April Issue 2001
SC State MuseumSC State Museum in Columbia, SC, Presents TRIENNIAL 2001
If variety is the spice of life, TRIENNIAL 2001 is for you. From the serene beauty of traditional landscapes to the new frontier of computer art, the exhibit reflects the exciting variety of contemporary work by SC artists.
Opening Apr. 28 and continuing through Aug. 19 in the Lipscomb Art Gallery at the SC State Museum, in Columbia, TRIENNIAL 2001 is the fourth in a series of contemporary art exhibitions sponsored by the State Museum and the SC Arts Commission. In conjunction with "Artista Vista", Robin Waites, the museum's chief curator of art, will give gallery tours of the exhibit at 11am and 1pm on the first day. TRIENNIAL 2001 is a good mix of artists using traditional media, such as ceramics, painting, sculpture and textiles, and those who are testing the boundaries of new media," she says.
The exhibit will include the work of Wanda Steppe of Rock Hill, who paints landscapes, and the digital drawings of Jane Allen Nodine of Spartanburg, Peyton Rowe of Columbia and Chris Robinson of Irmo.
There also will be variety within media. Jackie Miller Hill of Aiken, for example, makes traditional quilts, while the fiber art of Christine Tedesco of Pendleton is "completely abstract," Waites says. Her work has "very strong patterns of color and shape - she paints with fabric."
James Connell of Rock Hill and Russell Biles of Greenville both work in ceramics. Connell's work, Waites says, is "more on the functional end: vases, bowls. He is interested in the beauty of the object." In contrast, Biles "uses his ceramics to convey very biting commentary on contemporary issues and society."
Jonathan Walsh of Bamberg, will create a work specifically for the show, a mixed-media installation that combines sculpture, video and hands-on components. "The Philosopher's Bookshelf," Waites says, will represent Walsh's relationship to academia and intellectual inquiry and how that experience fits into his work as an artist.
A faculty member at SC State University, Walsh is one of 15 college teachers in the 23-artist show. "It's hard for an artist in SC to make a living solely through the production of art, so in a lot of cases these people chose to go into the teaching field," Waites says. "That gives them the opportunity to be in a creative environment. They're interacting with young artists; they're often engaged in dialogue about technique and style. That allows artists the opportunity for more growth in their own work."
Other artists in the show are Aldwyth, Hilton Head Island, mixed-media assemblage; Pamela Bowers, Hopkins, painting; Michael Brodeur, Greenville, painting; Chris Clamp, Rock Hill, painting; Sydney Cross, Pendleton, printmaking and painting; Yvette Dede, Charleston, drawing and ceramics; and Tyrone Geter, Columbia, mixed-media drawing; Jean Grosser, Hartsville, mixed-media assemblage; Linda McCune, Greer, mixed-media assemblage; Janet Orselli, Clemson, installation; Virginia Scotchie, Columbia, ceramics; Rob Silance, Pendleton, photography; Jean-Paul Tousignant, Clemson; photography; and Mike Vatalaro, Pendleton, ceramics.
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