CROWDS HAIL EXHIBIT

The long-awaited exhibition “Drip-Drop, Tick-Tock, Here + Now,” opened at the Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) in Bridgeport, on Oct. 28 with a packed house. Crowds gathered to view the multimedia sculptures and paintings by Weston, Connecticut, artist Joseph Fucigna after a two-year wait thanks to a fire, flood and a pandemic.

“It”™s finally happened,” said Fucigna. “Drip-drop was the fire and flood, tick-tock was Covid, and here and now is what it is. I”™m so happy to be here, how often do you get to do a do-over on a show?”

Fucigna transforms everyday objects like metal fencing, chicken wire, cable ties and garden hose into elegant, provocative and erotic abstractions.

“I want viewers not to be afraid. I want it to be approachable, but I also want them to scratch their heads and say, ”˜huh, I think there”™s some other stuff I need to find out about this.”™ Hopefully they come away with some answers, some discoveries, but some questions too,” said Fucigna. 

A closing reception for the exhibition will take place Wednesday, Dec. 8 at from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

An art professor at Norwalk Community College and chair of the Studio Arts Program, Fucigna holds a B.F.A. from Alfred University and an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts. His work has been exhibited throughout the Northeast and New York. He is a 2018 recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.