Fracturing the Burning Glass at ICA@MCA in Portland, ME!
For all our New Englanders, make sure the check out the new installation exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art. We were lucky enough to get some sneak peak photos below and this is going to be quite a show.
ROOT will be at the opening reception for everyone’s enjoyment so make sure to go, enjoy a cocktail, drop your jaw at the exhibition, and send us a photo.
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Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning
January 26 – April 10
Opening Reception, January 27, 5:00-8:00pm
Gwenäel Bélanger • Susan Leopold • Daniel Rozin • Alyson Shotz
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (ICA at
MECA) will present Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and
Meaning, an exhibition that examines perception through the
manipulation of reflectivity, both metaphoric and corporeal. An
opening reception will take place Thursday, January 27, 5 – 8 pm.
Fracturing the Burning Glass highlights the work of Gwenaël Bélanger
(Montreal), Susan Leopold (New York), Daniel Rozin (New York), and
Alyson Shotz (New York). The exhibition includes sculptural
installation, photography, video, and mechanical and digital
interactive media. Artists’ screenings and educational programming
will occur throughout the run of the exhibition, including video works
by Sue de Beer and Körner Union.
From classical antiquity to cutting edge science, mirrors have
enhanced our understanding of physical phenomena, inspired stories and
superstitions, and provided a space in which to view our own image.
Inherent properties of reflection are both mathematically precise and
perceptually disorienting; the same light reflected in a mirror may
guide a ship to safety or burn it to cinders. Navigating the
disparity between the actual and the understood, the artists in this
exhibition break the plane of the mirror, suggesting that illumination
comes not always from what is reflected, but from what light slips
through the cracks.
The ICA at MECA is located at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress
Street, Portland, ME 04101 and admission is always free.
Support for Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning
is provided by Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and Portland
Color.
This exhibition is curated by Linda L. Lambertson.
Please visit www.meca.edu/ica for more information
