Arts + Literature Laboratory presents Continuum, an exhibition by Sally Hutchison, on view from Tuesday, March 18 to Saturday, April 12, 2025.
A reception for current exhibitions will be held Friday, April 4, 2025, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Sally Hutchison describes her work in Continuum explaining, “My paintings, drawings and collages are primarily offshoots of the geometric style, sometimes classically abstract geometry, other times semi-abstract, gesturing toward landscape, still life or architecture. Early on I was influenced by the artists Mondrian, Malevich and Morandi.”
In this exhibition, the artist presents “series” of imagery; architecture, snippets of political history and images of meteorological events. Hutchison uses canvas, paper and wood paneling and notes, “Since the Paleolithic era, humans have made symbolic imagery in one form or another. I feel fortunate to be a participant in this somewhat mysterious endeavor.”
Describing her process, Hutchison adds, “I usually begin with something I see that provokes my interest. I then explore ways of representing new subject matter. I draw many images which then work their way into a series. While the paintings in the “Versaille Series” were inspired by the geometrically designed hedges of the Versaille gardens, I’ve then employed the hedge shape in the drawings of the “Weimar Series,” with collaged banknotes. Years ago an elderly German born neighbor gifted me with the banknotes as seen on the drawings. The banknotes were issued during the disastrous inflation in Germany, 1914-1923. A few months ago, I decided to use the banknotes in this exhibition’s drawings. At the same time, I came across a new book on the political and artistic significance of the banknotes. (“Emergency Money,” by Tom Wilkinson). The five paintings explore the wood surface as an aesthetic element. The paintings gesture toward landscape and still life.”
