{"id":6552,"date":"2018-01-16T18:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T23:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2018-01-19T11:40:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T16:40:48","slug":"abstracting-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/abstracting-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Abstracting Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n

Matt Larson: “Abstracting Nature”
\nat the White Meeting House in Waterbury, Vermont, USA
\n12 January-2 March 2018<\/h2>\n

“Abstracting Nature” is a collection of abstract painted paper collage works by Waterbury Center artist Matt Larson, who is inspired by natural systems and ecological processes. \u201cFrom the earliest of times, humans have tried to make sense of the natural world \u2014 a world we often experience as chaotic,\u201d said Larson. \u201cOur very existence essentially depended on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Larson\u2019s work uses boldly colourful papers that he created to combine in ways that create new, larger patterns. These patterns are then often overpainted in ways suggested by the layers below. \u201cAs I paint and organize the elements of the collage, I strive to balance randomness and accident with order and reason.\u201d The show offers a meditation on how patterns in nature develop as well as how they may change over time–whether because of normal ebbs and flows in nature or because of changes catalyzed by human activity.<\/p>\n

(adapted from the artist’s press materials)<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

White Meeting House<\/strong>
\n8 North Main Street
\nWaterbury, Vermont 05676 USA
\n(802) 244-6606<\/p>\n

Hours:<\/strong>
\nTuesday-Friday, 8:30AM-12:30PM
\nand by appointment (call (802) 244-6636)<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0| FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong> (top)
\nSixty #1<\/em>
\nby Matt Larson
\npainted paper collage
\nImage courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong> (centre)
\nFive #1<\/em> (detail)
\nby Matt Larson
\npainted paper collage
\nImage courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW Matt Larson: “Abstracting Nature” at the White Meeting House in Waterbury, Vermont, USA 12 January-2 March 2018 “Abstracting Nature” is a collection of abstract painted paper collage works by Waterbury Center artist Matt Larson, who is inspired…<\/p>\n

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