October 31 - December 5, 2009

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (Save, Adapt, Manipulate) is Blue Door Gallery's "Green Exhibition": Art made from found objects and recycled materials. The collection includes collage, assemblage and a few surprises!

"For many of the artists in PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (Save, Adapt, Manipulate), the box, in all its permutations, has become the container of symbol-laden choices each has painstakingly assembled. Other artists mount objects free of container constraint on stands or walls, delighting the viewer with the inventive use of found materials.

In one instance, the artist's eye recognizes art stumbled upon in the environment, and captures its essence in photographs. Yet, each creation invites the viewer to complete the works by finding their own "stories" in the complexity or simplicity of combined objects".

Artists: David Barnett, Lewis Cohen, Mary Fennel, Debra Friedkin, Adam D. Handler, Lanny Lasky, Erika Leeuwenburg, Bernhard Mindich, Linda Morielli, Harvee Riggs, Librado Romero, George Skoufalos, Judy Werlin. Guest artists: Luis Perelman and Arlé Sklar-Weinstein.