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December Issue 2004
South Carolina
State Museum in Columbia, SC, Offers 5th TRIENNIAL Exhibit
Tom
Stanley
One of the
most highly-esteemed art exhibits in the state, TRIENNIAL
2004, has opened at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia,
SC. The exhibition will be on view through Feb. 27, 2005.
The art exhibit, which represents art created in the state specifically
from the past three years, showcases drawings, paintings, photography,
and metal and ceramic sculptures from 29 of South Carolina's best
artists. TRIENNIAL features ten Upstate artists, ten Midlands
artists, and nine Lowcountry artists, and State Museum Chief Curator
of Art Paul Matheny says narrowing down the 242 artist applications
was not an easy task.
"I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and high volume
of great work that was submitted" he says. "The jurors
has a truly challenging time making the selections."
Matheny says South Carolina "is a large, expansive state
when it comes to finding and viewing art," a trait he hopes
museum patrons will note when viewing the exhibit. With a variety
of works, the show represents both traditional and modern styles
of art.
Pati English
"South
Carolina has extremely rich traditions in clay, textiles and basket-making,
and some of that will certainly be included," the curator
says. "This show also will represent a broad range of artists
working in more contemporary methods and artists working in fine
craft, painting, drawing and installation."
This will be the State Museum's fifth TRIENNIAL since the
event was organized 15 years ago and will feature alumni of past
shows as well as emerging artists in the state. This year's event
has seen the highest number of applications in its history, and
a 20-percent increase from 2001. This is also the first year that
artists could submit work on CD-ROM; Matheny attributes the increase
of diversified artists to the many CD submissions.
"Many artists have applied in the past, and as always, it
is great to see what people have been doing for the last three
years," he says. "But since this was the first year
to accept images burned onto disk, I believe the new technology
opened the door to a whole different group of artists. Our goal
is to organize a show that represents some of the best work within
these communities across South Carolina and exhibit it all under
one roof."
A panel of three jurors chose the artists for display in the exhibit.
Jurors included Gwendolyn H. Everett, an assistant professor at
Howard University and adjunct professor at Corcoran College of
Art and Design in Washington, DC; Brad Thomas, a gallery director
and curator of the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College
in Davidson, NC; and Andrea Van Laer Feeser, an associate professor
of modern and contemporary art, theory and criticism at Clemson
University, Clemson, SC.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery
listings, contact Paul Matheny at 843/898-4921 or at (www.museum.state.sc.us).
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