Thanks to everyone who came out last night and participated in building the shifting solo cup sculpture as the night went on - you can watch it build in the time lapse.
See you all next month!
Hung Out to Dry
works by John Roy
Empty solo cups, shopping bags and cigarette butts - the familiar debris that marks the inevitable end of the party. The sun comes up, illuminates the empty vessels, shines into eyes unable to welcome the start of another day, forgetting how and when the last one stopped.
John Roy’s work examines the allure of the party, the toll of relentlessly pursuing the good times, and the aftermath. Taking the common and ephemeral elements of the party and recasting them as permanent, elevated artifacts - Roy creates objects that reflect back to us misspent nights and days, the marks of time that are now part of us that we are unable to simply discard.
Opening Reception: Friday, May 6th 6pm- 9:30pm
Thanks to everyone who came out last night to end a beautiful day in Boston with great art, great people and some free beer! You can see a time lapse of the whole thing below:
Danger Play Opening from Andrew Edman on Vimeo.
Danger Play explores battle and war in games and toys.
work by Chris Abrams and Chris Frost
Opening Reception: Friday, April 1st 6-8:30pm
Show Dates (by appointment): March 28th - April 22nd
Imago
works by Allison Bamcat and Caterina Urrata
Opening Reception: March 4th 6 - 8:30
Growing up is supposed to mean taking on all kinds of arbitrary attributes, from a rejection of play to a specific set of aesthetic standards that ostensibly equal sophistication. We’re supposed to put away the bright colors and bold forms of youth and cover our bodies and homes in sensible white, black and gray- maybe a “pop” of color here or there.
Imago is the final stage of metamorphosis, from larval form to adulthood. It’s this juncture, this moment of dramatic change that we are examining in this month’s exhibition.
Alison Bamcat and Trina Urrata challenge the assumption that maturity means shedding the things that we love, the form and color that we are attracted to despite the judgement from the minimalists among us.
Bright, brash colors, a full embrace of the decorative, the soft forms of a stuffed animal - Alison and Trina’s art draws on sources as varied as tattoo culture, scientific illustration and childhood toys and offers an alternative, more human view of our ongoing transformation, suggesting that we can take some of what had made us who we are, into the future of what we will be.