The Constructions: Opening Friday, November 22nd, 6-9:00pm

THE CONSTRUCTIONS

A Complete Fabrication

Curated by John Gagné

“The more one looks at this strange and beguiling object, the more it seems to point to experiment, or perhaps better to a kind of purposeful tinkering informed among other things by newly discovered collage practices and by the possibilities of image construction…”

– Dawn Ades, Essay on Joseph Cornell

Hmmm, what is that? Looks like six glass marbles in six small goblets, with an old map of the solar system, with copper wire and a wood block, with painted egg shells behind a small light bulb. It looks like a pyramid and a cube connected by string, suspending small photographs of rabbits and ships. It looks like a penny arcade, an articulated wire bird, a copper plate gone green in wisdom, a sinking ship disappearing into a semaphore pattern of color. It’s a machine for dreaming, a toy in the attic, a marvel in the museum and a complete fabrication.

The Constructions is a group show curated by John Gagné, featuring: Scott Albrecht, Liz Atlas, Jon Bunge, Susan Greaves, George Horner, Christina Martinelli, Jordan Maurice, JoAnne McFarland, Kurt McRobert, Nic Annette Miller, Barbara Norman, Dara Oshin, Sophia Rauch, Andrew Robinson, Robin Roi, Barry Rust, Andrew Smenos, Tony Stanzione, Marlene Weisman, Rachael Wren, Ward Yoshimoto.

Homepage Image: Scott Albrecht, First Time, Last Time (detail), Acrylic on Wood, 2018