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‘Entangled & Ingested’ exhibit at Middletown college shows how discarded plastic harms animals
A Middletown interdisciplinary artist who creates life-size portraits of animal species affected by discarded plastics has an ongoing exhibit at CT State Community College – Middlesex.
Kat Owens of Middletown is also a teacher and researcher who focuses on the environment. Her show, “Entangled & Ingested,” can be seen in both the Pegasus Gallery and The Niche through Feb. 7.
Each work is composed of consumer waste and recycling stream packaging that are manipulated into visually “striking” compositions, according to a press release. “The basis of her process includes mosaic, quilt and collage traditions, but encompasses a larger artistic practice of observation, research, community engagement and environmental education,” it said.
The power of Owens’ artwork resides in the pattern rich arrangements of graphic text fonts, inherent material surface contrasts, and bold color interactions, the news release continued. “The overall visual effects these packaging combinations offer are further heightened by juxtapositions of their recognizable product components and the life-like animal portraits they contain.
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Posted December 5th in CT Post.
