Vermont Supreme Court Gallery hosts Mary Admasian exhibit, “Boundaries, Balance, and Confinement”
The exhibit runs from April 6 – July 2, 2015 | Opening Reception: April 9, from 5:00 – 7:00 | Art Walk Reception: May 1, from 4:00 – 7:00
The Vermont Supreme Court Gallery presents a solo exhibition new work by Mary Admasian, “Boundaries, Balance, and Confinement: Navigating the Limits of Nature and Society.” Exploiting the constraining property of barbed wire as a unifying metaphor in each piece, Admasian repurposes other materials like fencing, willow switches, logs, butterflies, rooster feathers, and other found objects collected from flea markets and the rural Vermont landscape to create sculptures and assemblagesthat address how societal and psychological restraints both contain and free us.
Admasian’s work explores how raw forms can embody the human challenges surrounding gender, social norms, and the tension between our daily and inner lives. As she states, “I have always wanted to create a body of work with barbed wire, a forbidding object that can trigger instinctual and personal associations in everyone. By transforming common materials into unusual configurations, I want my work to create a narrative that provokes insight, thought, and social action in the viewer.”
“Encompassing elements of the Vermont vernacular, this work is beautiful, contemporary, and provocative, all at the same time.” David Schutz, Vermont State Curator
A native of Detroit, MI, Mary Admasian has lived in Vermont most of her adult life. She earned a BFA from Colby-Sawyer College with honors in painting and has worked as a multidisciplinary artist, curator, marketing director, creative director for film, visual, and performing arts, and has been an independent business owner for the last 25 years. She has exhibited her work nationally in Detroit, New York City, Texas, New Hampshire, and Burlington, VT. Her work is collected by several prominent art collectors and institutions. She was selected to participate in Vermont Studio Center’s Second Annual Artist’s Residency Program in Johnson, VT. In collaboration with other artists, musicians, and writers, she has also created site-specific work and installations.