brothers have exhibited widely. Their 2009 solo exhibition, Trophy, at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, explored concepts of use-value, sentimentality, exaggeration and shelf-life through an absurd and trash-picked lens. For the 2005 Fringe Festival they organized a now infamous toilet-trike race through the streets of Old City, for which they built fourteen toilet tricycles. In 2004, they rode a cardboard tank across town on city streets during rush hour, amazing pedestrians, puzzling motorists, and in general, giving the audience a dose of dark, dark humor. In 2009 the Dufala Brothers were awarded the West Grand Prize, an international juried prize in its inaugural year. Both Dufala Brothers graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and live and work in Philadelphia. Steven was a founding member of the experimental, performative band, Man Man, in which Billy played for several years. www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com/artists/dufala
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