UMaine Museum of Art exhibit to feature nine New Brunswick artists
The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” on Sept. 23.
The exhibit highlights a diversity of creative approaches and genres — from representational to conceptual — by artists from throughout New Brunswick. Also varied is the range of media, which includes ceramic, photography, oil painting, assemblage, mixed media, sculpture and printing processes.
Featured artists are Erik Edson, Darren Emenau, Mathieu Leger, Neil Rough, Stephen Scott, Anne-Marie Sirois, Dan Steeves, Anna Torma and Istvan Zsako.
The works in “Contemporary Currents” underscore the pluralist nature of contemporary art across the globe. The artists offer multiple points of view on the complex nature of contemporary artistic practice.
UMMA partnered with the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture on the exhibition.
“It has been a distinct pleasure to bring together works by these accomplished New Brunswick artists for the enjoyment and educational enrichment of audiences throughout Maine, New England and beyond. We hope projects such as this will inspire future collegial and worthwhile collaborations between Maine and New Brunswick institutions,” says UMMA director George Kinghorn, who curated the exhibit.
Machias Savings Bank and the Maine Arts Commission are sponsors of the exhibit that will run through Dec. 31. Free admission to the museum in 2016 is made possible by Deighan Wealth Advisors.