Portrait exhibit opens at the Thorne
KEENE, N.H., 5/31/11 - Portraits and other figurative works in the Thorne- Sagendorph Art Gallery collection will be displayed Friday, June 3 through Sunday, July 24, at the gallery located on the Keene State College campus. The “Figuratively Speaking” exhibit includes paintings, prints, and photographs by Corneille, Francisco Goya, Alexander James, Rockwell Kent, Robert Mapplethorpe, Fritz Scholder, and others.
Exhibit curator Stephen J. Lucey, a KSC assistant professor of art history, drew works from the Thorne’s permanent collection, which consists of traditional and contemporary works on paper, paintings, sculpture, and mixed media. One of the focuses of the collection is to preserve artwork created by artists from the 19th-century Dublin Art Colony as a cultural heritage for KSC and the people of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. For this exhibit Professor Lucey selected portraits, including some by artists from the Dublin Art Colony, and matched the portraits with quotes about the art of portraiture.
“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life,” states a quote from writer William Faulkner, that hangs near a portrait in the exhibit.
“Figuratively Speaking” will reopen September 2 to October 2, to coincide with the opening of “Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity,” an exhibit of paintings, prints, photographs, and video which explores American self image.
The gallery is open during June and July from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It is closed Monday and Tuesday. From September to December, the gallery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and noon to 8 p.m. Saturday. It will be closed Monday, September 5, for Labor Day. The exhibits and reception are free and open to the public.
Located on Wyman Way on the Keene State campus, the Gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. For information, call 603-358-2720 or visit www.keene.edu/tsag.
