AUGUSTA — “The Art of Assemblage: Myth, Mystery and Spirituality,” organized by artist and University of Maine Augusta Professor of Art Robert Katz, is on view through Wednesday, March 8.

The exhibition will include three public events: a gallery talk at noon Tuesday, Jan. 24, an opening reception from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, and a Zoom panel discussion 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22.

UMA is located at 46 University Drive.

The exhibit centers upon the artistic practice of assemblage — artworks made of found objects — and questions of spirituality. It includes the work of four contemporary Maine artists: Abbie Read, David Matson, Sally Wagley and Katz. The artists employ diverse approaches to assemblage, and represent different spiritual traditions, according to a news release from Brent Wooten at the university.

The show includes artists whose use of assemblage turns the bricolage of found and re-contextualized objects toward spiritual considerations.

Katz explained the show’s impetus: “I received a fellowship and was working with found objects that had been accumulating in my studio. As I began working in assemblage, I was interested in discussions I was having with people working and using similar materials as me.”

Katz conceived of The Art of Assemblage as a public continuation of those conversations among artists. The exhibitions even include approximations of artists’ assemblage studios, bringing viewers into the creative process that reimagines miscellaneous things to create a new synthesis of objects, concepts and spiritual connection.

The exhibit is on view in the UMA Charles Danforth Gallery, located in Jewett Hall, and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information and a Zoom link, visit danforth.uma.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

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