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Figuration/Abstraction: Fairfield Porter/Willem De Koonig, Jud Yalkut Nov 1995

Figuration/Abstraction: Fairfield Porter/Willem De Koonig, Jud Yalkut

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

While the words of figurative art and abstract expressionism may seem to be eons apart for the average viewer, it was the premise of "Figuration/Abstraction: Fairfield Porter/Willem de Kooning" to explore, in the worlds of curator David Leach, "a shared attitude regarding the essentials of image making." In the collision of realism and abstraction which highlighted a long period of East Coast painting characterized by these two major figures. Leach has seen a love of color and "a strong interest in shape" as well as "a love for the fast-moving gestural mark."


Nexus, Fall 1995, Wright State University Community Sep 1995

Nexus, Fall 1995, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.


Women's Rites Of Passage: Telling The Story, Wright State University Art Galleries Apr 1995

Women's Rites Of Passage: Telling The Story, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

This catalog features work from an exhibition of female artists Kathleen Browne, Robin Taffler, Gail Rebhan, and more. The Women's Rite of Passage exhibition was held at Wright State University Art Galleries from April 4 through May 14, 1995.


Nexus, Spring 1995, Wright State University Community Mar 1995

Nexus, Spring 1995, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.


Urban Landscape, Wright State University Art Galleries Feb 1995

Urban Landscape, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

This catalog features paintings from artists Yvonne Jacquette, Rackstraw Downes, and John Moore. The exhibition was Wright State University Art Galleries from February 12 through March 19, 1995.


Nexus, Winter 1995, Wright State University Community Jan 1995

Nexus, Winter 1995, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.


Figuration/Abstraction: Fairfield Porter/Willem De Koonig, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Wright State University Jan 1995

Figuration/Abstraction: Fairfield Porter/Willem De Koonig, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Wright State University

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

The work of Fairfield Porter defies classification partially due to its directness and seeming simplicity, which ma ks an undercurrent of complexity and mystery-even ambiguity. The term "American Realist Painter," so often attached to Porter's name, only adds to this difficulty in that the context of Porter's development as an artist was a setting of varied styles and influence . Even among the artist of the past that Porter admired-Velazquez, Rubens, and Vuillard, to name a few-variation is prominent. Much ha been said about Porter's initial stance a a maturing artist in the I 940s and '50s as being au …


Figuration/Abstraction, David Leach, Ronald R. Geibert Jan 1995

Figuration/Abstraction, David Leach, Ronald R. Geibert

Art and Art History Faculty Publications

Figuration/Abstraction was a multimedia component for an exhibition held at Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, Ohio in 1995. The exhibition compared and contrasted the painting and drawings of Fairfield Porter and Wilem de Kooning. Curator for the exhibition was David Leach. The attached PDF are samples from this exhibition.