Exhibition Details:
October 9 – November 15, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 11, 2025, 5-8pm
Imago Gallery, 36 Market Street, Warren, RI
Thursday 12-3, Friday & Saturday 12-6, Sunday 12-4
www.imagofoundation4art.org
Sylvia Vander Sluis has an upcoming sculpture installation, “Serious Make Believe,” opening October 9 at Imago Gallery in Warren, RI. Imago, 20 min. from Providence, will be featuring her work as a Guest Artist in a dedicated part of the gallery.
Serious Make Believe creates a dynamic space where imagination and gravity collide. The sculptures draw from the visual language of play – a towering arch, theatrical head, and monster-like figure – yet spring from lived experience. The work treats play as a way to hold both joy and grief at the same time. This imagined world made from common domestic and commercial materials becomes a stage for transformation.
The source of Sylvia’s recent work was a long caregiving journey, during which her studio became a place to process grief while holding onto playfulness. This exhibit reflects her passage from that chapter into one of redefinition. Though rooted in the personal, the installation speaks to the universal poignancy of human life, where beauty and decay live side by side.