BmoreArt

Curated by Esther Ruiz

Artists: Rory Baron, Katie Bell, Douglas Degges, Renee Delosh, Kristen Jensen, Mike Hein, Clinton King, Anna Mikhailovskaia, Carolyn Salas

Opening Reception: June 10, 2017 7-10pm Exhibition runs: June 10 – July 1, 2017 Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 1-5pm

Katie Bell Kristen Jensen Rory Baron

Whether temporary, permanent or in this context imagined, humankind has been making structures as long as we’ve existed. These structures mark time, history and memories, sometimes functional and others monumental.

The New York-based artists in ​Deconstructed​ all employ their individual aesthetic in making their own “structures”. Borrowing likeness from household items, architecture, formalism, symbols, and found materials, these artists deconstruct preconceived elements of structure to create distinct visual languages. At times combining the familiar with the unfamiliar and juxtaposing abstraction with representation while deconstructing defined uses of material, scale and imagery.

Degges alters quick snapshots of his labored paintings by zooming in and blurring them, he then prints them on canvas. Distancing the photographs and himself from the original paintings he deconstructs his own process to create fresh imagery.

Delosh combines hieroglyphs, symbols, and her own studio sketches to create an imagined structure that provokes the viewer to contemplate both the importance and humor of a monument.

Jensen boldly tops a wooden Dutch stool with a hand made ceramic “dunce cap” evoking caution and humor but also drawing into question the function of a stool to that of a pedestal.

Commemorating fragments of material that each found surprisingly beautiful and poetic, Bell and Hein surround found wood and linoleum with odd shaped structures of foam and Plexiglas.

Evoking household items and architecture, Baron and Salas eliminate color to highlight minimalist structures. A mailbox, a birdhouse, a doorway; these familiar objects are deconstructed and re-imagined as abstract forms calling into question the relationship of the body to the work.

While Mikhailovskaia’s work also uses a monochrome palette, her work deconstructs preexisting notions of scale by shrinking somewhat formalist sculptures to coffee table size pieces, calling to mind the all white works of predecessor Cy Twombly but with a more playful tone.

King explores, mixes and deconstructs the intellectual structures of the mind, using imagery form the depths of the subconscious and combining them to create abstract visual landscapes of the mind.

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The Collaborative Theatre Company Presents: Alice in Wonderland
Opening Weekend | Friday, June 9th – Sunday, June 11th

Fells Point Corner Theatre
251 South Ann Street : 21231

The Collaborative Theatre Company will present “Alice in Wonderland” as its final show of its second season from June 9-25 at Fells Point Corner Theatre.

The Collaborative is presenting the Manhattan Project’s version of Lewis Carroll’s 1865 children’s story, which the company created through experimental rehearsals in the mid-1970s that culminated in an avant-garde interpretation of the classic work. The Collaborative is putting a philosophical 20th-century spin on MP’s version, with design inspired by “a trip into grandma’s attic,” according to Director Kel Millionie, who is also the production’s lighting and set designer.

“We are reimagining Alice’s antics in a raw journey through the human condition that is informed by some of the great minds of the 20th century, including Freud, Jung, Kafka and Dali,” Millionie says. “This show is a roller coaster of emotional and sociological insights. It’s ridiculous and utterly fantastical, and there are several moments that reflect on turbulent political climates, the id and even abstract expressionism.”

Alice’s adventures are told by an ensemble cast of six actors performing 32 different characters, including Humpty Dumpty (Chris Cotterman), Queen of Hearts (Holly Gibbs), Mad Hatter (Gabe Fremuth), Caterpillar (Nick Fruit), Cheshire Cat (Barbara Hauck) and dozens more larger-than-life characters. Sarah Burton completes the cast as Alice.

In addition to Millionie, the production team includes Christopher Flint (sound design), Ann Turiano (costume design), Mia Fiorentino (props), Kris Messer (dramaturg), Heidi Butcher (stage manager) and Aladrian Wetzel (producer).

The Collaborative will host a special gala Saturday, June 17. “Revelry: An (Actual) Tea Party” will include cocktails, Victorian finger foods, music, games, a silent auction and a contest for best outfit. Admission is free, and a cash bar will be available. The party will begin after the 8 p.m. Saturday performance of “Alice in Wonderland.”

“Alice in Wonderland” opens Friday, June 9, with performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; and at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Fells Point Corner Theatre, 251 S. Ann St., Baltimore. The show is approximately 85 minutes. For more information, visit
www.collaborativetheatre.org.

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Beaver Dreams | Presented by Lost and Found Puppets
Sunday, June 11th : 5:30pm

Terrault
218 West Saratoga Street : 21201

Puppetry for all ages.

A puppetry and clowning show. Beaver Dreams tells a story about a family of beavers and a family of humans living in the heart of the Quebecois forest. The beavers go about their daily life: gnawing on wood and building dams, and the humans try to go about their typical summer chalet activities: sun tanning on the dock and dancing in the moonlight. But when the dam rises over the dock’s edge, there is a perpetual struggle between construction and destruction, between the animal and its adversaries. Both the beavers and the humans have the same nightmare that commercial development will destroy their corner of paradise. What if the beavers thought the same as us?

About Lost and Found Puppets:

Based in Montreal, QC, since 2016, Lost & Found Puppet Co. was originally created in Vancouver, BC in 2007. Members of the company include Maggie Winston and anyone who is interested in joining the company for any given project. Interdisciplinary collaboration and community activism are at the heart of the work. L&FP Co. is dedicated to the promotion of puppetry as a unique and valued art everyone can experience.

Lost & Found Puppet Co. has toured throughout BC and internationally. Productions explore human relationships to objects and nature, such as stories about lost socks, giant junk monsters, larger-than-life invasive plant species, beaver dreams, or grandma’s memories in her recycled quilt.

5:30pm | $12, $9 mbrs | + $3 at the door