BRATTLEBORO — Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 183 Main St., presents DayDreams, an exhibition of steel sculptures by Torin Porter. The show opens Thursday, June 28, at 5 p.m., with an artist reception on Saturday, June 30, from 5-7 p.m.
Porter's stylized figures reflect complex facets of humanity, creating modern world archetypes, according to a news release.
Porter says of DayDreams, “[These sculptures] exist externally but we experience them internally. When we behold them with our senses, feel their weight and texture and see their forms change in response to our movements, they come to life as they interact with the associations they bring.”
Growing up in Northern Vermont, Porter spent summers with the Bread and Puppet Theatre and later performed with the MOMIX dance company and rock band Jane's Addiction. Porter's sculptures have been exhibited in galleries throughout New England and New York. He currently lives in Glover.
The gallery also will introduce a selection of works by Willa Cox and Erika Radich.
Cox's richly surfaced, mixed-media paintings reflect the artist's reaction to the visual complexities found in nature. Her love of these qualities has provided the foundation of her art-making since her childhood days in Hawaii.
Radich has created new monoprints that use collaged fragments of her earlier prints, which serve to further abstract and construct images of feelings, emotions, and symbols.