Second time around

Discarded objects find new meaning in Strier’s ‘Art Objects’ at the Alliance Gallery

NARROWSBURG, NY — “Art Objects,” an exhibition of mixed mediums by Lisa Strier, will open at the Alliance Gallery on Saturday, February 21, with an artist’s reception from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through March 14.

“The potential for sublime moments exists in the commonplace,” said Strier, who earned her BFA from Cooper Union in New York in 1983 before settling in Northeast Pennsylvania to raise her daughter. There she learned carpentry while building log homes and, between teaching gigs, moonlights at Home Depot.

Strier’s artwork reflects her construction sensibility, and is comprised of reclaimed discarded materials. “Resources for my materials vary wildly: dog food cans, flea market photographs, trashed copier guts, construction dumpsters, highways and the rural countryside.” The results are mounted on small blocks of wood—usually less than 12 inches square—creating an intimate viewing experience.

“Working from the scrap heap of over-consumption is cost effective, immediately available, and anti-high-end. These are cheap materials, and I love their vulgarity in contrast to the slickness and pretensions of culture.”

Strier, who lives and works in Shohola, PA, teaches graphic design at Sussex County Community College and is working on her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College in Vermont. Her work has been represented in group exhibits, solo shows, The New York Times and regional newspapers and magazines.

This exhibit of Lisa Strier’s mixed media assemblages, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Arts Council for Sullivan County, NY, and is made possible in part with funding from the Visual Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information visit ArtsAllianceSite.org.