Current Exhibitions
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Albright Knox

The Panza Collection: An Experience of Color and Light
Friday, November 16, 2007 - Sunday, February 24, 2008

The Panza Collection: An Experience of Color and Light will include more than seventy works of art from the Panza Collection, which is now dispersed in Varese, Lugano, New York, and Los Angeles. In consultation with Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, whose vision has guided the project from the start, Gallery Director Louis Grachos and Senior Curator Douglas Dreishpoon have selected the objects and artists to be featured.

Color and light are the key concepts used to select and organize this exhibition, which explores the use of these elements by artists from the 1960s to the present. Beginning with artworks by pioneers in the use of actual light - fluorescent light in works by Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin, and Bruce Nauman's use of neon light - the exhibition continues to the present with the visual light embodied in monochromatic paintings and sculptures by such artists as David Simpson, Phil Sims, Anne Truitt, and Anne Appleby. The exhibition not only traces this historical development of color and light in contemporary art, it also illuminates the continuing evolution of Panza's philosophic interest in these elements, as realized in many of the works of art he has collected since 1956. A discrete installation is devoted to each of the sixteen artists, highlighting Panza's penchant for collecting an artist's work in-depth and allowing for more concentrated study of each artist included.

Panza has been a passionate art collector since the late 1950s, when he acquired important paintings by Mark Rothko and Yves Klein, and to date has amassed a collection of more than 2,500 works of art in all media. Now in his eighties, Panza still ascribes to the firm belief that one must collect artworks because of a love of beauty and his own search for meaning and spiritual integrity. Panza's sense of beauty has proved to be quite astute, as many of the artworks he has collected over the years are now iconic examples of the periods they represent.

REMIX Color and Light
December 21, 2007 - May 4, 2008

Color is powerful, yet quixotic. As a result, it boasts a fascinating history that is constantly being rewritten to reflect the specific concerns and ideologies of the day. In large part the most insightful thoughts on color come from artists themselves.

Remix Color and Light was conceived as an opportunity to muse on color and light. It highlights the variety of ways we use and interpret color, from the personal and emotional to the intellectual and historical. Selected entirely from the GalleryÕs Permanent Collection, it touches on most periods of art history over the last 150 years, providing context for the later development of monochrome painting. So while color is beguiling, its meaning elusive and shifting, its effects emotional as well as perceptual, color has a paramount place in the history of art. Color can also be a window into our personal histories, and as collector Giuseppe Panza di Biumo states, into Òall the conditions of our inner mind.Ó

In the City: Works on Paper from the Collection
January 18, 2008 - April 6, 2008

Artistic interpretations of Òthe cityÓ entail a fascination with architecture, industry, and the vibrancy of metropolitan life. This selection of works on paper offers a unique portrait of modern civilization by revealing facets of urban living through an exploration of anonymity, industry, commerce, and life in the steel jungle.

Albright Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, New York
716.882.8700

UB Anderson Gallery

Now on view at UB Anderson Gallery: A Selection of Graphic Works from the Collection.

Gallery Hours
Wednesday - Saturday 11 am -5 pm, and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm

The UB Anderson Gallery is closed on all major holidays including Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Gallery admission is free.

UB Anderson Gallery
One Martha Jackson Place
Buffalo, NY 14214
716-829-3754

Art Gallery of Hamilton

The Word Made Flesh: Images of Devotion
December 15, 2007 to September 21, 2008

For centuries the Church was a chief patron of art, supporting some of the most famous artworks in history, such as MichelangeloÕs David and LeonardoÕs Last Supper. The Word Made Flesh features religious art from the AGH European collection, depicting Christian saints, Biblical and historic narratives, and artistsÕ personal imaginings of religious themes. On view is an assortment of paintings and sculptures dating from the Middle Ages to the early years of the 20th century. Including altarpieces, oil paintings of dramatic narratives, and carved and painted sculptures of saints, the show discloses stories and heroes that are both familiar and unknown, as well as the passion and beauty of Christian art through the ages. A portion of the exhibition, on view until mid-April, presents a corridor of prints from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Cheap Meat Dreams and Acorns: Ken Gregory
January 26 to April 27, 2008

Ken Gregory has played with form and technology for more than fifteen years, creating interactive computer-based installations. He approaches the work through process and the intuitive application of tools and ideas, discovering and learning through constant experimentation. This exhibition reveals Gregory's place in the history and development of media-based art in Canada. GregoryÕs work is based in improvisation and performance - his or that of the sculpture. Of critical importance is how his innovation and playful sense of discovery stimulates our imaginations. Encountering any work by Ken Gregory means you are about to enter an experience, not merely contemplate an image.

