ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- In Collision Course, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) showcases the work of three intriguing emerging artists — Photographer Peter Garfield who is fascinated by impending disaster and its aftermath; Collagist Michael Piergrossi whose provocative compositions range from humor to remorse; and Max Yawney whose dual canvases comprise one painting with the elements playing off of one another in a specific and conscious manner. The exhibition opens in NCMA’s Contemporary Gallery on January 18, 2009 and remains on view through March 15, 2009. The exhibition is sponsored by the museum’s Contemporary Collectors Circle.

Photographer Peter Garfield is fascinated by impending disaster and its aftermath. In his photographs, tidy homes fall from the sky, spinning and collapsing on themselves as they drop to their inevitable destruction. He carefully stages his falling houses using scale models thus placing himself in the tradition of the “constructed photograph”.

Collagist Michael Piergrossis weaves the ephemera and detritus of daily life together through identifiable elements assembled within an ambiguous landscape that is peopled by iconic images from popular culture. Snippets of words and phrases, combined with enigmatic titles further trigger recognition from the viewer.

Painter Max Yawney typically combines two canvases into one composition. Their unequal size denies them the category of “diptych”, yet they relate through consciously determined interplay of disparate imagery. His nonrepresentational images contain vaguely recognizable elements that hint at common objects, yet remain ultimately ambiguous.