By SALINA POST
Found and fabricated objects from a family farm are the focus of the current exhibition at the Salina Art Center.
Frank Shaw's ReConsider is scheduled to be on display through Dec. 31 at the Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free and donations are welcome.
An opening reception is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Friday in the Salina Art Center. Special guest Saralyn Reece Hardy, the Marilyn Stokstad director at the Spencer Museum of Art, will make introductory remarks at 5:45 p.m., followed by remarks from the artist. Everyone is welcome.
About the artist courtesy the Salina Art Center
Shaw explores found and fabricated objects salvaged from his family farm that were willfully collected or simply forgotten. Collectively, these oddities provoke a state of puzzlement. The exploration considers the meanings we assign to "things" and the answers we are continually searching for.
Shaw received his BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, R.I., and an MFA from Yale University School of Art in New Haven, Conn. His paintings have recently been featured in the United States Embassy Art in Embassies Program in Bridgetown, West Indies. His work has also been exhibited in numerous exhibitions including Artspace Gallery, Lindsborg; Project Gallery, Wichita; Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.; Butler County Community College, El Dorado; Wichita State University, Wichita; Emporia State University, Emporia; Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Ill.; Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, N.Y.; and the Salina Art Center and the Land Institute, Salina.
ReConsider is funded in part by the Greater Salina Community Foundation.