exhibition
Mariella Bisson, First Day in the Forest
Collages and Drawings
Date
January 5 – February 15, 1992Opening Reception
January 10, 1992Artist
Mariella Bissonexhibition Images
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Mariella Bisson
First Day in the Forest
Installation view with the Kentler Flatfiles
Invitation card. Image: "Moss Glen Falls" collage, 56" x 44" 1990
About the exhibition
MARIELLA BISSON
First Day in the Forest
January 5 - February 15, 1992
Reception: Friday, January 10, 6-9pm
In a solo exhibition, Mariella Bisson exhibits new work in large scale paper collage. These pieces are made of thousands of pieces of paper drawn and marked in black and white. They depict waterfalls, river and forest in the northeastern woodlands.
In these works each piece of paper is like a leaf, a tree particle recombined with its fellows to form the forest floor and the forest itself. The imagery in "First Day in the Forest" is akin to the Hudson River School but her awareness of contemporary political issues regarding these forests give Bisson's work a sense of tension and drama.
