{"id":6611,"date":"2018-02-07T14:11:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T19:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2018-02-13T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T20:40:55","slug":"urban-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/urban-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n

Susan Reedy: “Urban Passage”
\nat Anna Kaplan Contemporary in Buffalo, New York, USA
\n10 February-17 March 2018<\/h2>\n

Artist talk: Saturday, 17 February, 2PM<\/p>\n

The focus of “Urban Passage” is Susan Reedy\u2019s mixed media works on canvas that lie at the intersection of painting, drawing, and collage. Reedy\u2019s practice is process oriented, involving many layers of material and visual information. The result is a complex surface with many subtleties that reveals itself over time. Reedy sources collage materials from vintage ephemera–posters, fliers, segments of dictionaries, musical scores, magazines, newspapers–which are then used in combination with acrylic paint and various drawing media. She carefully selects her vintage materials in a process she compares to an \u201carchaeological dig\u201d at flea markets, used bookstores, and estate sales and explains, \u201cI have an inherent attraction to the look and feel of source material that has a sense of history to it, particularly things that are perceived as being imperfect. Papers and books that are torn, marked on, held together with string or tape, anything that shows that this object has had a history and a life of its own as it is passed from one hand to another is of interest to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

By selecting these overlooked objects, Reedy\u2019s practice transforms and elevates essentially discarded ephemera, once functional in our society, now obsolete as we shift from analog to digital forms of communication.<\/p>\n

The artistic process for Reedy is also in many ways \u201carchaeological\u201d. Her layering process is in the end a reductive one as she dives into the many layers she has built up, pulling back materials to reveal what is underneath in order to create her final image–a process that recalls Mark Bradford\u2019s use of mixed media. Through the creative process, the text and imagery of the original source material become altered, resulting in new and unexpected combinations of form and context. The techniques used\u2014scraping, tearing and painting over\u2014both destroy and preserve the recognizably vintage materials using contemporary thinking about surface quality and composition.<\/p>\n

The aesthetics of the final pieces are meant to explore and respond to facades, most often in urban areas, that are currently in a state of flux due to the passage of time, the elements, and general neglect.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Susan Reedy at her Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory page HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

Anna Kaplan Contemporary<\/strong>
\n1250 Niagara Street
\nBuffalo, New York 14213 USA
\n(716) 604-6183<\/p>\n

Hours:<\/strong>
\nSaturday, Noon-4PM
\nor by appointment<\/p>\n

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

Image:<\/strong>
\nUrban Passage 21<\/em>
\nby Susan Reedy
\n56″x46″
\nacrylic, vintage dictionary and posters, graphite pencil on canvas
\n2017
\nCourtesy of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLLAGE ON VIEW Susan Reedy: “Urban Passage” at Anna Kaplan Contemporary in Buffalo, New York, USA 10 February-17 March 2018 Artist talk: Saturday, 17 February, 2PM The focus of “Urban Passage” is Susan Reedy\u2019s mixed media works on canvas that…<\/p>\n

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