THE LATEST AT SWISS EXPO IS UP AND RUNNING! 
Thanks to Artbox for the chance to exhibit "Run Away With Me," a mixed media collage created this year at
the J.B. Speed Art Museum collage workshop located in Louisville, Ky.
I received an invitation from the Asian Biennial in Bangladesh to exhibit my art work in their 2025 exhibition. I have never exhibited in Bangladesh before. Here are a few photos of my exhibit idea:
The central focus of my Exhibit would be a large shower curtain with one of my mixed-media drawings of a home drawn in the manner of a child's memory. Home is a state of mind and the action in the drawing moves in and out of the home and its entire placement. "Displaced Home" could be a psychological state similar to disassociation from self. Home becomes a symbol of the relationship of self. Displacement can be a feeling of not belonging, even when physically present in a space. The idea that someone can experience displacement without being physically displaced resonates deeply with the experiences of many individuals who have faced exclusion, marginalization, or discrimination. It could be due to their identity, beliefs, culture, or simply being different. The shower curtain concept resonates perfectly with the idea that memories of home are fragile, temporary, and susceptible to change. The fact that the shower curtain is often associated with privacy, intimacy, and daily routines adds another layer of depth to the artwork on a shower curtain in a refugee's foreign bathroom setting and provides a powerful commentary on the displacement experience. The absurdity, nostalgia, and grief are all apparent through this juxtaposition.
Other images included are:
"Memories of a Lost Childhood."
"Run Away With Me" fresh from the Swiss Art Expo.
Congratulations to Patricia Hawkins of Louisville, Ky.,
the winner of this painting by Jan Kirstein Rigor for joining my website!
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"CINNAMON SUMMER"
This mixed-media collage explodes with the Summer sensations
of walking in a grassy meadow before a light rain. An atmosphere
of transparent greens and copper unfolds under a rushing silver
brushstroke. Charcoal markings unfurl across the surface's
expressive surface. Weather changes occur suddenly in this
painted collage's light-filled climate on a frame board surface
measuring 12 inches by 16 inches. Materials used include acrylic
paint, charcoal, pastel, graphite, watercolor, and a pinch of
light-refracting particles. This original painting was created by
Jan Kirstein Rigor in 2024.
The Month of July 2024
For July, these works will be exhibited in Spain, Greece, Berlin, and Germany, respectively. Though I sell work in Louisville, KY. where I live, I do not currently have a gallery here in Louisville.
The galleries for my July Exhibits are located here:
The above two pieces are in the Annie Gallery in Athens, Greece.
ANDIE ART GALLERY ATHENS
Farantaton 17, Athens 115 27, Greece
This piece of nano art is at the CASA DEL ARTE PALMA
Costa d'en Brossa 4, 07001 Palma, Spain
For August, I am Looking forward to being in this year's Swiss Expo in Switzerland in August 2024 where I'll be showing the collage pictured here Aug. 21-25, 2024.
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