FARMINGTON  —“Slow Forward,” a selected retrospective of the work of Joan Rachaelsdaughter (Joan Braun) that opened on March 10 has been extended until April 10, at the University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery.

Rachelsdaughter’s work reflects the collage aesthetic: “a layered, cumulative … dialogic approach … particularly effective for political art which makes something of contradictions,” according to Lucy Lippard, internationally recognized art critic. Melding her early conservator experience with Medieval and Renaissance art at the Gardner Museum with the realities of her environment, it explores the mystery, suffering and glory of being while reflecting evolving cultural and political realities.

The exhibit also includes pieces from some of her larger installations: “Survival Clothes” and “Artist’s Theater,” created when Rachelsdaughter belonged to Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art in Philadelphia, and “Childhood,” a collaboration with poet Ruth Bookey created for the Belfast Poetry Festival.

FMI: contact Braun at [email protected] or visit her website, www.joanbraunartist.com