The Amsterdam Project Comes to the Brookline Arts Center: Batik Artist George Summers Creates New Series

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October 4 to November 9, 2007

See inside the mind of a contemporary Boston artist, George Summers, in the Brookline Art Center’s new gallery exhibition “The Amsterdam Project.” In October and November, 2007, BAC faculty member George Summers will show a new series of work that was shaped by a recent series of working trips to the Dutch capital. The pieces include watercolors, batiks, and the remnants of a conceptual art performance. Summers will also display some of his travel journals and sketches.

“The Amsterdam Project: a Visual Travelogue” will be on view from October 4 to November 9, 2007 at the Brookline Arts Center gallery, 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline. Gallery admission is free. There will be a reception with the artist on Sunday, October 14th from 3pm to 6pm.

Under the tutelage of Charles Goss and Robert Siegelman (both of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts), Summers experimented with new work processes. For example, “The Chain” (the performance art piece) was prompted by an exercise that began with “found” materials.

“Through the course of the program, this piece evolved: over time, it absorbed unresolved artwork, photos, pieces of fabric, and random ‘stuff’ that I had been carrying around,” according to Summers. “The chain started out looking like a Christmas garland and ended up feeling like Jacob Marley’s chain.”

Summers has been teaching a popular batik course at the Brookline Arts Center for 17 years. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He has been featured in many galleries, including the Society of Arts and Crafts, where he manages the Society’s gallery.