When looking at one of Mary Tapogna’s mosaics, it’s hard to understand how such a collection of odd bits and bobs coheres into a single subject. “My work is already like a puzzle,” the Lyndonville artist said. Gathering pieces for her latest show, “It All Fits,” at Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction, she kept finding connections between disparate bodies of work and recontextualizing them in the current moment. An ongoing series of crosses and oversized rosaries, which Tapogna considers symbols of hope, sit seamlessly next to hands raising a middle finger — gestures of resistance and political protest. A pink unicorn head is oddly akin to a portrait of Richard Simmons. An image of MCA from the Beastie Boys with the Dalai Lama is less out of place than one might imagine. One new work revises a portrait of a mannequin Tapogna made 25 years ago. She said its expression seems to have aged. “I feel like it encapsulates these times again — it just has this sorrow to it,” she said. “It almost looks a little bit like Pam Bondi.”
Viewers shouldn’t miss this glimpse into the workings of Tapogna’s brain, though the gallery currently has limited hours: Gallerists Ben Finer and Bevan Dunbar welcomed twins the same day the exhibition opened. Congratulations to them — and kudos on the timing, which, for this show, is perfectly fitting.
‘Mary Tapogna: It All Fits’ On view through August 29 at Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction; Saturdays, noon-6 p.m. and by appointment.
This article appears in August 19 • 2026.
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