12.25″x18.25″; adhesive tapes, found images, charcoal and mixed media on dura-lar. Courtesy of the artist.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Object Lessons: Cory Peeke and Lydia Ricci
at The Common Well in Boise, Idaho, USA
9 April-28 May 2026
Cory Peeke and Lydia Ricci are both close listeners of fleeting, in-between moments and keen observers of overlooked, everyday objects. Peeke, through his exquisite collage-making, employs objects that help the human body transcend limitations—resisting gravity, floating, dreaming—via ladders, boats, and beds. Ricci, on the other hand, is building from scraps wonderfully imperfect replicas of those objects that “assist us, frustrate us, control us, or go entirely unnoticed,” says the artist—think home appliances, fixtures, and computers. Each, in their own way, are madly collecting and sorting, gluing and taping; examining, connecting, and conjuring back to life objects that hold both meaning and memories.
14″x11″x4″; 30 years of collected scraps and other found materials; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
Special thanks to the many people and organizations who supported, volunteered, or made introductions and connections that helped make “Object Lessons” possible, especially the Marshall Frankel Foundation, Gregg and Trish Mizuta, Modern Hotel, the City of Boise’s James Castle House, Buck Johnston of Wrong Gallery, Boise State University Blue Galleries, Crow Shadow Institute of the Arts, Driek Zirinsky, Debra Mulnick, and Mary Kancewick.
(text adapted from material provided by the gallery)
INFORMATION
The Common Well
110 West 31st Street
Boise, Idaho 83714 USA
(208) 922-6322
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