Family Debris #1

Lisa Barthelson, a mixed media artist, works from her studio in Worcester Massachusetts and is a member of the Blackstone Print Studio cooperative in... more

by Lisa Barthelson

Title

Family Debris #1

Artist

Lisa Barthelson

Medium

Mixed Media - Mixed Media Print

Description

Lisa Barthelson, a mixed media artist, works from her studio in Worcester Massachusetts and is a member of the Blackstone Print Studio cooperative in the Sprinkler Factory in Worcester. The mixed media prints in this site-specific installation embrace the walls with color and texture derived from the over printing of our ephemeral debris. After absorbing the chaos of swirling debris, the viewer is invited to move in close to the surfaces to feel the intimacy of a family’s cast offs, re-ordered. Layered as it might be found in a landfill, the detritus offers a new avenue for experiencing what we work so hard to purchase and so effortlessly throw away.

Barthelson has exhibited her work throughout New England and recently won the Juror’s Choice Gold Award for her site specific sculpture ‘water rings’, part of the 2010 Art in the Park Exhibition in Worcester MA

Uploaded

March 1st, 2011