At Rest by Trish Palasik, 15”h x 9”w x 7.5”d
Trish Palasik
Forms
This exhibition explores simple sculptural forms. Works that are comforting in their timelessness. Whether they are upright and still or appear to be moving the forms are constant and invite us to rest in simplicity.
In the Downstairs Gallery
Our Survival Is Yours by Chris Corson
Cause We Need To
Chris Corson
“Cause We Need To” is sculptor Chris Corson’s call for all of us to address pressing moral, economic and environmental problems that threaten our humanity. The works include a series of seven engraved stele combined with sculptural forms on themes of racism, economic inequality, species loss, trafficking, refugees, caging children and ensuring that we leave children a livable world. For Corson, “Art has always had the power to change, and change is what we desperately need.”
Open, Bergen, Norway by Susan Raines
Doors
Susan Raines
While traveling, I’ve always had a fascination with local architecture but in recent years have been captivated by doors and how a building’s inhabitants have made their property distinctive in the way they decorate the entrances.
I’ve tried in this series to show the individuality expressed in these entryways: the textures of different woods, stone, brick or plaster, the carvings, the play of color between the door and the walls. There’s always a sense of mystery, too, as you wonder what lies on the other side of the door.
Whether a neighborhood was affluent or impoverished, doors of all shapes and sizes adorned the homes, particularly in row houses where embellishing the door was one of the only ways the resident could be creative and show individuality.
In older homes a surrounding wall may have been allowed to erode, exposing its age. Occasionally vines climb the structure, adding an organic dimension to the entrance.
It was interesting to see similarities between doors in Scandinavia and those in Mexico, illustrating how European building styles predominated in some Mexican towns and cities where Europeans were the colonizers. Door frames in homes built in earlier centuries, some as far back as the 1600s, look remarkably similar.
Selecting the work for this show at a time when going far from home is problematic, was a bonus since I was able to relive my travels.