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| Jeanne Bieri |
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| Scott Northrup |
I fully understand it's not merely cutting out images and
slapping them together. Teresa Peterson is a master. Her compositions are
thoughtfully composed and can be downright hilarious. I bought an Alison Wong
during a fund raiser to support her gallery Butter Projects. It was $25. (You
don't need to be in the top 1% to be a collector. You just gotta know
when/where the deals are) Despite my respect for the practice, I'm not wild
about collage. Can't give you any sort of well thought out reason why. It just
doesn't move me the way other art forms can.
There were too many fantastic artists in this show to ignore
it. Curated by Jack Summers at Hatch this past Saturday, was an exhibition of
collage and assemblage I actually liked. To clarify, assemblage isn't exactly collage as it's 3D, however, it
qualifies to pair with the 2D variety. Regardless of the classification
particulars, this show took collage to another level for me. Ok, the pieces I
enjoyed the most were 3D, but, I was
interested in some of the 2D offerings. I'm impressed with the ability to
configure images so they don't look
cut and pasted. Their elements blend together seamlessly so you notice the work
first, that they're collaged second.
Always loved Jeanne Bieri's tiny paintings arranged inside
some kind of repurposed drawer or box or something. She encourages you to
handle her work. You kind of have to, they're so small, in order to fully
appreciate the intricacies. Scott Northrup's scathing humor makes his
contribution to this show a definite fave. Additionally, all these works are at
reasonable price points. Several around the $2-300 mark. Crazy affordable for
really good work. And Hamtramck is
simultaneously staging a Labor Day festival with parades and live music. Good
God. Perfect conclusion to the summer.
