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October Issue 1999

Weatherspoon Art Gallery Features Faculty Art and Names Falk Visiting Artists For 1999-2000

The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, in Greensboro, NC, is presenting an exhibition of works by faculty members in the Department of Art at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 19 in the Tannenbaum Gallery and in Gallery 6. A series of gallery talks and lectures by the artists will be featured during the exhibition.

Work by 15 faculty members in a variety of media will be represented in the show. Included will be the work of painters Michael Ananian, Cora Cohen, Robert Gerhart, Mark Gottsegen, Eva Lundsager and John Maggio, and of sculptors Andy Dunnill, L.T. Hoisington, Billy Lee and Pat Wasserboehr. Roberta Rice will show drawings and Alicia Creus, Amy Lixl-Purcell and Joan Tanner will exhibit multi-media works. Also included in the exhibition will be photography by Arnold Doren.

"The 1999 UNCG Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition affords faculty, staff, students and members of our community the opportunity to see what our art faculty are personally involved with by showcasing their work produced over a two-year period," said Susan Albert, community relations director of the Weatherspoon.

Exhibitions of work by painter Carroll Dunham and sculptors John Monti and Lynda Benglis will be featured at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery as part of the 1999-2000 Falk Visiting Artists Program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The program brings three nationally and internationally recognized artists to the UNCG campus each year. Sponsored by the UNCG Department of Art, the program gives art students a unique opportunity to interact with contemporary artists whose work is recognized nationally. Each artist also has an exhibition in the Weatherspoon Art Gallery.

Visiting artists spend three-to-five days on campus. Their activities include a walk-through of their exhibition, a slide lecture on the development of their work and interaction with UNCG art students. The program offers an opportunity for students, faculty and the public to have contact with some of the foremost artists of the time. It also provides a focus for discussion of ideas, trends and standards of artistic production at the national level.

The exhibitions, lectures and walk-throughs are free and open to the public. Schedules and activities for the 1999-2000 Falk Visiting Artists will run as follows:

Painter Carroll Dunham, through Nov. 21. Best known for his aggressive use of color and imagery, Dunham's vibrantly colored paintings, drawings and prints combine surrealist-inspired cartoon elements, expressive mark-making, and psychedelic color in a thoughtful, interrogatory approach to a personal vocabulary of the unconscious. He will lead a gallery walk-through on Monday, Nov. 8, at 4 p.m. and show slides and discuss his work at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9. Both of these programs will be held in the Weatherspoon Art Gallery.

Sculptor John Monti, Dec. 5 - Jan. 30, 2000. Monti will be in residence Jan. 18-20, 2000, and dates and times for programs will be announced. Monti, whose abstract sculpture is more organic than minimal, employs industrial materials such as colorized rubber and urethane plastic which give his work a sensual and fluid look.

Sculptor Lynda Benglis, Mar. 5 - Apr. 16, 2000. Benglis gained prominence in the 1970's art world for her foam and latex "pour" pieces, at a time when women in the visual arts received scant recognition. Throughout her career she has extended the forces of nature into creative exercises like folding, squeezing and carving to create abstract sculptures which have a strong physical presence. Benglis will be at UNCG March 6-8, 2000, with program dates to be announced.

The Herbert and Louise Falk Visiting Artists Endowment was established in 1982 to fund the program. Artists are selected by a committee of art department faculty and students and a Weatherspoon Art Gallery curator. Over 50 painters, performance artists, sculptors, potters, printmakers, photographers, video and inter-media artists have been Falk Visiting Artists. Participating artists since 1982 have included Robert Longo, Martin Puryear, Laurie Simmons, Peter Agostini, Rackstraw Downes, Nancy Grossman, Grace Hartigan and Mel Chin.

Continuing at the Weatherspoon is the exhibition Looking Forward, Looking Black, through Oct. 31 in Gallery 7. Other exhibitions include Collection Highlights, Henri Matisse: Prints and Bronzes from the Cone Collection, Escape from the Vault, and the Sculpture Courtyard.

For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings or call the gallery at 336/334-5770.

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