{"id":8077,"date":"2019-04-02T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T18:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2019-04-02T14:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T18:08:02","slug":"indefinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/indefinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Indefinity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8078\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail-560x746.jpg 560w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail-260x347.jpg 260w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n<h2>Linda Jane James: Indefinity<\/h2>\n<h3>Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Aberystwyth, Wales<br \/>\n1 March-6 May 2019<\/h3>\n<p><em>Indefinity<\/em> is a work developed over the last year by artist Linda Jane James that expresses her feelings about the overwhelming accumulation of materials and waste and the endless, complex and layered consequences of the human need to be productive, to grow and expand.<\/p>\n<p>Installed in the Oriel Piazza Gallery window, <em>Indefinity<\/em>, writes the artist, &#8220;is a window into a way of seeing the world that admits to the fluidity and complexity of systems of value. It celebrates that moment when the useless becomes useful in new and unexpected ways&#8211;when rubbish may become beautiful simply because of the way we see it&#8211;or think about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8079\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view-600x447.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view-560x418.jpg 560w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view-260x194.jpg 260w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-indefinity-installation-view-160x119.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stuff is rescued from a state of lying-aroundness&#8211;material that is leftover, surplus to requirements, unpredictable and unquantifiable, of dubious quality, not yet buried, burned or recycled. These tangible reminders of excess and inefficiency, redundancy, the mismatch between supply and demand, transformed into a work of immense scale and indefinable beauty.<\/p>\n<p>The artist recorded a brief video of the installation as the lights change. You may view it <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iv-D530Kv78\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A catalogue is available from the artist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindajanejames.com\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(text adapted from the artist&#8217;s and gallery&#8217;s press materials)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>INFORMATION<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Aberystwyth Arts Centre<\/strong><br \/>\nPenglais Campus<br \/>\nAberystwyth University<br \/>\nAberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DE, Wales<br \/>\n+44 1970 622882<\/p>\n<p>Hours:<br \/>\nMonday-Wednesday, 10AM-5PM<br \/>\nThursday-Saturday, 10AM-8PM<br \/>\nSunday, 1-5PM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Aberystwyth+Arts+Centre\/@52.4159479,-4.0628181,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7f752737ff7420d0!8m2!3d52.4159479!4d-4.0628181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aberystwytharts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Images:<\/strong><br \/>\nIndefinity (detail and installation view) by Linda Jane James<br \/>\nImages courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLLAGE ON VIEW Linda Jane James: Indefinity Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Aberystwyth, Wales 1 March-6 May 2019 Indefinity is a work developed over the last year by artist Linda Jane James that expresses her feelings about the overwhelming accumulation of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/indefinity\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/linda-jane-james-piazzabluedetail.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QTD7-26h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5041,"url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-artists\/the-muted-power-of-minimalist-collage\/","url_meta":{"origin":8077,"position":0},"title":"The Muted Power of Minimalist Collage","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"13 July 2016","format":"gallery","excerpt":"ARTIST PORTFOLIO Linda Bernhard Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom Linda Bernhard illustrates the muted power of minimalist collage and how line and composition can manifest emotionality. 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