 Lisa Austin Apocalypse in Paris 3d collage 15 x 17" framed $350  Will Garner call out the storm that was coming mixed media 19.5 x 17" magnet install $120.Please join us for an open house reception with the artists this Sunday! Lisa will attend from 2-5, and Will from 1-6.
(We found last month that a reception with open house extended hours, as we hoped, was quite successful in spacing out guests which is better for Covid safety. We ask all guests to mask when not directly eating or drinking, and guests have been enthusiastic or at minimum supportive. We have masks available right at the door. Thank you for supporting the arts and artists!) About our show: Lisa Austin and Will Garner: New Works Lisa Austin: 3d collage Will Garner: mixed media paintings Lisa Austin is a self-taught collage and assemblage artist, and a Signature Member of the National Collage Society with regional and national awards. Austin lives in Louisville and has a longstanding artistic inquiry into regional American culture, exploring contemporary issues through the manipulation of printed memorabilia. Austin writes, "This has been a difficult time for everyone. There have been a lot of losses, deaths, violence and mayhem in our lives because of the pandemic. As a result, I began to make 3-D collages as a way to challenge myself technically and find that place in me that laughs at the world instead of crying. "I made collages with several of my favorite items in them: old-fashioned pin-up girls, orchids, dinosaurs and pop culture (can you find King Kong?) I deliberately kept my sense of humor and added a bit of whimsy to them. They are not really serious although I can easily make social justice-themed pieces as well. They are just for fun. To make the viewer laugh or at least smile when there has been so little of that in our recent lives." Will Garner is a second-generation artist (son of gallery co-founder Joyce Garner) and has worked as a fencing coach, a sprite designer, and a sculpture studio assistant. He manages operations full-time for garner narrative, with a studio on site. Garner writes, "Nature is all about finding things that work and continuing to do them with slight variations in case there might be a way that still works, but differently. Some things have worked well in the same way for a very long time. Others have become very different. There is much to marvel at in both results. Who can say ahead of time what living will look like?" Comments are closed.
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