AdventureLand Gallery presents:
"AMERICAN GARDENS"
New Work by Kristen Neveu

"My artwork examines the passing of time and the day-to-day struggles and triumphs that move life forward.

Continuing my exploration with found mixed media material, I’ve created a series of collages with salvaged wood, canvas, and repurposed vintage magazines.
The patterns create patchwork-like memorials to the U.S.A: to its spirit and its skylines, its endurance and its impatience. The textures reflect a march forward with a flowing back in time, searching for meaning and place in this country that both awes me and at times frustrates me. There are bold colors that fade and faded colors that illuminate, similar to flags and banners. Much like flowers in gardens, we keep going, changing and adapting.

Much like a cultural anthropologist, I sift through layers of repetitive shapes and gradations of material in order to reflect the passage of time. My art evolves into detailed and textured storybooks that embody a yearning for the past, an image-based connection to the present and bold flashes of possible future worlds." -Kristen Neveu 2014

FRIDAY NOV. 7 - NOV. 26
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, NOV. 7TH
7 -10PM
1513 N WESTERN AVE, 1ST FLR.
CHICAGO, IL