‘Behind material culture’

Objects from the installation “The Thief, the Spinner and the Fabulis,” opening April 10 at Mad River Arts, Waitsfield, Vt.

An edited version of the gallery’s statement:

“This exhibition embraces the stories behind material culture and examines the physical object whether as art, gift, ‘symbolic other’ or that which is used by us. The exhibition is a means to understand who we are through what we collect and how ‘physical things’ interact in our lives.

“We’ll curate inanimate objects that our community has loaned to us and will use the composition and symbolism that the still life genre conveys. This installation will be the tool for storytelling about the ‘physical world’ in our community.’’