In our consumer society that disposes everything that isn’t new, decay is a scary word, conjuring thoughts of advancing age and death. But decay can be beautiful as well. Artists Kristina King, David Mosher, and Chrissy Wilkin will explore these themes in The Beauty of Decay, a new group exhibition at the Takoma Park Community Center.
David Mosher photographs himself in crumbling abandoned buildings, evoking scenes of melancholy and regret. By sharing personal and psychological scenes, he engages viewers to feel their own emotional responses. He is inspired by artists including Man Ray and Robert Mapplethorpe who used self-portraiture to project alternate images of themselves.
Kristina King's work interprets her ideas about fragility, decay, and the ephemeral, including a site-specific installation that embodies chaos inside a cloud-like vortex. Her ragged handmade paper pieces are riddled with holes, resembling a topographical map of mountain ranges or craters on the moon. She earned a BFA from Denison University and has shown her work at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Willow Street Gallery, and other venues.
Drawing from personal loss, Chrissy Wilkin’s paintings depict her psychological journey through grief toward acceptance. Her work offers spiritual mandalas or symbols that illustrate how life comes full circle as we continue to live in spirit even after death. She uses several mediums in her work, including marker, charcoal, and bleach. Wilkin has been teaching art since she was a teenager on a mission trip to Haiti. She now teaches art internationally at summer camps and as a teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Md. She is a member of the Hyattsville Arts Alliance and is the arts coordinator for the New Deal Café.
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