Mimi Peterson | Assemblages on Canvas

Topography Series, Measuring the Earth 

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 24, 6-9pm

2nd Reception: Saturday, July 22, 6-9pm

Open Weekends 1-4pm  
 

The genealogy of Mimi Peterson's Topography Series, Measuring the Earth is rooted in the force of its salvaged material. Assemblage, as medium, and the dimension in which it exists from its historic frame of reference to contextual memories, is a centuries old process found in primitive cultures and practiced in contemporary art. Its methodology touches on the social connectivity between relevant content and material. 

As if seen from an aerial view, Peterson's “hunt, gather, build, play” ritual yields ideas about our existential environmental challenges. Imaginary terrains are characterized by flat planes and undulating movement, a kaleidoscope of color and deep shadows. Forms and shapes morph into hills and valleys as signs of people, places, seasons, and vegetation are absorbed by surrounding ecotones. 

Borders are drawn and redrawn - whether galactic systems, nations, or gerrymandering. Places are named and renamed; people immigrate. Such changes are often the result of world crisis, but instead of disappearing, pluralist societies are kept alive in today’s hybrid art.  

"My work has an affinity for chance and experiment as I search for some center of gravity." -- Mimi Peterson

On View through August 6.