Two Artists Time Forgot:
Frances Jones (Bannerman) and Margaret Campbell Macpherson

January 12 to May 4, 2008

Two women. Two artists. Two painting careers lost to us through time and art historical neglect. The exhibition Two Artists Time Forgot offers a rare opportunity to experience firsthand the work of NewfoundlandÕs Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860 - 1931) and Nova ScotiaÕs Frances Jones (Bannerman) (1855 - 1944). As the first in-depth study of these artists, the exhibition seeks to introduce their works to a wider audience while providing the opportunity of experiencing a selection of over sixty paintings on loan from private and public collections.

Hours:
Tuesday & Wednesday: 12:00 noon - 7:00 pm
Thursday & Friday: 12:00 noon - 9:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm

Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King St
West Hamilton, ON L8P 4S8
905-527-6610

Buffalo Arts Studio

Hendrickson. Houseknecht. Wachob.
January 12 - February 22, 2008

Three Solo Shows Featuring: Phillip Hendrickson uses various media to create his collage-like works, which depict ÒshuffledÓ parts of the human body and technological mechanisms. These re-contextualized images combine to become expansive narratives.Ê Stephen Houseknecht will present a series of photographic diptychs of World War II bomber planes. The two juxtaposed photographs allow the viewer to simultaneously see two moments in time or two perspectives. Puns on WWII movies and patriotic metaphors abound.Ê Amanda WachobÕs oil-on-canvas work is inspired by vintage magazines, particularly those of the 1940Õs, 50Õs and 60Õs. She questions ingrained societal notions of gender, class, and race by creating images that disorient the viewer and that distort these accepted ideas.

The resulting exhibition shows technological advancement and the inferred cultural ramifications of such progress. Referencing world-altering events and their indisputable effect on society, HouseknechtÕs work remembers the achievement of flight and at the same time creates a different reality than the hostile conflicts war bombers were engaged in, while Hendrickson's work questions industrial progress through the lens of our physical bodies and, ultimately, our humanity. WachobÕs vintage, postwar imagery addresses gender and race roles through decidedly familiar, yet unsettlingly domestic and feminine imagery. In viewing Housekenecht and WachobÕs work in succession, a historical progression unfolds, as one period in our societal history informs the next.Ê Whereas HendricksonÕs work seems to encapsulate a timeless, continuing engagement with technology.Ê

Buffalo Arts Studio
Tri-Main Center
2495 Main Street, Suite 500
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 833-4450

Burchfield-Penney Art Center

The Artists Among Us:
The Burchfield-Penney's Members Exhibition

December 14, 2007 - March 2, 2008

In celebration and thanks to the artists of Western New York for their support of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center and for their contribution to our community, the museum is very pleased that the final exhibition in its Rockwell Hall location will be a Members Exhibition.

A Life in the Arts: Thomas Aquinas Daly
January 11 - March 2, 2008

The Burchfield-Penney's A Life in the Arts series continues featuring the work of Thomas Aquinas Daly.

Mystery: Works by Charles Burchfield
October 16, 2007 - March 2, 2008

Over the course of his career, Burchfield repeatedly painted subjects that haunted his imagination. He felt compelled to reconfigure how he presented memories so each viewer might also experience those events with shared visual perceptions and physical sensations. His works grew more vivid as he imbedded symbols, increased scale, distorted proportions, and painted more exuberantly. Many of his mysterious paintings have implied, but undefined narratives that invite different readings tinged by nostalgia, trepidation, fright, and wonder.

This exhibition includes 25 paintings, drawings and prints from the collection and the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, as well as 5 works from private collections. Visitors will be treated to BurchfieldÕs depiction of bats, owls, tree spirits, and other mysterious entities.

Hours:
Tue-Sat 10-5pm; Sun 1-5 pm.

Buffalo State College - Rockwell Hall
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
878-6011

Castellani Art Museum

Beyond in WNY: A Regional Biennial
September 15, 2007-February 24, 2008

Collectively, the artists chosen for the Castellani Art MuseumÕs participation in Beyond/In Western New York 2007 bring both active and passive observations of todayÕs cultural issues. The exhibition features Buffalo artists A.J. Fries and Kurt Von Voetsch, and Niagara Falls artist Jay Carrier. Through their distinctive styles, artistic backgrounds, and life experiences, each artist presents a unique cultural reflection on contemporary society.

