In a process that integrates the past into the present through the re-use of art history's forms, patterns, and figures, Aptekar challenges the passivity of influence and the burden of Old Master veneration.
Regarded as a teaching aid, the C.B. Reif Collection was formerly used during Biology lectures. Although the fundamental purpose of the collection was to teach natural history, the prints are also of interest to art historians and general historians.
In any invitational exhibition, there is, hopefully, a theme or underlying current to which the work of each artist contributes. Ideally the individual pieces will be better understood in light of the works with which they have been surrounded.
Over the last fifty years, Lousia Matthiasdottir has developed an original and eloquent voice as painter. Perhaps because she works in the traditional genres of landscape, still life and figure painting, and possibly because of her own reticence, it…
Lydia Panas redfines the portrait, creating a far less saccharine facade and delves deeper into the psyche. Inspired by the painting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by Sargent, Panas' work had been featured in numerous museums and galleries…