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The Exile and The-Path-of-the-Mouse Arrive, 2004, Tricia Cline |
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Passing the Buck, 2003, Jane Rosen |
Fine Arts Center exhibition is ‘Speaking Volumes’
A new exhibition opening later this month at the Fine Arts Center Galleries will quietly turn up the volume in the regional arts arena.
“Speaking Volumes,” a unique exhibition in the University’s Main Gallery, brings together for the first time the diverse works of four nationally known artists: Tricia Cline of Woodstock, N.Y., Deborah Muirhead of Storrs, Conn., Jane Rosen of San Gregorio, Calif., and Suzanne Volmer of Lincoln, R.I. It runs through July 31, and continue Sept. 6 to 30.
“The works in this exhibition ‘speak volumes’ spatially and metaphorically,” explained Judith Tolnick Champa, exhibition curator. “There is a seriousness in the artists’ sense of address, a meaningfulness in their enterprise as accomplished sculptors, painters, makers of artist’s books. Even the titles of some of the works featured signal the passions and range of creative inspiration that abounds in the work.”
For example, Tolnick Champa cited works titled The Exile and The-Path-of-the-Mouse Arrive by Cline, The Conjurer’s Apprentice by Muirhead, First Wheel by Rosen, and Peel ‘n’ Crush by Volmer to illustrate the range of creative inspiration and reference that is shown in the works presented.
“Narrative—sometimes invented/fanciful, sometimes historical, always evocative—guides the artists in their idiosyncratic directions,” said Tolnick Champa.
More than 20 works showcased will include figurative sculpture in porcelain, abstract sculpture in porcelain and metal, mixed media drawing, artist’s books, painting and relief sculpture, all with a great deal of textural contrast. An illustrated brochure accompanies the exhibition.
Gallery talks will be held Sept. 21, at noon with Volmer and on Sept. 28 at 1 pm with Muirhead in conjunction with the URI Multicultural Center’s Diversity Week. A closing reception will be held on Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. For more information, call the Fine Arts Center Galleries at 874-2627.
By Jhodi Redlich
