Let’s Go: Local artists present mixed media art, audio, light show at pop-up venue
On Friday, March 24, three local artists join forces to present “Circle the Squares,” a three-day popup art show and multimedia installation at a private residence in New London.
The event is an exploration in shape, light, sound, and magnetism featuring work by artists George Grabel and Justin Credabel, both of New London, and J Curland of Ledyard.
The weekend-long showcase includes visual art —paintings by Grabel, “trash art” (made of recyclables and found objects) by Curland, and “Dragon Wood” by Credabel. Dragon Wood is the result of a two-year process Credabel invented for curing and pigmenting locally sourced wood, which he uses to produce furniture, boxes, and decorative objects.
The event also features original music by both Credabel and Curland, as well as an outdoor “fantasy garden,” a walkthrough light installation and immersive auditory experience by Credabel, who has created and built other mixed-media installations for private and public events.
Credabel, a New London-based artist, musician, and designer, is the former owner of New London’s Credabel Coral Gallery and the Head of Fabrication for the Aquashella art and aquarium festival. He was a founding member of New London band Incognito Sofa Love, performs with the New London Drone Orchestra, and plans to release a solo multimedia album “Electric Island” at the show. He released an original fashion line last fall.
Curland is a multimedia installationist, printmaker, drummer (for local trios Multiplier and Xenos), and electronic music producer. His series on display next week is, according to Curland, “an extension of previous explorations in trash assemblage within the perpetual motion of circles.”
Grabel, Credabel’s father, is a local painter who recently exhibited at the Hygienic. He retired from Electric Boat in 2022 and says he is “reborn an artist expressing soul through paintings and photographs.”
The event, from 6 to 10 p.m. each day from March 24-26 at 201 Ocean Ave., is free and open to the public.
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