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Art in Town
engravings by Michelle M. Post. To October 8. Installed on the school
grounds, seven big wood, stone, and bronze sculptures by the Lambertville-based
artist Harry Gordon. Open by appointment during school hours.
"Two Views of Truth," a two-man exhibition of photographs
by Ricardo Barros and sculpture by Vladimir Kanevsky. Gallery hours
are Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To October 17.
Barros presents recent work from his "Sculptors Portfolio,"
a series of black-and-white photographs of noted American and European
sculptors. Barros strives to capture in the sculptors and their work
in original and often humorous ways, offering insights into the personalities
of the artists. His subjects include Magdalena Abakanowicz, Marisol,
George Segal, and Vladimir Kanevsky.
Kanevsky will present his newest work in a series of ceramic sculptures
of the human figure.
"Water Works," an exhibition of watercolors by Gail Bracegirdle.
The show runs through November 1.
609-799-6706. Group show featuring oils by David Thurlow, Inga Steinberg,
Marina Kalinovsky, and Apo Totosyan; sculptures by Amedeo Ferri; and
the works of Sydney Neuwirth. To November 6. Gallery hours are Tuesday
to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
by the Russian-born illustrator Gennady Spirin from his new picture
book, "Jack and the Beanstalk," re-told by Princeton author
Ann Beneduce. Artist’s book signing will be Saturday, October 23,
for the show that continues through November. Gallery hours are Tuesday
to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appointment.
Pastels art show by Kathy Shumway-Tunney, to November 18. In the Merwick
Unit Library, landscapes and house portraits by Betty Hirschmann,
to December 9. Part of proceeds benefit the medical center. Open 8
a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
"A Change of Seasons," an exhibition of recent work by European
artists Joe McIntyre, Simon Palmer, and Gabriel Schmitz. Gallery hours
are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. To October 16.
Eastern Perspective," a group show of lithographs by Susumu Endo
of Japan, woodblock prints by Yoshikatsu Tamekane of Japan, and digital
paintings by Cyprian Li of China. To October 16. Gallery hours are
Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Website at www.wmgallery.com.
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Art On Campus
Lear’s Greece," an exhibition of watercolors, sketchings, and
letters from the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical
Studies in Athens, Greece. Also beginning, "The Trappings of Gentility:
19th-Century British Art at Princeton." Both shows to January
2. "What Photographs Look Like," from the permanent collection.
to October 24. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Free tours of the collection are every
Saturday at 2 p.m.
The permanent collection features a strong representation of Western
European paintings, old master prints, and original photographs. Collections
of Chinese, Pre-Columbian Mayan, and African art are considered among
the museum’s most impressive. Not housed in the museum but part of
the collection is the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection of 20th-century
outdoor sculpture, with works by such modern masters as Henry Moore,
Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, and George Segal located throughout
the campus.
The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and
Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Free tours of the collection are given every Saturday
at 2 p.m.
Queens," an exhibition of new works by Carson Fox. The mixed-media
show is composed of rusted dresses made of paper, headpieces and tiaras
of wire, beads, and pins, and funeral wreaths. To October 24. Gallery
hours are Monday to Thursday, 2 to 8 p.m.; Friday to Sunday, 2 to
5 p.m.
Fox’s provocative title is designed to bring to mind a variety of
female images, represented here in a form that heightens the sense
that "beauty, loss, identity, and empowerment are concepts that
mold a woman’s perceptions of herself."
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Art in the Workplace
In the Brodsky Gallery of the Chauncey Conference Center: Samuel Lapenson,
watercolor and mixed-media with watercolor, to October 14. In the
Conant Gallery Lounge B: Randolph Husava, oil paintings, to October
20.
732-524-3698. In the New Jersey Artist Series, "Portraits"
by Nicole Maynard-Sahar, an exhibition of expressionistic portraiture.
Shorw runs to November 4. Free by appointment.
