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Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum's Collection

Location

Space

Dates

A painting of a baseball game with a very flattened perspectival treatment.

Selected Works

John Coffer

An old wooden cart with "HOMELAND SECURITY" painted on the back, in front of a rustic building.

Ann Craven

A small black bear climbing in a flowering tree with large, dark blossoms.

Reggie Burrows Hodges

A dark figure in pink shorts and a green shirt jumping over a hurdle.

Carly Glovinski

Two painted bronze, string and wire upright sculptures resembling tall walking sticks.

Joyce Pensato

A black monochrome enamal and metallic painting on linen of a cartoony character or figure.

Bernard Langlais

A raw wood relief sculpture of a bull.

David Salle

A tripartite oil on canvas painting by David Salle that divides the frame into multiple rectangles, each one upending different tropes: portraiture, narrative, and still life.

Installation Views

  • Sculpture of a figure holding a baton next to two paintings on a blue wall and a wooden bench.
  • Three paintings installed in a gallery, two on vivid blue wall with cat sculpture perched on top.
  • Two paintings hanging behind a bench and a tall wooden sculpture figure holding a baton.
  • Corner with two yellow stools and a nearby framed painting on the wall.
  • A green wall with exhibition text next to wall-mounted artworks including a large blue-toned painting and a wooden oval relief, each depicting animals.
  • Rounded sculptural forms resembling hedges on a terraced platform against a green wall. Above, a sculpture of a cat rests on the wall and a second sculpture depicting the face of a seal is suspended from the ceiling.
  • Gallery space with wooden stepped platform with rounded hedge-like sculptures against a green wall, a blue wall with mounted screens, and a tall abstract figure in the background.
  • Glass entrance doors with colorful gradient film and the word “PLAYSCAPE” in playful block lettering.

Installation view of Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, 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 Playscape: Contemporary Art from the Colby Museum’s Collection, the Colby Museum’s Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, Waterville, Maine, 2024. Photo: Luc Demers