‘How ideas reassemble’
“Fragments” (paper, steel, ceramic, thread), by Virginia Mahoney, at Kingston Gallery, Boston, Feb. 5-March 1.
The gallery says:
“Virginia Mahoney deepens her exploration of memory, materiality, and the personal archaeology of her creative life. This exhibition emerges from her long- term impulse to save parts of old work, remnants of past processes, and fragments that still hold potential meaning. The pieces in ‘Fragments’ extend her ongoing reflection on how ideas evolve, break apart, and reassemble over time.’’
Scanning the ‘undertow’
“Each, Every, All, None’’ (mixed media), by Brockton, Mass.-based artist Virginia Mahoney in her show with Natalie Miebach, “Undercurrents,’’ at Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, through Oct. 29.
The gallery says:
“Virginia Mahoney scans the undertow of human interactions, examining the disparity between surface appearances and underlying consequences. With complex, intricate forms and materials, her figures probe autobiographical stories and question accepted narratives. As she uncovers possibilities in the scraps, shards, and leftovers of a longstanding studio practice, her voice emerges in the rhythm of stiches, provocations of language, and discovery of new forms.’’
Headlines posted in street-corner window of newspaper office (Brockton Enterprise), 60 Main Street, Brockton, in December 1940. Upstairs were the first main offices of the W.B. Mason company.