john david o’brien
"Accretion"
organized by John O'Brien
with work by
Jamison Carter, Christie Frields, David McDonald
John O'Brien, Jessica Rath, Rebecca Ripple, Steve Roden
"Accretion" was about art works which were all built up through accumulation. Each artist worked with an accumulation process that resulted in compositing smaller units into forms of sculpture or installation. Other times, the layers might be objects with a less specific historical delineation. As general observers of the everyday, we see how things are built up through accretion and in additive layers. How individuals navigate, organize and situate these groups or piles of things was at the core of "accretion.