“Constellations: Roger Sandes”
September 1, 2017-January 8, 2018
Artist reception during Brattleboro Gallery Walk, Friday, September 1, 5:30-8:30PM
“Constellations: Roger Sandes” features 21 paintings created by the artist over the past 27 years. According to BMAC’s chief curator, Mara Williams, the exhibit is organized as a series of constellations, each consisting of a recent painting displayed alongside one or more older paintings upon which the recent one is based. “The new paintings are kaleidoscopic abstractions of the earlier works,” says Williams, “at once symmetrical and asymmetrical, figurative and abstract, ebullient and quiet.”
“Making art is my purpose in life,” says Sandes. “It’s always in my imagination, waiting for realization. For 50 years I have produced figurative works on nature-based, multicultural, and art historical themes. I incorporate symbols of life and fertility—icons integral to art in all cultures since primitive times—highlighting their natural beauty and form. I also integrate elements of modern and folk art, nature and artifact.”
Roger Sandes and his wife, collage artist Mary Welsh, live and work in Williamsville. Sandes’ artwork has been exhibited and collected throughout the United States and abroad. Sandes co-founded southern Vermont’s Rock River Artists collective.
(adapted from the museum’s press materials)
INFORMATION
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
10 Vernon Street
Brattleboro 05301
(802) 257-0124
Hours:
Daily (except Tuesday), 11AM-5PM
Open until 8:30PM for the First Friday Gallery Walk
Image:
Shadowplay
by Roger Sandes
30″x84″
acrylic on panel
2005