BRUNSWICK — How does an artist orient himself in an increasingly media-saturated world? What new visual conversations can be created by sifting through and rearranging the everyday artifacts of popular culture?
Spindleworks artists take on these questions in Ka-POW!, a new show opening for June’s Second Friday ArtWalk. A reception will be held tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Whatnot Gallery, 7 Lincoln St.
Re-interpreting images shared through the media landscape has been an artistic approach since the mid-20th century, and the artists of Spindleworks are no exception. From Kevin Babine’s large scale works on paper featuring an array of cinematic history, to Melissa Capuano’s portraits of television show characters and Kelly Weingart’s sculptural renditions of Pez characters, Ka-POW! explores new iterations of seemingly familiar icons.
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