ADAPTATION: ARTISTS RESPOND TO CHANGE

April 16, 2021 / gizella k warburton

works by (clockwise): Lawrence LaBianca, Wlodzimierz Cygan, Polly Sutton, Norma Minkowitz, Chiyoko Tanaka and, in front, Gizella K Warburton, photo © 2021 Tom Grotta, courtesy browngrotta arts — works by (clockwise): Lawrence LaBianca, Wlodzimierz Cygan, Polly Sutton, Norma Minkowitz, Chiyoko Tanaka and, in front,
Gizella K Warburton, photo © 2021 Tom Grotta, courtesy browngrotta arts

'Over the last year, by necessity, we’ve grown more introspective, more insular and more aware of our interconnectedness. We’ve had to acknowledge our permeable national boundaries, shared air, the limits of personal space. The artists who work with browngrotta arts have coped with the changes in various ways — moving locations, taking up art photography, taking new inspiration from nature. These recent adaptations are just some of the many reasons artists make changes in their art practice — a material becomes unavailable (willow) or a new one suggests itself (fiber optic, bronze, copper, steel, kibisio, akebia), a move in the US from the East to the South or from one country to another or from the city to the desert, a change in physical abilities (allergy, injury), an altered personal relationship, or a commission opportunity or an exhibition challenge. We will explore this theme this Spring, in browngrotta arts' Art in the Barn exhibition, Adaptation: Artists Respond to Change

The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-colour catalogue (our 51st)