From Underfoot: Breaking Through Surface and Ground

Blue Start Contemporary presents “From Underfoot: Breaking Through Surface and Ground,” June 7 – September 9, 2018. The exhibit features artists: Caroline Carlsmith, Jennifer Day, Carrie Dickason, Leah Dyjak, Anja Marais, Marianne McGrath, and Ronen Raz

The works in this exhibition feature in some shape or form the ground as part of the subject and the artists focus. The surface of the earth is depicted as an active space, laden with tension. The artists featured reflect on landscape and emphasize changes above and below gravel and grass, with subtle yet moving references to natural and manmade disasters. We can also find themes of how we reflect on the passage of time and mortality through landscape, with references of resurrection, rejuvenation, erosion, and growth.