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Pierre Daura, Catalan-American Modernist: People, Places, And Things, University Of Richmond Museums
Pierre Daura, Catalan-American Modernist: People, Places, And Things, University Of Richmond Museums
Exhibition Brochures
Pierre Daura, Catalan-American Modernist: People, Places, and Things
September 28 to December 11, 2005
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center
Introduction
Pierre Daura (American, born Spain, 1896 - 1976) was a member of a radical generation of artists who shaped the development of European modernism from the 1910s to the 1930s. The richness of his art reflects the diverse experiences of his life - growing up in Catalonia, Spain, maturing as an artist in Paris, moving to the small French village of Saint Cirq-Lapopie, participating in the Spanish Civil War, and finally relocating to Rockbridge …
Origin Stories: Creation Narratives In Australian Aboriginal Art, University Of Richmond Museums
Origin Stories: Creation Narratives In Australian Aboriginal Art, University Of Richmond Museums
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Origin Stories: Creation Narratives in Australian Aboriginal Art
September 26 to December 9, 2001
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
The Kluge-Ruhe Collection provides an incredibly valuable resource for people in Virginia and throughout the country to study and appreciate some of the most interesting and exciting work being created today - contemporary Australian Aboriginal art.
John Kluge of Virginia began collecting Aboriginal art in 1987, and in 1993 he purchased the collection of Professor Edward L. Ruhe of the University of Kansas, Lawrence. With a mission to educate the American public about Aboriginal art, the Kluge-Ruhe Collection was formed in 1997 …
Erling Sjovold: Recent Paintings, University Of Richmond Museums
Erling Sjovold: Recent Paintings, University Of Richmond Museums
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Erling Sjovold: Recent Paintings
October 16 to December 11, 1999
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
Erling Sjovold's exhibition features his recent watercolors and oil paintings, works where the artist's desire to "slow down time" for reflection is the basis for images that even include the element of time as subject matter, both literally and figuratively. Like many artists that are described as "second sight artists," he creates images that require careful looking beyond the surface realism, works that do not reveal their full statements at first sight. His paintings are rich with layers of meaning that lead the viewer to deeper …
Haiga: Takebe Sōchō And The Haiku-Painting Tradition, University Of Richmond Museums
Haiga: Takebe Sōchō And The Haiku-Painting Tradition, University Of Richmond Museums
Exhibition Brochures
Haiga: Takebe Sōchō and the Haiku-Painting Tradition
March 3 to April 16, 1995
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
There is an old saying in Japan that "the nail that sticks out gets banged down." This shows how the Japanese tend to perceive themselves in a social context, as opposed to Western individualist perceptions. Japanese society is seen as a community of human relationships; its performance depends critically upon the quality of these relationships. Therefore, Japanese are constantly trying to reach a harmonious balance between individual aspirations and social responsibilities.
There is great admiration in Japan for the balance which is evident …
Ephraim Rubenstein: The Rilke Series, University Of Richmond Museums
Ephraim Rubenstein: The Rilke Series, University Of Richmond Museums
Exhibition Brochures
Ephraim Rubenstein: The Rilke Series
January 28 to February 27, 1994
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction: Rilke and Rubenstein
The first time I met Ephraim Rubenstein, some eight years ago, and looked at his early paintings I immediately sensed a powerful poetic quality coming out of his paintbrush. This ambitious exhibition not only confirms my initial feeling, but surpasses anything I could have thought of at that time. It is rare these days to find a young artist inspired, not by pop culture or the mass media, but by a classic of literature. I find it interesting and refreshing to …
Voyaging: William Bennett And Elizabeth Schoyer, University Of Richmond Museums
Voyaging: William Bennett And Elizabeth Schoyer, University Of Richmond Museums
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Voyaging: William Bennett and Elizabeth Schoyer
February 14 to March 07, 1991
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
For both William Bennett, sculptor, and Elizabeth Schoyer, painter, art is a voyaging: invoking, acknowledging, celebrating the forces and mysteries of life's passages.
Bennett builds up, with stone, glass, copper, lights, and wood, exquisitely crafted monumental forms: The Voyage, The Boat over Ocean over Ocean, Stigmata, Bed of Dreams, Belly Scepter among them. The titles signal the theme of quest, while axial forms draw the viewing into ritual alignment. One come to Bed of Dreams as an altar; Stigmata, part anchor and part …
George Tooker: Painting And Working Drawings 1947-1988, University Of Richmond Museums
George Tooker: Painting And Working Drawings 1947-1988, University Of Richmond Museums
Exhibition Brochures
George Tooker: Painting and Working Drawings 1947-1988
September 6 to September 27, 1989
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
Paintings such as Subway, 1950, and Ward, 1970-71, are unforgettable images of the numbing isolation and anonymity that George Tooker finds in our secular bureaucratic society. What lies behind these compelling images? The larger context of private and public themes offers us insight into Tooker's achievement. I would like to propose that at least a part of this achievement lies in his simultaneous use and dismissal of the traditional, that is Renaissance-based, perspective construction of pictorial space.
While studying at the …
Mark Rhodes/Ephraim Rubenstein: Sculpture, Painting, And Drawing, University Of Richmond Museums
Mark Rhodes/Ephraim Rubenstein: Sculpture, Painting, And Drawing, University Of Richmond Museums
Exhibition Brochures
Mark Rhodes/Ephraim Rubenstein: Sculpture, Painting, and Drawing
November 29 to December 18, 1988
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
The art of Ephraim Rubenstein and Mark Rhodes is art about the human figure, born out of personal experience and nourished by the great tradition of the figure in western culture. Indeed, the persistence of the human form in art from prehistoric times into the 20th Century, demonstrates not only the infinite variety of interpretations and expressions possible through the body, but our consistent need for self-realization and re-creation through the figure. The particular pieces in this show convey a remarkable cumulative visual …
Janet Fish: Paintings And Drawings Since 1975, University Of Richmond Museums
Janet Fish: Paintings And Drawings Since 1975, University Of Richmond Museums
Exhibition Brochures
Janet Fish: Paintings and Drawings Since 1975
September 10 to October 3, 1987
Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums
Introduction
The Marsh Gallery takes pride in opening its 1987-88 season with the first Virginia exhibition of paintings and drawings by Janet Fish, acknowledged master of the contemporary still life according to art critic Gerrit Henry.
While this exhibition is intended to emphasize her current work it is also slightly retrospective, including work dating from 1975 to 1987, so that the viewer will understand the progression as well as the increasing depth of the artist's oeuvre.
In the midst …
Street Journals: An Exhibition Of Paintings And Drawings By Robert Birmelin, University Of Richmond Museums
Street Journals: An Exhibition Of Paintings And Drawings By Robert Birmelin, University Of Richmond Museums
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Street Journals: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Robert Birmelin
September 5 to September 29, 1985
Marsh Art Gallery
Introduction
It is with great excitement and anticipation that the Marsh Gallery presents this exhibition of Robert Birmelin's work, STREET JOURNALS. We recognize his work as having a significant place in the tradition of art, and have seen the need to introduce the man and his art to the Richmond community. We eagerly await the reverberations from this event and the impact that Robert Birmelin will make on our students and colleagues.
Like Cezanne, Picasso, and Braque, Birmelin is …