Rita Bard ’02
Rita Bard avails herself of the plethora of mass-produced play items, tchotchkes, and printed matter produced by our culture. Combining these fragments together she creates paintings, assemblages and archival prints that reflect her particular view of contemporary life. “Since many elements of the work already have history within popular culture, the work is imbued with collective memory as well as with personal significance depending on the viewer. I see my work as a dialogue with the times: as an observation, a call and response or questioning.” Rita Bard holds a BFA from the Maine College of Art and is engaged in an active arts practice in Santa FE, NM. Her work has shown at The Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, EDGE ZONES, Miami, FL, and other galleries throughout the US. For the past 19 years, Santa Fe NM has been home and workplace.
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