ALYSIA MACAULAY
Reshape / Reshuffle
July 11 - 25, 2020
Missed the Virtual Opening Reception?
You can watch it here.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on July 11 via Zoom to celebrate Alysia Macaulay's solo exhibition titled Reshape And Reshuffle.
EXHIBITION STATEMENT
LaiSun Keane is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Boston artist, Alysia Macaulay, titled Reshape And Reshuffle from July 11 - 25, 2020 to be held at our special Pop-Up location in Wellesley.
The mixed media-photographic collages of Alysia Macaulay challenge us to reconsider the natural world during this time of upheaval. For obvious reasons, the COVID19 pandemic and ongoing civil activism have significantly impacted our lives and Alysia Macaulay’s work speaks to this reconfigured world. This exhibition features her recent works of archival pigment prints on paper. Using draftsman’s instruments, Macaulay cuts printed photographs and papers and composes them into collages of ambiguous nature scenes framed or overlaid with highly saturated geometric colored shapes.
Macaulay explains that for this series, she “reshaped and reshuffled our waters and skies, to create new ways of looking at the world, a more inspired, inclusive, focused world.” According to Macaulay, this was her “way of taking control in a time when everything feels very much out of control. It is {her} way of pushing for change, encouraging disruption, challenging the way we see things. Change is good. Change is necessary.”
In essence, Macaulay’s work allows us to see the world around us through an altered lens, giving us alternative views and possibilities. For this exhibition, she has included her song playlist to give sounds to the sights she is presenting. The list is available on our website delivered via Spotify.
Macaulay studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York and received her BA in Art History from William Smith College. She lived in New York City for a number of years, before moving back to her hometown of Boston in 2015.
A virtual reception will be held via Zoom on July 11, 5 - 6pm EST and a meet the artist event at our pop up location at 15 Central St Wellesley MA on July 18, 5 – 6pm.
Please email to RSVP for the Virtual Reception and Meet The Artist.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Reshape and Reshuffle
Chaotic. Fragmented. Damaged. These are words frequently used to describe the world in which we live today, be it outside our window, in our nations capital or across continents.
In this series of collages, I have reshaped and reshuffled our waters and skies, to create new ways of looking at the world, a more inspired, inclusive, focused world. In a sense, this is my way of taking control in a time when everything feels very much out of control. It is my way of pushing for change, encouraging disruption, challenging the way we see things. Change is good. Change is necessary. I want to inspire people to look at our world with fresh eyes.
We can do good. We can do better.
SONG PLAYLIST SELECTED BY THE ARTIST
ALYSIA MACAULAY: RESHAPE AND RESHUFFLE
July 11 - 25, 2020
Online and in gallery
Music helps us connect to a place, an event, an experience and in this case, the art of Alysia Macaulay.
Listen to Alysia's song playlist while you slide through the images of her artwork. The combination of sight and sound allows us to really appreciate the person behind the work.
ARTIST CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Reshape and Reshuffle, LaiSun Keane Gallery, Lexington, MA
2018 Aionios, Private Art Salon Hosted by 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Summer Lull, French + Italian, Marblehead, MA
2012 The Quiet, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA
2010 The Quiet, Umbrella Arts, New York, New York
GROUP and JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Homeward Bound, Curators: Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy, Panopticon Gallery, Boston
2019 Double Take, Curators: Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy, Griffin Museum satellite gallery, Stoneham
2017 Tree Talk, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Online Gallery
2017 Autumn 2017 Fridge Show, Curator: Brian Paul Clamp, The Curated Fridge, Flashpoint Festival, Gallery Kayafas
2017 Third Annual Group Show, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, New York
2017 23rd Juried Exhibition for Instagram, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA
2017 The Visual Armistice, Plates to Pixels 10th Annual Juried Show, Curator: Blue Mitchell, Diffusion Magazine/One Twelve Publishing
2017 STARE, Curator: Karen Haas, Lane Curator of Photographs, MFA Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston City Hall
2017 Aviary, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Griffin Museum of Photography at Layfayette City Century Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 2016 Annual Group Show, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, New York
2016 Family Outing, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
2016 July/August Fridge Show, Curator: Paula Tognarelli, The Curated Fridge
2016 Same but Different, New York Center for Photographic Arts, Juror: Darren Ching, *Juror’s Selection
2016 2016 Open Juried Exhibition, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Vermont Center for Photography
2015 Off the Grid, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2013 ArtSI in the Barn, Shelter Island, NY
2013 Family Politics, Curator: Matt Martin, The Photocopy Club, London, England
2013 Mapping: Borders, Bodies, Memories, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Filter Photo Festival, David Weinberg Photography, Chicago
2013 Wide Open 4, Juror: Carrie Springer, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Open Water, Juror: Jennifer Schwartz, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2012 Secrets & Mysteries, Juror: Catherine Edelman, Darkroom Gallery, VT
2012 The Griffin Museum of Photography 18th Juried Exhibition, Juror: Paul Kopeikin, Boston, MA
2012 74th Annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY
2012 HOME, Juror: Harvey Stein, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2012 Wide Open 3, Juror: Charlotta Kotik, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Coastal Life, Havens Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
2011 DINNER, Juror: Harvey Stein, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2011 HOME…IS WHERE THE CAMERA IS, Juror: Julie Blackmon, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2010 9th Annual Small Works Show, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
2010 BED TWO, Juror: Harvey Stein, Umbrella Arts, New York, NY
2009 8th Annual Small Works Show, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
AWARDS
2017 Certain Places, L.A. Photo Curator, First Place, Curator: Karen Klinedinst
2016 Same but Different, New York Center for Photographic Arts, Juror’s Selection, Juror: Darren Ching
2013 Backyard, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Honorable Mention
2013 International Kontinent Awards, Official Selection, Fine Art Projects
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Yankee Magazine, My New England, Honorable Mention
2016 Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Online Exhibition, Still Life
2013 F-STOP Magazine, Issue #59 True/False
2012 F-STOP Magazine, Issue #51 Portraits
EDUCATION
2009-2011 International Center of Photography, New York
1989 William Smith College, BA - Art History