Kurt Treeby: Fuzzy Memories
February 1 - April 20, 2008

Kurt TreebyÕs recent work is simultaneously a lush homage to art history and a calculated salutation to kitschy commercialized craft. His fiber works focus on iconic imagery and the relationship between high and low art forms. Fuzzy Memories explores the idea of the visual experience and the concept of widespread artistic appeal. Defined by individual interests and life experiences, each person responds to art in their own way. For some, the relevancy and artistic integrity of MichelangeloÕs Sistine Chapel frescoes evoke intense personal meanings and religious connotations, while Jackson PollockÕs expressionistic action-paintings provide an ephemeral, defining reflection on the triumphant spirit of modern art. Still others are inspired by the capricious arrangements and lush colors of the work of Henry Matisse or the politically charged Picasso masterpiece Guernica. Treeby places himself on the edge of this cliff-between high and low art. What makes an artwork a masterpiece- high art? What relegates another work of art to kitsch-low art? Inspired by his vigorous studies in art history, theory, and fine arts, TreebyÕs artistic search for the relevancy in the distinction between high and low art, his investigations have culminated in a series of bold reinterpretations of historically renowned artworks. Beyond their own existence, these works of art transcend their physicality. Fuzzy Memories is an ultramanufactured trip through art history, with a kitschy machined aesthetic.

Kwˆ:ne KuhsŽshe ha? Yu?nekœhne Many Winters Ago...
Native American ChildrenÕs Book Illustrations
February 1 - June 30, 2008

This exhibition features a selection of some of the leading Native American childrenÕs book illustrators Erwin Printup, Jr., (detail) Thank You Spirits, from the book Giving Thanks from across the United States and Canada. Bringing to life themes of cultural tradition, family life and respect for nature, these award-winning artists reflect bold and dynamic visual trends in todayÕs childrenÕs book illustrations. Through a myriad of colorful and richly diverse artistic mediums, each artist provides a unique approach to the illustrated story as well as a deep commitment to community and contemporary art. For nearly three decades the CAM has benefited from an ongoing partnership with local Iroquois communities. Working with Iroquois artists, educators and community experts, the museum has presented a wide range of Native artistic expressions from large scale contemporary installation art to traditional raised beadwork. This latest project takes us beyond our regionÕs Iroquois communities to explore the culture and artistic expressions of Native peoples from across Canada and the United States.

Memory Paintings: Mary Kobler (1893-1975)
October 22, 2007-March 24, 2008

Mary KoblerÕs whimsical paintings recalling her childhood years growing up on a farm in Niagara County will be on view this fall at our satellite gallery in downtown Niagara Falls. Kobler, a self-taught artist, began to create large paintings when she was in her seventies that gave light to the memories of her rural childhood.

Freedom Crossing: The Underground Railroad in Greater Niagara

Did you know that Harriet Tubman led groups of people escaping slavery across our own Suspension Bridge in Niagara Falls, New York, to freedom in Canada? A new exhibition at the Castellani Art Museum will reveal the people, places, and stories of the Underground Railroad on the Niagara Frontier through video, historic and contemporary photography, artifacts, and audio installations. This permanent exhibition and information center are supported by New York State's Underground Railroad Heritage Trail Grant Program. A special teacher's packet, available on our website, will include writing exercises, a bibliography of children's literature, and links to websites with lesson plans

Hours:
Wed-Sat 11am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm.

Niagara University
286.8200

CEPA Gallery

CEPA Gallery is located in the historic Market Arcade building in Buffalo's downtown Theater District.

Upper Gallery and Underground
Monday - Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 12:00 - 4:00pm

Passageway and Public Art Spaces
Monday - Friday 7:00am - 10:00pm
Saturday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday 9:00am - 3:00pm

CEPA Gallery
617 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
856-2717

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Christina West: Shadows and Fog
a Hallwalls Artist in Residence Project (HARP)
March 1-April 5, 2008

The work of Christina West features groupings of figurative sculptures realistically rendered in clay. Through specific arrangements and gestures, the figures offer both an ambiguous narrative and a voyeuristic moment. Her groupings often revolve around an interaction between the sexes, paired down to the essentials of communication. A glance, a furrowed brow, or a tensed hand are among the subtle details that hint at a psychological complexity in the scenes depicted. Beyond the physical gestural details, gradations of scale (slightly larger or smaller than life-size) and the use of an intense color palette (magenta, leaf green) are the key means by which West is exploring the modification of a traditional form.

