
The Gallery at Penn College
Williamsport, PA
The Gallery at Penn College hosts a rotating schedule of solo, group, and traveling exhibitions, and is free and open to the public year-round.
MessageThis artwork by presents a meticulously organized grid of twelve compartments, each containing a curated collection of everyday objects. The piece invites viewers to reflect on the quiet narratives embedded in the ordinary—buttons, keys, utensils, stones, and string—each item a fragment of a life, a memory, or a task once completed.
The grid structure evokes a sense of order and containment, suggesting themes of memory, domesticity, and the human impulse to categorize and preserve. Each compartment functions like a visual drawer, a personal archive of the mundane elevated to the poetic. The juxtaposition of utilitarian objects—scissors, combs, measuring spoons—with more symbolic ones—medals, keys, stones—creates a dialogue between function and meaning.
This work can be interpreted as a meditation on the beauty of the overlooked. It honors the tactile and tangible elements of daily life, encouraging the viewer to consider the stories these objects might tell.
- Current Location: Klump Academic Center (ACC) - Klump Academic Center_1st Floor - 312 Susquehanna Street Williamsport, PA 17701 (google map)
- Collections: Art on Campus - Original Art
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