"unfoldingobject" June 20 - August 11

JUNE 6, 2019 (CONCORD, MA) – The Concord Center for Visual Arts is hosting a summer art exhibition called "unfoldingobject", from June 20 - August 11 in the Main Gallery. Curated by artist and teacher Todd Bartel, the exhibit showcases the many ways artists combine visual imagery to make collaged works of art. Bartel is the founder and gallery director of the Thompson Gallery, located at The Cambridge School of Weston. The term “unfoldingobject” is a neologism coined by Bartel, to describe that quality in art that inspires repeat looking,

"I pulled together a group of collages that celebrate the importance of ‘listening to the picture,’ or champions of a slow read and reveal’s meaning through multiple viewings— artwork that unfolds messages in time, rather than in an instant.”

Collage came into the vanguard of modern art in 1912 when Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque began adding paper elements they did not create themselves -- to their paintings and drawings. As a fine art practice, collage is little more than a hundred years old and yet, collage appears in every possible art genre. The exhibit showcases a wide range of styles and approaches to collage making by fifty artists including: Nancy Baker, Sara Baker Michalak, Todd Bartel, Allan Bealy, Wayne Bertola, Varujan Boghosian, Andrea Burgay, Laura Christensen, Alfred DeCredico, Diane DelliCarpini, Adrienne Der Marderosian, Ben DiNino, Rich Fedorchak, Anna Fine Foer, Paul Forte, Antonio Fräppa, Luciana Frigerio, Ginnie Gardiner, Deb Goldstein, Kathy Greenwood, Rachel Hibbard, Angela V. Holland, Marnie Jain, Bo Joseph, Clive Knights, Erika Lawlor Schmidt, Kerith Lisi, D. Dominick Lombardi, Keith Maddy, China Marks, Jack Massey, Maureen McCabe, Talin Megherian, Charlie Nevad, Michael Oatman, Sherry Parker, Cory Peeke, W. David Powell, Gerri Rachins, Kenneth Ragsdale, Marcus Ratliff, Susan Reedy, Stephanie Roberts-Camello, James Scott, Wendy Seller, Jill Stoll, Joshua Stringer, Nate Stromberg, Peter Thomashow, Michael Waraksa

"unfoldingobject" opens June 20 in the Main Gallery at Concord Art all summer until August 11. Todd Bartel will give a curator talk at 5: 30pm the day it opens on June 20th followed by an evening reception from 6-8pm. Hours: Tuesday — Saturday, 10:00 AM — 4:30 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM — 4:00 PM | Closed Monday’s |37 Lexington Road, Concord, MA. Go to concordart.org for more information Free and open to the public.