Summer Artist Series 2018
at Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
UPCOMING
September 13 – October 14 : Collective (un) Conscious
Reception: Saturday, September 15, 6 to 8pm
Artists’ Statement
In 1916, Carl Jung wrote: “The collective unconscious comprises in itself the psychic life of our ancestors right back to the earliest beginnings.” He believed all human beings are connected by certain commonalities and that we all dream in archetypes.
This exhibit is a Rorschach Test of sorts. The viewer is free to make of the collected imagery and words what they will. These days I find it difficult to produce pretty pictures. No doubt we need them more than ever, but I have not felt motivated to make that kind of art. Rather, I feel an uncharacteristic need to be serious. Much of this work is both intensely personal/introspective yet it is also a dialogue with the here and now. I want viewers to look and even more, to THINK.
In this show, I start with 12 x 12” squares, made of wood and/or canvas and then incorporate a wide range of other materials. At this manageable size, I readily roam from subject to subject, from climate change to Abe Lincoln, from color theory to organic tomatoes. In this ongoing series these tidy units can be arranged into an ever-expanding grid. Depending on what is next to what, meaning can shift. Context is everything, right?!
About the Artist
With degrees from Harvard, Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Mary has work in both private collections and museums.
2018 Summer Artist Series
- May 24 – June 12: Celebrate Rocky Neck!: An exhibition of some of the most beloved and esteemed artists with galleries on Rocky Neck. Included are Liz Arsch, Lisa Carlson, Paul George, Jeanne Greenleaf, Elynn Kroger, Stephen LaPierre, Brenda Malloy, Judythe Meagher, Ruth Mordecai, KT Morse, Diana Pasquariello, Regina Piantedosi, Sallie Strand, and Rokhaya Waring.
- June 13 – July 17: Ten Pound Studio: Silk painting emphasizing light and color through movement of silk with artists Steven Bates, Allyson Christopher, Christine Gauthier-Kelly, Jane Keddy, Sue Niemi, and Leslie Pearlman, Joan Wardwell and Connie Zaitchek. Reception June 16.
- July 16 – August 14: Undersea Divers Photo Society: Photographs of creatures large and small from Cape Ann and around the world with divers Steven Coffill, Andrea Dec, Daryl Findlay, Ellen Garvey, Mike Garvey, Andrew Martinez, Alan Presser, and Stephen Setzer. Reception July 16.
- August 15 – September 12: Layerings and Landings: Four artists depict rich layers of the environment through paint, mixed-media and photography. Reception August 18.
- September 13 – October 14: Collective (un) Conscious: Mary Rhinelander’s provocative mixed-media installation. Reception September 15.
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