‘New meaning from fragments’

Broken Soldier” (detail), (jacquard tapestry with laser-cut painted felt letters with rescue blankets suspended on aluminum structures), by Katarina Weslien, in her show "I Forgot to Remember,'' at the Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine, Sept. 28-May 4.

— Photo courtesy of Kyle Dubay. At Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Suzanne Weaver, curator of the show, says:

“At the heart of Weslien’s intelligent, insightful, and sensorial exhibition are the struggles and joys of finding new meaning through the coming together of fragments of our experiences, memories, loves, and desires. The importance of being present, aware of the physical and poetic interconnectedness of all life and to act consciously and creatively in finding solutions that shape us and our surroundings in positive and beneficial ways.”

Weslien lives on Peaks Island, Maine, in Casco Bay.