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Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson

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In popular use since about 1830, the expression “alive and kicking” originated among fishmongers to advertise a fresh catch. Both now and then, the turn of phrase emphasizes that something or someone is particularly and especially alive.

A photograph of Gladys Nilsson intently painting "Rounding Rosie's Ring: Dance, You Fools, Dance" directly on the wall in the gallery.

Selected Works

Catalina Schliebener Muñoz

A wall painting installation by Catalina Schliebener Muñoz depicting anthropomorphized cartoon dogs dressed in fancy clothes and fur coats against a colorful wall with a false perspectival background.

Catalina Schliebener Muñoz

A wall painting installation by Catalina Schliebener Muñoz depicting anthropomorphized cartoon dogs dressed in fancy clothes and fur coats against a colorful wall with a false perspectival background.

Catalina Schliebener Muñoz

A detail of a wall painting installation by Catalina Schliebener Muñoz with collaged cut-out elements of the various cartoon characters throughout the piece.

Gladys Nilsson

Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.

Gladys Nilsson

A detail of an installation by Gladys Nilsson, a wall painting Rounding Rosie's Ring, Dance You Fools, Dance.

Gladys Nilsson

A detail of an installation by Gladys Nilsson, a wall painting Rounding Rosie's Ring, Dance You Fools, Dance.

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt

A grouping of more than a dozen small paintings inside aluminum baking tins displayed salon style by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt.

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt

A detail of one of the paintings inside aluminum baking tins displayed salon style by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt.

Installation Views

  • A colorful abstract painting with dynamic figures in orange, red, blue, and green hues, displayed in an art gallery.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.
  • An art gallery with mixed media boxes and trays on the walls, and a painted abstract canvas visible on the right.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.
  • Art gallery with colorful abstract murals on walls and a polished concrete floor.

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers

Installation view of Alive & Kicking: Fantastic Installations by Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, and Gladys Nilsson, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers