New Lord Hall Exhibit Features New York Artist
Contact: (207) 581-3245
The University of Maine’s Department of Art is presenting “Scissor / Paper / Light: Installations,” an exhibition by Brooklyn, N.Y.-based visual artist Joan Grubin who creates dimensional installations in paper Feb. 4 – March 18 in the Lord Hall Gallery.
Grubin’s work deals with issues of perception, color, and optical illusion. She says her intention is to “orchestrate perception in ways that are at once pleasurable, disorienting, and hypnotic. …Underlying all the work is the desire to harness and include the immateril- – that which is visible but not physically present, such as reflected color, negative spaces, and shadows…”
She has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in and around New York and beyond, including the Hosfelt Gallery in NYC, and the Islip Museum, the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, N.Y., and the Weatherspoon Museum in Raleigh, N.C. In 2008, she was awarded a fellowship in painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
An opening reception is scheduled Friday, Feb. 4 from 5:30 -7 p.m., with a talk by the artist at 6 p.m. in the gallery. The campus community and public are invited.
Lord Hall Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Its events are sponsored by the Department of Art and a grant from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.
All events are free, and Lord Hall Gallery is an accessible building. For more information, call 207-581-3245.
Images available upon request.