SCRAP’s Re:Vision Gallery Features Local Mixed Media Artist Joe Ryckebosch

Joe Ryckebosch: New Formations Over Old Horizons
January 10 – February 25th
Opening Reception at SCRAP, January 13th, 5-7pm

Re:Vision Gallery is pleased to present the mixed media collage work of Portland-based artist Joe Ryckebosch. Utilizing vintage design tape in bright colors, Ryckebosch superimposes geometric patterns over found images. The printed images that inspire Ryckebosch’s work result from myriad forays into thrift stores, scrap yards, re-use centers and back alleys. By reclaiming and re-forming, Ryckebosch has enlivened cultural ephemera on the verge of being forgotten, safely resurrecting them from the shadows back into the light of attention.

The applied colored tape is the artist’s tool for re-interpreting the original subject of these once-discarded images. The color and patterns that emerge may have always been there, but have never been noticed until emphasized through the fresh perspective of these works. The juxtaposition of form and color provides a subtle and contemplative commentary on the ways humans see pattern in the natural world.

Location: Re:Vision Gallery
SCRAP Creative Reuse Center
2915 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97212

Hours: Daily 10am-6pm

More info: http://scrapaction.org/creative-reuse-center/art-gallery/

About Re:Vision Gallery

Re:Vision Gallery at SCRAP is dedicated to exhibiting the work of innovative artists in the Pacific NW, who create work made from at least 75% recycled/reused or reclaimed material. Located adjacent to the SCRAP Creative Reuse Store, the Re:Vision Gallery hosts monthly and bi-monthly exhibits of individual artists and groups of artists.