The exhibition is curated by the Center's Director of Programs Ce Scott and opens June 2 with a free, public reception from 6 to 9 pm.
There will be an artist talk at 6:30 p.m.
Each of these talented area artists is contributing recent works some of which were created exclusively for the exhibition. Artworks in "Revisit" are courtesy of the artists and Joie Lassiter Gallery.
Sculptor and educator Shaun Cassidy created site-specific sculptures for "Revisit." The artist intends for the sculptures to "invite viewer interaction, challenging them to contemplate emotionally charged interior spaces."
Cassidy designed sculptures for the interior and exterior spaces of the McColl Center.
According to the artist, the works attempt to exploit the majestic, vertical nature of the gallery.
Cassidy, who received his master's degree from University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, is an associate professor of sculpture at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. He has exhibited across the nation, including venues in Vermont, Nebraska and New York. Cassidy's work has been featured in major periodicals, including Sculpture Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.
Polish-born Maja Godlewska paints images that are inspired by the human body, including "notions of beauty, permanence and decay."
Inspired by baroque and rococo frescoes, her works are made of stained fabric and chalk paint brought from her native Poland.
To gather ideas for her compositions, Godlewska has traveled extensively, photographing existing frescos. Her trips have taken her to dozens of sites in Germany and Poland. She will continue her research in Europe this spring and summer.
Godlewska received her master's in fine arts in painting and graphic art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland. She has exhibited around the world, including exhibitions in the United States, France and Germany.
She is currently teaching full-time at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Department of Art.
Peggy Rivers will also contribute paintings to the "Revisit" exhibition.
Simultaneously ancient and modern in style, Rivers' paintings document her perception of the human condition.
The body of work she will exhibit was created over the past year and, according to Rivers, "The work represents a substantial synthesis of several aspects of my painting in the last decade."
In an effort to reflect the truth behind her imagery, the artist purposefully "defies most rules of good composition." Rivers began painting as a teenager and received her master's of fine arts from Columbia University in New York.
She is currently a full-time teacher in the art department at Central Piedmont Community College.
All three artists in "Revisit" cite their residency at McColl Center for Visual Art as a major influence on the work they make today.
Maja Godlweska elaborates, saying, "My residency at McColl Center led to my current ideas. Afterwards I began to work on the series of paintings in which human form was dissolved in the organic landscape. The residency was part of the journey, an important step, a great chance to focus on nothing but the work."
McColl Center for Visual Art is located at 721 North Tryon St. in the heart of Charlotte.
The Center's goal is to advance creativity through artist residencies, exhibitions and other educational programs about contemporary art.
McColl Center for Visual Art is supported by the Annual Fund Drive of the Arts & Science Council; the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts and the generosity of other public, private and individual contributors.
