Lord Hall Gallery Opens Dudley Zopp Installation Oct. 10

The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine presents a new installation, “Ground/Underground,” by sculptor and painter Dudley Zopp.

The exhibition, which runs from Oct. 10 through Nov. 14, is a continuation of Zopp’s “Erratics” sculptures, and features new, large-format watercolor paintings and 700 smaller oil paintings that suggest geological sediments.

For “Ground/Underground,” Zopp will install a series of articulated builder’s paper forms that reference glacial erratics, grouping these articulations with four oversized watercolor paintings inspired by Chinese landscape scrolls. The installation will also feature a “river” of 700 8-by-10-inch oil paintings. Taken together, the installation’s components serve as reminders of the limitations of humanity’s ability to control the forces of nature.

Zopp was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and attended the University of Kentucky where she earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in modern foreign languages, and went on to study painting and drawing at the University of Louisville’s Hite Art Institute. She lives and works in Lincolnville, Maine, and has exhibited at universities and nonprofit galleries in Maine and nationally, with a recent solo exhibition at June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland, Maine.

Zopp is scheduled to speak during a reception from 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Lord Hall Gallery is open from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday through Friday and is wheelchair accessible.

“Ground/Underground” is funded in part by a grant from UMaine’s Cultural Affairs and Distinguished Lecture Series; and the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.