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For this latest version of the exhibition “Altered Logistics: Redux,” I continue the emphasis on collage as it best describes the method of combining previously unrelated elements that form a new message, emotion or narrative. By Show Curator D. Dominick Lombardi for dART International Magazine
Altered Logistics: Redux will be featured at the Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY, from August 26 to September 20, 2024.
An installation from artists Martha Lewis and Margaret Roleke that uses found, donated and repurposed materials takes a decisive stand against gun violence in the United States. As both artists—and the country—reel from recent mass shootings, they are working to think about the impact they can have on the dialogue around gun control in this country.
The CAMP Gallery, which focuses on contemporary emerging and mid-career artists in Miami, recently opened a second exhibition space in Westport, Connecticut. Their current exhibition, Margaret Roleke: March On Society, features numerous works on paper, as well as assembled freestanding and wall mounted sculptures that address the increasing sociopolitical divide in our country.
An interview between Etty Yaniv, the founding editor of Art Spiel, and Margaret Roleke discussing the artist’s career and the role of current events such as gun violence and the Trump presidency on her work.
A conversation with Margaret Roloke by writer Brian Slattery on her new show Made Visible and the activism that runs through her work.
From the moment exhibit seekers entered the building, they were greeted with Margaret Roleke’s End Gun Violence, enormous, draped sculpture made from spent shotgun shells. It functioned almost as a welcoming bead curtain, even as it reminded viewers of its intent.
At this year’s Spring/Break in New York, artists are addressing political unease in a carefully chosen space next to the Trump World Tower
“Margaret is a passionate advocate against gun violence,” explained Ellen Fagan, director of the artist’s gallery, ODETTA. “She’s seriously invested in being a true activist-artist.” Based in Connecticut, Roleke has a direct connection to the families who lost children in the Sandy Hook massacre. According to her website, the artist has donated a percentage of her artwork sales to gun control advocacy for the last several years.