The Meet the Artists Reception for the Ocean City Arts Center’s Biannual Repurposed Art Exhibit will be held Friday, Feb. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 1735 Simpson Ave.
This year’s title is “Repurposed, Rethought,” a show that challenges your perception of the everyday object in fine art, curated by Jade Ariella Lien.
It features the works of various artists hailing from Northern New Jersey, New York City, Brooklyn and Queens. In addition, curious projects from Lisa Roselli’s seventh and eighth grade art classes from Dennis Twp. Middle School are included.
The idea of repurposing is not only a current trend—as we’re all looking to be a part of something environmentally conscious—but it’s an innovative and fun method of converting everyday and often overlooked items into art; reaffirming the idea that art in fact is all around.
Repurposing artists take that social ideology quite literally—using items such as old jeans, telephones, and computer keyboards and quilting, sewing, and molding them together. They have created the “sightly” from materials often considered unsightly.
This bi-annual show is indicative of just this, and our artists this year are fulfilling these ideas, placing a contemporary spin on the trompe l’oeil, making repurposing the new double-take.
Repurposed art boasts the importance of redeveloping what already exists and reconsidering the usefulness of what is readily available in our everyday lives.
Participating artists include Linda Byrne, Julie Floersch, Nancy Linkin, Grace Marquinhos, Susan Napack, Ruth Neustadter, Ryan Roa, Ian Trask, and students of Dennis Township Middle School.
Contact the Arts Center for more information, 609-399-7628
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