"Departures," an exhibition by the Art Group, featuring Princeton
area artists Liz Adams, Nadine Berkowsky, Eva Kaplan, Edith Kogan,
Judith Koppel, Stephanie Mandelbaum, Helen Post, and Gloria Wiernik,
and curated by Gary Snyder of Snyder Fine Art. In the reception area
galleries to November 12. Exhibit is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
"The American Indian Artists’ Exhibition," a group show that
continues to November 29. Exhibition is open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free.
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Art In Trenton
faculty including Bob Beck, Gail Bracegirdle, Katherine Cogan, Caroline
Gibson, Deborah Hockstein, Margaret K. Johnson, Patricia Kay, Stephen
Kennedy, Micheal Madigan, Barbara Osterman, Kathy Shumay-Tunney, Michelle
Soslau, Erica Stanga, and Alan Taback. Gallery hours are Monday through
Thursday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. To October 10.
"Ten x Ten," a group show of women’s book arts organized by
the Printmaking Council of New Jersey. Also showing: "The D&R
Canal and Trenton: A Visual History." Shows continue to October
24. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m.
"The Modernists," a single-room exhibition of gems from the
permanent collection by Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Marsden Harley,
Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, Helen Torr, and others. Museum
hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, noon to
5 p.m.
Also "Apollo 11 Remembered," an exhibit of commemorative items,
to January 2; "Sunstruck!" an exhibit that explores the cultural
myths, music, literature, archaeological artifacts, and astronomy
of Earth’s nearest star, to March 12. On extended view: "Dinosaur
Turnpike: Treks through New Jersey’s Piedmont"; "Amber: The
Legendary Resin"; "The Moon: Fact & Fiction."
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To the North
In the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, "Stroke-Mark-Motion,"
an exhibition by feminist performance and conceptual artist and filmmaker
Carolee Schneemann. To November 13.
"There has always been something irrepressible in my work,"
says Schneemann. "Putting my body in a central position in my
art reveals contradictions in our culture. I resist social, erotic,
and esthetic restrains and have opened my energies to finding materials
and forms which celebrate and transcend predicted directions of the
work."
New Brunswick, 732-932-2222, ext. 792. "The Y2K Solution, an exhibition
of work by 61 emerging artists currently studying in MFA programs
throughout the Northeast. To October 14. Gallery hours are Monday
to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New Brunswick, 732-846-5777. "The Hungarian Spark in America,"
an exhibit highlighting Hungarian contributions to the arts, sciences,
humanities, commerce, religious and civic life in America. To January
31. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday,
1 to 4 p.m. $3 donation. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. $3 donation.
Contemporary sculpture by 110 artists in natural outdoor installations
on view through October. Hours are Friday to Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.,
and by appointment.
732-932-7237. "A Sense of Wonder: African Art from the Faletti
Family Collection." Show features 80 works, dating from the 15th
to early 20th century, presenting an overview of the variety of style
and sensibility in African art. To November 24. Museum hours are Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to
5 p.m.
Also on exhibit: "Sources of Japonism: Japanese Woodblock Prints
from the David and Ruth Eisenberg Collection"; and "Let’s
Go: On the Move with Children’s Book Illustration." Both shows
to November 24.
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Art by the River
Still life and landscape paintings by Lisa Mahan, to October 15.
Annual Fall Exhibition features paintings by Albert L. Bross Jr.,
watercolors by Harriet Ermentrout, and pastels by Mike Filipiak. To
November 14. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
609-397-2300. Marc Chagall, signed lithographs, etchings, and posters
from a large private collection. Included are "Bible," "Fables,"
"Paris Opera," "Jerusalem Windows," and others. To
October 10. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5
p.m.
One-person exhibition of painting and sculpture by Doylestown artist
Sandra Eliot continues to October 28. Educated at Penn State and the
Tyler School of Art, Eliot’s work has been exhibited in Paris, London,
Sydney, and Zurich. She also works as an art teacher and freelance
photojournalist.
