“Glass Jaws”: works by Wayne Montecalvo

Opening reception: Saturday, June 1, 5-7pm at the Kingston Artist Collective, 63 Broadway. Show runs thru June 28, 2019

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Glass Jaws

This show is a collection of images I’ve been working with recently. Glass Jaws refers to the idea of being vulnerable, fragile, and an easy target. It is a symptom familiar to boxers and windows. The works are manipulated silkscreen prints. The manipulation happens during and/or after the print. I use a lot of fragile Japanese paper to print on. The prints on glass have a very fragile ink surface. Both surfaces can be easily scratched, smeared and torn. I play with those characteristics to push the image into something else, something away from the original starting point.

 
 
Mid Hudson Arts

This project is made possible in part through support from the County of Ulster’s Ulster County Cultural Services & Promotion Fund administrated by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Kingston Midtown Arts District and its programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.