"Summer Reading," an oil on linen painting by Marcia Cohen and "Full
Tilt," an oil on canvas by Wendy Edwards.
Exhibit highlighting women painters runs through March 31
(March 18, 2002)--"Re: Vision Five Women Re-vision," an exhibit showcasing the talent of five women painters, runs through March 31 at the 1604 Campus Arts Building Art Gallery.
The UTSA Department of Art and the Women's History Week Committee are presenting the exhibit as a celebration of the work, teaching, determination and success of artists Marcia Cohen, Atlanta; Wendy Edwards, Providence; Sue Hettmansperger, Iowa City; Melissa Miller, Austin; and Gail Roberts, San Diego. Each artist came from a different part of the country, but all shared the determination to become painters as they worked on graduate degrees at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque in the early 1970s. Four of the five studied painting with UTSA professor of painting Charles Field.
The artists were determined to become artists at a time when few women had
been recognized by the art establishment at a critical point in art history
when many believed painting was dead. According to Kent Rush, exhibit
sponsor, whether or not these women consider themselves individually part
of the Women's Movement, their actions then and now speak loudly in favor
of women as equals, professionals, participants and successes.
All of the artists are highly successful as painters, taught two generations
of artists and have been role models for both men and women. Cohen, whose
work is in the collections of the High Museum of Art (Atlanta) and the University
of New Mexico Art Museum (Albuquerque), has on exhibit a series of intimate
oil paintings on linen. The small, shaped canvases deal with subtle color
relationships in a minimal, geometric format.
Edwards, whose work has been shown at the Sermas Gallery in New York City and the Palazzo Cenzi Gallery in Rome, is showing small and medium-scale oils. The abstract images deal with netlike patterns found in architectural decorative elements, ceramic tiles, textiles and leaves.
Hettmansperger shows regularly in New York as a member of A.I.R. Gallery and has received many grants including a National Education Association individual artist fellowship. She will show a series of large oil-on-linen paintings with abstract images veiled in color. Her work continues an ongoing interest in biological systems and the complex relationship of humans and their environment. She is also showing a nine-minute collaborative DVD, "MAPPAEMUNDI."
Miller, one of Texas's most beloved and internationally known artists, exhibited
at the UTSA Art Gallery in the 1980s and is one of five Texas artists whose
work is shown in the U.S. Pavillion at the Venice Biennale. She previously
was a visiting artist for the Department of Art and Art History. The exhibit
includes recent paintings dealing with her signature animals, some of which
are gouache on paper pieces.
Roberts, who has had solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Chicago, Santa Fe and
San Diego, is showing four panoramic oils from her "Reservoir" series.
The works use beautiful but benign desert landscapes to portray complex issues
of water rights in California and the world.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Jasmin Khair at (210) 458-4550.
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
BANNER-2000
program now being used for student registration
New
Music Festival presented at Recital Hall March 19-21
UTSA
receives state funds to assist disadvantaged students
Renowned
musician/composer to speak at UTSA March 22
Mexican
novelist Carlos Fuentes to speak at UTSA March 27
British
actors to perform 'Macbeth' at UTSA March 27-28
Exhibit highlighting women painters runs through March 31
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