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Assemblages July 10 - August 29, 2003
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| Fred, 1999, Mixed
Media,
77 ½ in. x 48 ½ in. x 6 ½ in. |
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Assemblages July 10 - August 29, 2003
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| Fred, 1999, Mixed
Media,
77 ½ in. x 48 ½ in. x 6 ½ in. |
| Working primarily with discarded
materials and scavenged objects, Keith Krueger builds works that evoke
a strong sense of history.
His materials of choice include old metal signs, wooden architectural ornaments, oversized letters, and nautical fragments. Krueger’s mixed media assemblages are cheerful works, full of primary colors and simplified shapes alluding to a happier, simpler time--there is something elementary and childlike about them. Upon closer inspection, however, the colors have faded a bit, the paint is dirty and chipped, raw wood has weathered to gray, and recognizable objects have been broken and reconfigured. Separated from their original purpose and placed within a new and more fluid context, the objects take on a new meaning and mood, a complex mood full of longing for the past, while acknowledging the imperfections and fallacies one can see only in hindsight. (From the exhibition's catalog)
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| Ramsey, 2002, Mixed
Media,
46 ½ in. x 42 in. x 5 in. |
Dotti,
2000, Mixed Media,
52 ½ in. x 47 in. x 4 ½ in. |
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