Exhibitions
and Displays
The Library welcomes the opportunity
to provide local artists the opportunity to exhibit their works to the
general public. Exhibits include a wide range of media and
content thus reflecting the diversity and the vibrancy of the artistic
community in Southbridge and Central Massachusetts.
May's Exhibit & Display
Peter Konsterlie
During the month of May, the colorful and striking work of Peter Konsterlie, including anatomical images, will be on display.
You
are invited to view the work throughout the month. A reception for the
artist will take place on Thursday, May 3rd from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
"I
like to make transparent painting. To make pattern and champion line.
Separate and distill painting, one drip in front of the other.
Technically, I was reducing my way of painting by using more line and
pattern. Lines have always been a very important element in my work.
The black markers brought out a diagram quality in the work. The hand
written terms and directional lines became as much of the composition
as the subject matter. A visual aid that is ironic because they're
mostly unreadable and hard to decipher their meaning. The drips of
paint and spray-paint patterns became a structure for the images to
break through, and to be a part of. I use tag sale items and unwanted
household kitchen objects to make patterns. Growing up I loved artists
who used assemblage as their way of creating. As an adult, I feel the
daus of Rauschenberg are over. I want to make a "whole" painting, not a
composition of parts.
Lately I've been thinking of how line and
color can be two separate things. I've always thought color informs
shape. But now I see it as a totally different way of expression; an
element separate from line. A gestural approach with my drawing, but an
analytical mark with painting line work, or in my case the drips are
the painting aspect, and color can introduce pattern another plane of
reality a schism in the dynamic of painting.
- Artful Friends (June)
- Devon Bucharelli (July)
- Vivian Goldman (August)
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