Souvenir June 30 through December 27, 2023 Albany International Airport Website: Souvenir Exhibition
Albany International Airport is thrilled to host Souvenir, an exhibition that celebrates and expands upon a partnership with Cut Me Up magazine, and its unique collage-centered directive, through December 27, 2023 in its post-security Concourse A Gallery.
Souvenir was conceived and curated by Albany Airport Art & Culture Program Director Kathy Greenwood, and this is the first in-person exhibition of the magazine’s entries. In the spirit of offering a more expansive view of souvenirs, this exhibition also includes some specially invited guests.
The artists Katharine Umsted and Cut Me Up’s founder, Andrea Burgay, both independently created a series of works based upon postcards that they called Wish You Were Here. Michael Oatman produced Stella by Starlight out of two seemingly unrelated souvenirs, Frank Stella’s 1971 MoMA retrospective catalog, and Astronomy, a British astronomy textbook from 1966. Oatman’s compositions and their relationship to his life-long interest in space travel serve as potent companions to the souvenir collection of Albany Airport’s very own Virgil Sager. Since he was a boy, Sager has been compiling news articles and memorabilia about space travel, and a portion of his vast and interesting collection is on view here.
As the Airport marks the 25th Anniversary of its Art & Culture Program in 2023, it seems fitting to reflect upon the way that objects and images can remind us of the places we’ve been as well as those we long to see.
Participating artists: Patty Armstrong, Todd Bartel, Sharon Bates, Jac Batey, Andrea Burgay, Dan Cameron, Laura Cannamela, Cheryl Chudyk, Monica Church, Sandra D. Dwileski, Susan Graham, Everest Hood, Tim Janchar, Stephenie Knight, Iain Machell, Emily Marbach, Anthony Naimo, Michael Oatman (individually and in collaboration) with Tom Roland, Bradley Parsons, Lori Petchers, Gaetano Rizzi, Lydia Selk, Lisa Sheets, Amy Talluto, Katharine Umsted, Stephanie Statham Witchger
