Revisit ~ Alumni Exhibition at McColl Center

Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:49

Charlotte, NC - McColl Center’s exhibition Revisit features new work by former Affiliate Artists Shaun Cassidy, Maja Godlewska, and Peggy Rivers.  The exhibition is curated by McColl Center’s Director of Programs Ce Scott and will be on exhibit until 29 July.  Each of these talented area artists is contributing recent works some of which were created exclusively for the exhibition.

Sculptor and educator Shaun Cassidy created site-specific sculptures for Revisit.  The artist intends for the sculptures to “invite viewer interaction, challenging them to contemplate emotionally charged interior spaces.”  Cassidy designed sculptures for the interior and exterior spaces of the McColl Center.  According to the artist, the works attempt to exploit the majestic, vertical nature of the gallery.  He has exhibited across the nation, including venues in Vermont, Nebraska and New York.  Cassidy’s work has been featured in major periodicals, including Sculpture Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. 

Polish-born Maja Godlewska paints images that are inspired by the human body, including “notions of beauty, permanence and decay.”  Inspired by Baroque and Rococo frescoes, her works are made of stained fabric and chalk paint brought from her native Poland.  To gather ideas for her compositions, Godlewska has traveled extensively, photographing existing frescos.  She received her M.F.A. in Painting and Graphic Art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland.  She has exhibited around the world, including exhibitions in the United States, France and Germany.

Peggy Rivers will also contribute paintings to the Revisit exhibition.  Simultaneously ancient and modern in style, Rivers’ paintings document her perception of the human condition.  The body of work she will exhibit was created over the past year and, according to Rivers, “The work represents a substantial synthesis of several aspects of my painting in the last decade.”  In an effort to reflect the truth behind her imagery, the artist purposefully “defies most rules of good composition.”  Rivers began painting as a teenager and received her MFA from Columbia University in New York.