Richard Rockford Exhibition

WNY Book Arts Center presents:
A selection of assemblage work by
Richard Rockford
August 7-September 5 , 2009
Opening reception Friday Aug 7, 6-9 pm

"I try to create art that causes the viewer to start seeing old things, discarded things, items around them everywhere, as having beauty of color and texture. I take old surfaces - wooden panels, ink-stained blocks, deconstructed household furniture - and without changing their color and texture, I make them part of something colorful, genuine and beautiful." -Richard Rockford

With clear influences of Joseph Cornell, Duchamp and Malevich, Rockford's assemblages focus on disused industrial artifacts. The Exhibit at the WNY Book Arts Center will showcase a selection of work which reinterprets artifacts from the printing industry and Buffalo’s colorful past.

WNY Book Arts Center
468 Washington St
Buffalo NY 14203