NATIONAL EXHIBIT OF STILL LIFE
ARTISTS
COMES TO HAVERFORD COLLEGE GALLERY
“Tabletop
Arenas,” a collection of 62 still life paintings by
various artists, will be on display at Haverford College’s
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery January 21-February 20, 2005. This
traveling exhibition is organized by Zeuxis, a New York-based
association that explores the contemporary possibilities of
still life painting.
Fight
the Power, oil on linen, 2003, by Margaret
McCann
“Tabletop Arenas”
presents both traditional and unusual configurations of still
lifes as portrayed by Zeuxis’ 24 member artists (including
Ying Li, associate professor of fine arts at Haverford), as
well as invited guests Lennart Anderson, William Bailey, Ken
Kewley, Gabriel Laderman, Susannah Phillips, Langdon Quin,
and Sandra Stone. The artists pursue diverse philosophies
and styles, but all share an interest in the aesthetic and
formal possibilities of the still life. The works reflect
individual encounters with everyday sensations, informed in
different ways by a 400-year tradition.
Accompanying the exhibit is a 36-page
catalogue with color reproductions of the paintings and essays
by Zeuxis artist Joseph Byrne and writer Thomas Disch. Byrne
will also give a talk Thursday, February 3, at 4:15 p.m. in
the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.
Since its inception in 1994, Zeuxis
has organized more than 40 exhibitions around the country
in galleries, museums and college spaces. Its painters share
an interest in “pictorial rigor and a perceptual response
to nature.”
Located in Whitehead Campus
Center, the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday and noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For more
information, call (610) 896-1287.
