“Great art can be found everywhere if you look hard enough,” ArtSpace Maynard Executive Director Jerry Beck says in a press release for their exhibition “Metal-ity.” “I felt like a human metal detector searching for treasures in major cities and small towns, on the internet, in people’s basements, in schools, even in junk yards.”
“Metal-ity,” which continues through Oct. 1, 2021, showcases more than 100 metal artworks by well-established sculptors and self-taught artists from across New England as well as local high school welding students. Adapting for coronavirus, the exhibition is outdoors, sprawling across the lawns surrounding the Summer Street building, with a friendly, jumbly feeling something like a folk art yard show.
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Yvette Monstad’s “Pennant Flag Shovel Heads” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Yvette Monstad’s “Pennant Flag Shovel Head” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Yvette Monstad’s “Pennant Flag Shovel Head” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Yvette Monstad’s “Blooming Troll” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Jeremie Pocachard’s “Crocodog: The Home Guardian” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Sam Piazza’s “Cargoplane” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Raymond Cardogno’s “Hubcap Faces” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Raymond Cardogno’s “Hubcap Face,” “Spinning Sunflower Wheel,” “Hi Mia,” and “Gunslinger” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Jerry Beck’s “Wanna-Be Cowboy Rocket Ship” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Joe “Metal Genius Joe” Mandarino’s “Owl” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) “Day of the Dead: Skeleton Bike Rider” by an unknown artist in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) “Butterfly” by an unknown artist in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Kevin Boussom’s “Spider” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Margot Slowick’s “Flowers” and “Zebra” by an unknown Mexican artist in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Margot Slowick’s “Flowers” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) “Grazing Horse” by an unknown artist in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Madeleine Lord’s “The Women Are Coming” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Joe “Metal Genius Joe” Mandarino’s “Tree Frog” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Joe “Metal Genius Joe” Mandarino’s “Owl” (foreground) and Joseph Ferguson’s “Narwhal” in “Metal-ity” at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) Honeybee Meadow at ArtSpace Maynard, Sept. 25, 2020. (© Greg Cook photo) If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by contributing to Wonderland on Patreon . And sign up for our free, (hopefully) weekly newsletter so that you don’t miss any of our reporting.
