The Matter of Loss: Holding Spaces
Works by Daryl Burtnett and Axel Stohlberg
Curated by Susan Calza and Kelly Holt
April 1 - May 8, 2022

The Susan Calza Gallery launches the Spring season with a nod to resilience in the face of loss and allows viewers a much needed pause for reflection. This exhibition explores two very different perspectives on loss which converge on the line between touch and memory.

Daryl Burnett’s six hundred plus intimate collages pay tender homage to Vermont’s Covid-19 mortalities. His work began in September 2020. The work is not about the disease, instead it is the artist’s sense of connection with it - witnessing.

Axel Stohlberg’s well-revered houses appear in combinations of many mediums (glass, wire, wood, chicken wire), serve as both wall pieces and stand alone environments on pedestals. His sculptures resonate memory, longing and disappearance.

While Stohlberg conjures feelings of what might be absent through interior voids and interrupted grid work, Burtnett’s focuses on wrapping, and protective containment. Opening Reception on Friday, April 1, 2022 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm in conjunction with Montpelier ArtWalk.