Professor of Art Sue Johnson Shows Work in Georgia

Sue Johnson, professor of art, is exhibiting 15 works from her recent project, “Hall of Portraits from The History of Machines” in COLLECTive Concerns: Collage and Assemblage now on view at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, Georgia through March 15, 2025. Curated by Reni Gower/Wylie Contemporary. The exhibition will travel through 2026 to University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova, California; Piedmont Museum of Art, Martinsville, Virginia; Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Gumenick Family Gallery, Glen Allen Art Center, Glen Allen, Virginia. Twelve artists explore collage and assemblage as a coping mechanism, siren call, or cautionary warning for collective concerns that impact our culture. Their "collections" are focused on environmental, emotional, and societal stressors; collective concerns that address climate change, covid, grief, identity, and politics. Whimsical to macabre; refined to raw, poetic to strident; these intimate works pack a hefty punch that belie their small scale. Assembled from discarded but highly curated materials, each artist presents a unique collection of works that speak to the challenges posed by unprecedented times. Catalog available. https://masmacon.org/collective-concerns-collage-and-assemblage