My solo exhibit, Waxing Poetic: Collage & Encaustic, was on display in the Kucera Gallery at the Art Center of Corpus Christi from January 6 through February 25, 2023.
WAXING POETIC
Collage & Encaustic by Kelly Schaub
Solo exhibition – Kucera Gallery
Art Center of Corpus Christi
100 North Shoreline Boulevard
Corpus Christi, Texas
January 6 – February 25, 2023
HOURS:
Tuesday – Saturday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Wednesdays until 8:00pm
Closed Sunday & Monday
EVENTS:
Opening Reception: January 6, 2023 5-7 pm
Encaustic Demo: January 18, 2023 5-7 pm
Artist Talk: February 1, 2023 1:00 pm
Encaustic Workshop: February 10-11, 2023
Rockport, Texas collage artist Kelly Schaub was awarded this solo show after receiving “Best of Show” honors in the 2022 All Membership Show, juried by Brad Eilering, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Del Mar College. Schaub teaches collage and encaustic, and is also the founder of Collage-Lab.com.
The tag line for this exhibit really should be “elevating the everyday” – from everyday papers transformed through collage to everyday objects altered by the addition of hot wax. I feel a lyrical connection with my materials and my two favorite mediums. So, please allow me to wax poetic about simple materials, like paper scraps, and simple objects like a camera or a ball of twine or a children’s block.
Found objects and vintage ephemera – catalogs, receipts, postcards, game pieces – all created to last for a relatively short period of time. Discarded, recycled, thrifted, and pulled from the dust bin – these items are not rubbish in the eyes of a collage artist.
I start with possibilities – and seemingly endless ideas. All driven by the materials. The photos and handwritten letters and ticket stubs and magazine ads – the cookbooks and primers and yearbooks – the old LIFE magazines – they all have a story to tell, or a song or a poem. Ironic that I inhabit a world where many of my source materials are now obsolete – no need for encyclopedias, everything’s on the internet – no one writes letters any more – the trusty paperback replaced by a Kindle – when was the last time you perused a big, thick catalog, like the Sears Wish Book?
Join me for an Artist Talk on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 1:00 pm and I’ll talk about my inspiration, my process, and the artwork in the show.
Here’s a quick walk-through of the space, if you are not able to attend in person:
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