Jurors Carlos Hernandez, Shanna Strauss, and Chadwick Tolley selected work from over 700 entries to craft a vibrant and wide-ranging exhibition that explores the act of layering. While there are some traditional prints in the exhibition that use collaging to craft their imagery, the work has a lot of material exploration, including fabric, currency, thread, plant matter, stamps, lotto tickets, gum wrappers, and dictionary pages. These media are expertly collaged through methods such as printing, sewing, gluing, and screwing. Superimposed exemplifies how practices can converge and be enhanced by the art of collage.
About the artist
Chas Foster
I love the processes of printmaking, but I can't manage to make the same thing twice. This work has a layer of block printing and one of silkscreen. I have scrubbed back into the print to excavate the collage grid underneath.
I teach high school visual art. I was the Assistant Director of the Lower East Side Printshop in the early 90s. I have an MFA from MICA. I put interesting things together as the uninvited artist-in-residence in a park near my home.
I teach high school visual art. I was the Assistant Director of the Lower East Side Printshop in the early 90s. I have an MFA from MICA. I put interesting things together as the uninvited artist-in-residence in a park near my home.
IG: @chas_foster and @mhselfservnc
