Mary Dritschel in Retrospect March 24, 2010

The Evanston Art Center Retrospective Series is pleased to present the artist Mary Dritschel. This exhibition features Mary Dritschel, an installation artist, whose ideas are influenced by the metaphorical qualities of materials and by specific sites that gives definition to her work. Her objects as well as site-specific installations have focused on the use of non-art materials as a conceptual conduit. In most cases, the material is used as a metaphor to reinforce the meaning. Word play and delight in the richness of language are often the genesis for her work. Sources range from such diverse references as the Bible, Shakespeare, and political environment. The describing, organizing and categorizing functions of language and their linkage to the objects are what she explores and amplify in her work.