WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University Galleries will open a new season with an exhibit titled “Living Stone: The Cast Project,” which will be on display in the Stewart Center Gallery from Aug. 31 to Oct. 11.
Jim Dine, Untitled, from the Glyptotek portfolio, 1989, glacies transferes etching and aquatint on chine colle, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Living Stone: the Casts Project (Courtesy of The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky)
Inspired by Jim Dine, a contemporary American artist who created a series of drawings reinterpreting works of sculpture in the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, the display will recreate the ambience of a studio. With a series of prints by Dine as the backdrop, plaster casts originally used in studios will be displayed allowing visitors to draw inside the gallery. Artworks by visitors will be exhibited in the gallery in a salon-style display.
Local artists and art classes in the community are invited to come and draw in the gallery, which is located on the main floor of Stewart Center. Instructors are encouraged to schedule their class visits with the gallery staff.
Purdue Galleries will host a reception and open drawing session for “Living Stone” at 6 p.m., Sept. 11 at the Stewart Center Gallery.
Future exhibits at Purdue Galleries include:
- Hard Rain: The late works of Mary Hambleton, Oct. 26-Dec. 6. Painter Mary Hambleton’s work chronicled her journey of living with cancer. This exhibit is presented in collaboration with the Purdue Oncology Science Center’s “Cancer, Culture and Community” program.
- Dream Deferred, Jan.11-Feb. 21. An exhibition of contemporary art inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem, “The Dream Deferred,” and by the current socioeconomic challenges facing minorities in the U.S. Purdue Galleries is collaborating with the Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette to present this show.
- Sixty Square Inches: 17th Biennial North American Small Print Exhibition, March 8-April 25. A review of North American graphic artists working in an intimate format.
- Ninth annual art teacher professional day, Sept. 2. Art teachers in K-12 programs are invited for a daylong session, discussing upcoming art exhibits and events and networking among themselves.
The Stewart Center Gallery and the Robert L. Ringel Gallery – both managed by Purdue Galleries – are open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. All exhibits organized by Purdue Galleries are free and open to the public.
For class and group visits, contact Mary Ann Anderson at Purdue Galleries at 765-496-7899.
For more information, visit www.purdue.edu/galleries.
