Wednesday, August 5, 2015

PRESS RELEASE FOR UPCOMING ART EXHIBITION

 An exhibition of art will be presented at Mobius, 55 Norfolk Street, Central Square, Cambridge entitled  DON’T LOOK AWAY! (www.mobius.org).The exhibit will run from September 12 through September 20 with gallery hours from 12-5 PM on weekends and by appointment. There will be an opening reception on September 12 from 6-9 PM.
A special event on Saturday, September 19 will be held from 6- 9PM with renowned public artist and provocateur Jay Critchley. He will present and discuss environmental art from his recent retrospective at the Provincetown Museum of Art.
The DON’T LOOK AWAY! exhibit is the outgrowth of a process between artists and environmentalists examining their own system of thought. Over several months, they have practiced an experimental form of dialogue that attempted to address questions arising from the overwhelm of climate disruption. Artists Margaret Bellafiore, Lydia Eccles, Milan Kohout, Claire Lau and Judy Werlin, with support from writers Steve Wineman and John Pitkin, have responded with developing a variety of work including writing, sculpture, painting, video and performance. They have struggled with issues of hope and despair, social activism, fracking, and the larger underlying dynamics of what makes a healthy society. Much of the work will be interactive as the artists are interested in having viewers participate by adding to the work.
A closing reception will be held on Sunday, September 20 from 12-5 PM. A public dialogue will be held. Activists who are protesting the expansion of the Spectra gas pipeline in Weymouth, West Roxbury and Dedham will participate in this collective reflection.
A blog at http://margaretmobius.blogspot.com posts an ongoing record of their struggle.


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