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Multiple exhibits open Friday at Gadsden Museum of Art

Times Staff Report
One of the works from "Remixing Dreams: A Remix of Progress," by Gadsden's Fred Barclay, which will be on display in December at the Gadsden Museum of Art.

A reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday for four new exhibits that debut that day at the Gadsden Museum of Art. 

“Feeling Unreal” by Ann Trondson will be on display in the main and Piano galleries. An exhibit by Elisabeth Pellathy is set for the Leo Reynolds Gallery, according to a news release from the museum. 

The Annual FOCUS Photography Exhibit will be located in the hallway gallery, and “Remixing Dreams: A Remix of Progress” by Fred Barclay will be in the second-floor gallery space. 

One of the conceptual artworks from "Feeling Unreal" by Ann Trondson, which will be on display in December at the Gadsden Museum of Art.

Trondson, according to the release, makes videos, photographs, performances and conceptual artworks. The release described her work as absorbing “the constant barrage of synchronicities and moments that are a part of daily life and (using) that force in her artistic practice." 

Pellathy is a multi-disciplinary artist, according to the release, utilizing drawing, printmaking, electronic media and digital fabrication in her work. She focuses on issues raised by the disappearance of species, language, culture and information.  

She is a first-generation American, and according to the release is keenly aware of the effort to preserve the disappearing and the poetic slippage that often results.  

One of the works from Elisabeth Pellathy's exhibit that will be on display in December at the Gadsden Museum of Art.

The FOCUS Photography exhibit is a juried exhibition hosted by the museum. Photographers are selected to display their works, and awards are given based on content and composition. 

UAH photography professor José Betancourt is this year’s judge. 

Barclay, of Gadsden, will present a collection of abstract and vibrant paintings utilizing 3D elements which he calls, according to the release, “expressions of perfections and imperfections of creativity.” He took early inspiration from Pablo Picasso and his father, Fred Barclay Sr. 

The exhibits will be on display through Dec. 30. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.