Painterly Gestures Exhibition
Opening Reception: August 27, 2013 @ 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Exhibition on View: August 27 – September 28
Illges Gallery, CSU Corn Center, RiverPark Campus, 921 Front Avenue
Columbus State University’s Department of Art is pleased to announce the first exhibition this semester in the Norman Shannon and Emmy Lou P. Illges Gallery, Painterly Gestures curated by the Gallery Director, Hannah Israel. Participating artists are Jiha Moon, Robert Horvath, Anthony Craig Drennen, Susannah Bluhm, and Betsy Eby. The public is invited to the opening reception for Painterly Gestures, 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the Illges Gallery, in Columbus State University’s Corn Center for the Visual Arts. This event is free and open to the public.
About the Exhibition:
Painters are confined to the traditions and art historical reference they inherit and know that in order to keep painting alive and push it forward, they must find ways to connect it to our times. The artist’s hand has become a primary reference point for many artists intent on rethinking painting. Despite the periodic conversation of the death of painting, this genre of art making is alive and well. But it’s evolution have fostered skepticism about the role of gesture as an indicator of artistic genius or authenticity, a doubt that has found an outlet in a wide variety of paintings and artistic practices since the 1960s.
The artists in this exhibition sample the changes and appropriation of traditions, ideas, and techniques as a way to make us rethink the medium.
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Programming in the Department of Art is made possible by the generous support of The Norman Shannon and Emmy Lou P. Illges Foundation, CSU Student Activity Fees, and CSU Friends of Art.
