Andrea Sulzer, “constellations in the grass,” 50” x 44.5,” acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas, 2024. Photo by Luc Demers When can context and narrative matter in abstraction, a genre that is essentially nonobjective? Or even in semi-abstraction, where we might have recognition of some elements as familiar, but others seem more ambiguous? WHAT: “Andrea Sulzer: see through simple” WHERE: Sarah Bouchard Gallery, 13 Nequasset Pines Road, Woolwich WHEN: Through June 23 HOURS: By appointment ADMISSION: Free WHAT: “Strauss Bourque-LaFrance: ALIBIS” WHERE: Dunes, 251 Congress St.
, Portland WHEN: Probably through July HOURS: Noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday (and by appointment) ADMISSION: Free INFO: info@dunes.
fyi , dunes.fyi For those interested in this question, two shows offer intriguing perspectives on this contemplation: “Andrea Sulzer: see through simple” at Sarah Bouchard Gallery in Woolwich (through June 23) and “Strauss Bourque-LaFrance: ALIBIS” at Dunes in Portland (end date not set, though probably through July). Of course, even if this sort of reflection bores you to distraction, both shows are still worth a visit precisely because their apparent nonobjectivity also offers wider latitude for interpretation and is more interested in evoking a visceral and emotional response than telling a story or reproducing a visual reality the way representational art does.
HOLOGRAPH AND HOMAGE When I first circumambulated Bouchard’s gallery in the treetops.