TOMMY BECKER: Tape Number One
March 1-April 5, 2008

Tommy Becker's videos combine raw poetics with performance, music and costume design to create sentimental vignettes for his never-ending saga titled, "TAPE NUMBER ONE." Becker's carefully orchestrated delivery of words drives his visual collage works while juxtaposing unusual word-image combinations. In his video performances, spoken word highlights the humorous yet melancholy state of his characters as they struggle to overcome adversity. Becker's work embodies a sensitivity to the transient, fluctuating states of our being while keeping an eye on the beauty of vulnerability in passages of time, changes in relations and shifting of perspectives. Videos from the tape have been presented at film screenings, as single channel installations and performed as spoken word videos.

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
341 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-854-1694

The Kenan Center

Dennis Stierer, Photographer
February 10-March 9

Dennis Stierer is a self-taught photographer whose career has spanned the past 35 years photographing rodeos in the West; fashion photography in the Mid-West; and theatre, opera and nature with National Geographic magazine in the Northeast. Stierer now resides in Western New York. His photography is exhibited nationally, and is included in many permanent collections. He is a two-term past president of the Buffalo Society of Artists.

Kenan house
433 Locust Street
Lockport, New York
716-433-2617
www.kenancenter.org

Rodman Hall Arts Centre

 

Mary Catherine Newcomb: Product of Eden
Niche Project
October 2007- October 2008

Opening reception Friday, October 19, at 5:30 p.m.

Mary Catherine Newcomb
is a Kitchener-based artist whose figurative work over the years has included both humans and animals. Her use of animals has been a consistent theme throughout her career and may be likened to the animals of aboriginal and classical myths. Mice, snakes, hyenas, fish, sheep, and alligators make appearances in Newcomb's narrative bestiary as symbols of a secret knowledge. Rabbits, as carriers and symbols of occult knowledge, frequently occur in her sculpture in papier mÄchâ, cast concrete and now as living and preserved vegetal material.

Her exhibition, Product of Eden, will be installed in the blocked-in rear bay window of Rodman Hall. Beginning in 2006 this location became the site of the Niche Project. Each year an artist is invited to create a work of art specifically for this space.

Product of Eden will take advantage of the large southwestern exposure to grow living works of art, where the artist in effect sculpts living plant material. She does this by introducing fruit and vegetable shoots into hand-crafted molds. As the plant grows, the vegetable takes on the shape of the mold. Eggplants, zucchinis, peppers, squash and other plants will be grown and take shape at
Rodman Hall.

Because the different plants will grow at different rates, there may not always be a living plant sculpture to see in full form. For this reason the artist will be intermingling previously grown pickled and bottled sculptures with growing sculptures on the vine.

Product of Eden combines Mary Catherine Newcomb's love for the natural world and her desire to make things grow with her profound love for making art. Her art work is at once strikingly unusual and yet charmingly familiar and optimistic, reminding us that in the end, we are all part of nature.

Rodman Hall is open to the public:

September through June:
Monday - Thursday: 12 noon to 9 p.m.;
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 12 noon to 5 p.m.

July & August and Holiday Hours (2nd week of December through the 2nd week of January):
Monday - Sunday 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Closed All Statutory Holidays

Rodman Hall Arts Centre
109 St. Paul Crescent
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada ÊL2S 1M3
905.684.2925

UB Art Gallery

Shelley Niro: Outside the Columns:
11/29/07 - 1/27/08.

The exhibition features the film and photographic work of internationally renowned artist Shelley Niro, Mohawk from the Six Nations. Work selected for this exhibition facilitates a dialogue concerning North American native issues, including sovereignty, representation, and cultural tenacity beyond the grand narrative of the colonizer and the colonized.

The exhibition will premiere Niro's latest short film, Hunger, 2007. Curated by Guest Curator, Sherry Corcoran. Additional Credits: Shelley Niro: Outside the Columns is made possible in part by the Government of Canada, and UB's Canadian-American Studies Committee; Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center; and the Margaret Fox Naughton Endowment of the UB Dept. of Visual Studies.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 5 pm, Thursday 11 am - 7 pm

The UB Art Gallery is closed for installation between exhibitions and for major holidays including Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

Gallery admission is free.

UB Art Gallery
201 A Center for the Arts
Buffalo, NY 14260-6000
716-645-6912