Gloop Entity
May 31—June 29, 2025
ADS-DAS Gallery, Newburgh, New York
Opening reception: Saturday, May 31, 4pm-7pm
“As the boundaries of form in the photo dissolve, and as the boundary of the picture plane is subjected to its own dissolution (more as a door than a window), the distance between the viewer’s body and the fungus, moss, and froth evaporates. To collapse into the work is to be reminded of our bodies’ porousness. The effect is a kind of synaesthesia, or an alchemy of the senses, triggering sensory responses deeper in the body than one’s eyes. The images look like they smell wet. They tingle.” —Max Spitzer
Gloop Entity is a solo exhibition of new works by Mollie McKinley exploring the visceral intelligences of stream froth and cavern formations. Blurring boundaries between image and object, the works are large-scale sculptural photographs that become portals to otherworldy realms. The work honors the non-human intelligence in these phenomena, revering the margins of the natural world. Collage techniques are used to dissolve one micro-landscape into another, creating textural swaths of gloop and undulations; the sculptures position the viewer in a perceptual stance that is at once disorienting yet dissolves into the romantic. The exhibition is a collaboration with the damp earth of Upstate New York. Multidimensional seductions re-entangle viewers back into devotional relationship with the land and elements.
This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson. A portion of the large-format digital prints were made possible from a 2024 residency at Light Work.
Public Programs
Nature Collage Workshop
June 7, 2025
1:00pm—3:00pm
Location: ADS-DAS courtyard
A free, public collage workshop led by artist Mollie McKinley (all ages; no experience necessary; disability accessible) will be held in the courtyard outside the gallery. Participants will make collages to take home using found images from nature magazines combined with natural objects. Materials provided, but participants are welcome to bring their own source materials as well.
McKinley is an artist educator specializing in making public arts programs accessible for all ages and disabilities. They have taught people of all ages, ranging from toddlers to teens to nonagenarians at the Dia Art Foundation. This workshop is accessible to people with a wide variety of disabilities, including, but not limited to, vision impairment and autism spectrum disorder. They are committed to making hands-on art workshops enjoyable, tangible, and experimental in nature, allowing studio art to be experienced by everyone in society.
Participants will use ethically pre-foraged materials from the nearby Hudson River such as leaves, flowers, and sand and integrate them with images provided from nature magazines using non-toxic glue and board. Approx. 20 participants.
Pre-registration required, but drop-ins will be accommodated if there is extra space. In case of inclement weather or heat, the workshop will be held inside.
Registration form will be available on this page in May 2025, or email molliemckinleyinfo@gmail.com to reserve a spot.
ADS-DAS Gallery is a fully ADA-accessible space with two accessible restrooms.
