Site Specific Art Installation at Concord Art

July 10, 2019 (CONCORD, MA) Concord Center for the Visual Arts announces its first site-specific art installation, a dramatic architectural integration by regional artist James Andrew Scott. The 28-foot-long sculpture, "It Might Be a Place (for LLH)," installed by Scott in the ceiling of the Center's Main Gallery, is part of the 'unfoldingobject' exhibition on view now through August 11 at Concord Art. Curated by artist Todd Bartel, the exhibit showcases the art of collage by fifty individual artists. The title of the show, “unfoldingobject” is a neologism coined by Bartel, “to describe that quality in art which inspires repeat looking.” Bartel describes, “I want to champion a slow read in order to reveal meaning through multiple viewings...” The curator points out, “Collage is a celebration of unrelated and retrofitted images and materials that together produce a transformation; in this case Scott’s art engages in a collage with the architecture of the gallery itself.” Concord Art is located at 37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA. Gallery hours are 10-4:30pm Monday - Saturday and Sunday noon-4pm. Go to http://www.concordartorg for more information.

About the Artist and his art installation:

James Andrew Scott earned a Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor in Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design. His art explores stasis and movement, dimensional representations of form, and flat versus deep space. Scott states: “Lois Lilley Howe transformed a 170-year-old colonial house, preserving its integrity and identity from the street, transforming the second-floor into an open gallery space filled with light. My work expands on her transformation of a colonial structure into a kind of modern space; adding a contemporary layer exploring digital fabrication and contemporary materials to engages with the space and light she created in her design for this historic institution.”

In the early 20th century, Lois Lilley Howe founded Boston’s first all-female architecture firm and was the first woman elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. By pushing boundaries in this installation, Scott’s dialogue with Howe builds on her history of surpassing limitations. Her design for introducing light into the sprawling second-floor gallery was ingenious: an exterior skylight draws light into the former attic, and diffuses the light with textured transparent panes—a skylight with two planes of glazing. The curator points out, “Scott marvels at Howe’s design from an artistic, engineering and dimensional points of view. His installation engages the architecture spatially, presenting a bold interpretation of the essence of collage.”

Unfoldingobject runs through August 11, 2019. Tuesday — Saturday, 10:00 AM — 4:30 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM — 4:00 PM | Closed Monday’s | Free Admission

ABOUT CONCORD CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS

Concord Center for the Visual Arts was founded a century ago by Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, an American Impressionist and philanthropist whose mission—to promote and advance the visual arts, artists and to sustain our cultural community—still stands today. With more than 850 members, Concord Art provides a place for contemporary art exhibitions, art education and a variety of topically relevant programming for everyone.www.concordart.org

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Curator Todd Bartel is founder and gallery director of the Thompson Gallery at The Cambridge School of Weston. The Thompson Gallery is a teaching gallery dedicated to thematic inquiry of social justice that is integral to the values and mission of the school. Named in honor of a beloved trustee, John Thompson and family, the gallery promotes contemporary art by local, national and international artists and also shows the artwork of faculty, staff and alumni. The gallery is located within the Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, 45 Georgian Road Weston, MA 02493. Visit thompsongallery.csw.org.