The former home of the artists John and Richenda Rhoden was a serendipitous, and natural, fit for the collection.
The interior of John and Richenda Rhoden’s home.
Photo: John Rhoden papers. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Archives, PhiladelphiaPhoto: John Rhoden papers. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Archives, Philadelphia For years, Jane DeBevoise ran the Asia Art Archive out of the basement of her Brooklyn Heights apartment. The reference books and exhibition catalogues were piled up to the point that events had gotten tricky; people had to squeeze in if they wanted to hear Lin Yilin discuss his latest performance piece or attend a zine-making workshop. But on a morning walk back in 2018, she noticed a for-sale sign posted on the front of an old carriage house.
In another act of real-estate serendipity, the broker who picked up the phone told her to stay put, showing up a few minutes later with a big ring of keys. As Pat Perlman showed her around the space, DeBevoise was surprised by the work tables and materials — metal scraps, wood blocks, steel beams — she found lying around. It also didn’t feel like a conventional home: The cellar and first floor were set up as open-plan studio space with parts of metal-working forges inside.
The couple bought the century-old building in 1960 for $24,000. It had been a commercial garage, complete with a car elevator, when the Rhodens moved in. In a 1966interview, the couple detailed how they spent six years renovating the space, scavenging discarded materials from old buildings nearby — mirrors on the wall came from a shuttered barbershop; 300-pound slate flagstones they used for their floors were taken from the walls of an educational institute.
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