Art That Speaks: Rising Up Art Draws Crowds
As we reach the mid-point in the summer, and endure the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Art on the Trails has been a popular destination. In a time when most galleries are closed, an outdoor show is the closest many people can get to art this summer. We have seen record visitors, and now, poets are out visiting and writing work in response to the art.
This slide show provides a glimpse into the show.
Consume
Todd Bartel | Consume | uncollage, inkjet print, Epson Enhanced Matte Paper, acrylic, Sugar Maple. | Not For Sale. | The OED tells us the Latin words for book, “liber,” and “library” are derived “from the bark of trees used in early times as a writing material.” The words “page/leaf,” “folio/foliage,” and, “litter,” also have etymological roots in trees. This Sugar Maple sapling was threaded through a circular opening cut into a digital print and set into a temporary frame. The growing Maple will ultimately absorb the page into its trunk. Simultaneously, the paper will gradually decompose as it is exposed to natural phenomena. After the girth of the tree takes hold of the print, the frame will be removed.