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My story on Ken Gross' exhibit, "Lost Maps of Norumbega" at Monkitree gallery in Gardiner, Maine, appears in the newest issue of Artscope Magazine. Read an excerpt below. And check out Monkitree here.

Ken Gross: Lost Maps of Norumbega
Taryn Plumb 

Monkitree
263 Water Street
Gardiner, Maine
Through May 25

A red line makes straight but shaky progress across a backdrop of solid green. Tendrils and ribbons of sand, shaped and shifted by the sea, resemble the roaming roots of a tree. A river, streams branching off in curious coils, embraces a forest before tumbling into the ocean.

This is Maine as Ken Gross experiences it, in a series of works that meld cartography and art. On display in the show “Lost Maps of Norumbega” at Monkitree gallery in Gardiner through May 25, the pieces represent his various physical and emotional explorations of the state, while also hinting at the gaps in the terrain of our minds.

In a statement, Old Orchard Beach resident Gross said, “Maps are pieces of art because each one is loaded with meaning. Usually they answer the question, ‘Where is?’ But art asks a different question, ‘How does it make you feel?’”

Read the entire article in our magazine pages...