On exhibit, Stephen Hall’s "Meanings and Metaphors," and Susan
Zoon’s "Contents Under Pressure." Both shows run to October
31. Gallery is open daily, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesday.
Watercolors by Gail Bracegirdle, to October 31.
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Other Galleries
"Thomas Kelly: Recent Works," an exhibition by the painter
whose quirky scenes capture some of the enigma of life as we know
it. To October 31. Gallery is open Thursday through Saturday, 4 to
7 p.m.
"Cats," a group exhibition with works by artists inlcuding
Bill Giacalone, Hanneke DeNeve, Elizabeth Lombardi. Gallery is open
Tuesday through Sunday (call for hours) and by appointment. To November
15.
The gallery celebrates its fourth year and a new exhibition season
featuring 12 gallery co-op members presenting shows that change monthly.
Working with owner Eric Gibbons are curators and artists Beverly Fredericks
and Lana Bernard-Toniolio.
Additional co-op members are Maura Carey, Sarah Bernotas, Richard
Gerster, Robert Sinkus, Mike Pacitti, Michael Bergman, Jane Lawrence,
Charlotte Jacks, Dorothy Amsden, Carmen Johnson, Joh Wilson, and Bob
Gherardi. Gallery hours are Wednesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday
to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jamesburg, 732-521-0070. "Medley," an exhibition of paintings,
hand-made paper, and mixed media works by Anita Benarde. To October
27. Free.
of Heroes," Bob Karstadt’s exhibition of drawings and sculptures
that examine heroes physical, mystical, biblical, historical, popular,
and extraterrestrial. His subjects include Mickey Mouse, Joan of Arc,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Socrates, and John Glenn. To October 15. The gallery
is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
609-921-3272. Shared show of oils by Helen Post and abstract acrylics
by Helen Gallagher. To October 30. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday,
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Landscapes and animal paintings on glass by Mary DeWitt. To October
23. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
908-725-2110. "Reading Blake," a national group show, organized
by Paul Bonelli and Thomas Huck, of prints based on the art, poetry,
and philosophy of William Blake. Show features works evocative of
the visual style Blake used in his etchings as well as contemporary
interpretations. Media include engraving, etching, linocut, lithography,
silkscreen, letterpress, and woodcut. Gallery hours are Wednesday
through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. To October
15.
609-737-7592. "Environmental Studies, Computer Collages and Wooden
Ware" by J. Chester Farnsworth, a satirical show of mixed-media
work, To October 30. @HEAD 14 = Other Museums
609-386-4773. "Wildfowl Decoy Exhibit" by master Burlington
carver Jess Heisler (1891-1943), whose best work ranks among the finest
of the Delaware River school of carving, and works by his friend and
pupil John Marinkos (1915-1999). To January 9. Hours are Monday to
Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m.
215-345-0210. "Edward Hicks Country," a companion to the Philadelphia
Museum of Art comprehensive exhibit on Edward Hicks, an exhibit on
the professional and spiritual environment in which the lifelong Bucks
County artist worked. Three related displays explore the 19th-century
craft of ornamental painting, the Quaker meetinghouse environment,
and the iconography of William Penn and the Society of Friends. $5
adult; $1.50 youth. Museum hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; and Tuesday evening to 9 p.m.
215-340-9800. Celebration of American Art features "An Edward
Hicks Sampler," featuring an 1837 version of "Peaceable Kingdom"
and "The Landing of Columbus." Also an exhibition, "Picturing
Washington: Icons and Images of America’s Founding Father." $5
adults; $1.50 students; children free. Museum hours are Tuesday to
Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday evenings to 9 p.m.; Saturday
& Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Also "The Philadelphia Ten: A Women’s Artist Group, 1917 to 1945,"
to October 3. "From Soup Cans to Nuts," an exhibition of prints
by Andy Warhol, on loan from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The
artist, who died in 1987, is best known for his flamboyant, multiple
silkscreen prints that explore icons of popular culture from the famous
soup to Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy. To November 21.
Museum hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday
evenings to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed
Mondays. $5 adults; students $1.50; children free.
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