Stephen Aldrich "All the World's a Stage"

Foley Gallery

poster for Stephen Aldrich "All the World's a Stage"

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Foley Gallery presents its second exhibition with collage artist Stephen Aldrich, selected 10 black-and-white paper collages meticulously cut from existing Victorian era woodcuts and steel engravings. Aldrich selects imagery from a variety of books including science, religion, mythology, art and travel. Engravings by the anonymous or the famous (Dürer’s Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513) make an appearance. The obsessive quality of his work is a hallmark of his composition. The way in which cut shapes of contoured paper are rhymed and repeated with the imagery creates a pattern unique to each composition, alluding to his rich personal history of creating his own musical scores.

There is an affinity to Surrealism evidenced in the juxtaposition of dissimilar or incongruous source material. However, there is neither intention nor attempt to reveal the inner workings of the subconscious as the Surrealist Max Ernst might have done in his own collages. The methodology which Aldrich employs is more akin to Jess Collins or to Leonardo and the Renaissance sensibility of the workings of the universe or Eastern philosophy in the recognition of the connectedness of all things. The idiosyncratic logic of layering creates a language that would seem more likely perpetuated by an outsider artist if it were not for the knowledge that Aldrich studied music composition for piano and that his father was a high school mathematician.

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Schedule

from September 09, 2010 to October 23, 2010

Opening Reception on 2010-09-09 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Stephen Aldrich

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