August 31, 2009 - March 5, 2010
Pierre Daura: Catalan-American Modernist
Pierre Daura was born February 21, 1896, in Minorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. He received his formal art education at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, known as "La Llotja." His teachers included Jose Ruiz Blasco (Picasso's father) and Joseph Calvo. Daura pursued an ambitious career during the 1920s and 1930s and exhibited regularly in Paris, Barcelona, and elsewhere in Europe, where his work was well received by critics. Daura's output in painting, drawing, engraving, and sculpture was prolific. In 1939, Daura and his family came to the Virginia and were prevented from returning to France because of the outbreak of World War II. They settled on family-owned property in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia, a setting which would furnish new vistas for landscape paintings. Although the main body of Daura's work was strongly rooted in the traditional and the celebration of nature, he valued the artist's freedom to be individualistic. This exhibition includes oils, watercolors, engravings, and sculpture from the collection of the Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College.
Spring 2010
January 18 - March 5, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 20, 4 - 5 p.m.
Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Photographs by Carl Chiarenza
As one of the preeminent photographers of the 20th and 21stcenturies, Carl Chiarenza (American, born 1935) has influenced not only the practice of art, but also the study and promotion of photography inside academia and beyond. This exhibition features twenty-four silver gelatin and Iris prints from two recent series of abstract works - Peace Warriors (2003) and Solitudes (2004) - inspired in part by the artist's reactions to the war in Iraq. Regarding these series, Chiarenza has said that they evolved in his studio, while he was working with a collage whose elements began to resemble a samurai. Frustrated by the actions of the U.S. government in Iraq and the Middle East, the artist deliberately created work in which figures are suggested, resembling soldiers, the grim reaper, and Don Quixote. Finding himself in need of introspection, the Solitudes series emerged as purely abstract, sensuous imagery with smooth, reflective shapes and lush tonality. This exhibition was organized by the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond.
March 15 - April 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 16, 4 - 5 p.m.
From Protest to Peace: Murals by the Bogside Artists of Northern Ireland
Murals have marked territory and served as expressions of cultural and political identity in Northern Ireland for the last century. In 1994, brothers Tom and William Kelly and their friend Kevin Hasson joined to become The Bogside Artists. The artists personally experienced the unfolding of "The Troubles" during their lifetimes and ultimately united to express the struggle for civil rights in their community through public art. While the group continues the Ulster tradition of using the mural as a vehicle for social commentary, The Bogside Artists stand alone in their efforts to utilize this medium in cross-community workshops involving Protestants and Catholics to advance the peace and reconciliation process in Northern Ireland. This exhibition of digitally reproduced murals is on loan from the Georgia Southern University Museum and organized in association with the University Honors Program and Center for Irish Studies and the Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) at the University of Ulster.
Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m.
Showing of the 2002 film, “Bloody Sunday” (2002), a dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
“R” rated—no one under age 17 admitted!
Select Sunday Events
The Daura Gallery is open one Sunday each month during the academic year. Special programs are held on these Select Sundays at 2 p.m.
March 21: "Irish Culture" *
Dr. Kate Gray, Associate Professor of English and Assistant Director, Westover Honors Program
April 11: "High Art and Hillbillies: Reclaiming Cultural Identity in the Appalachian South"
Dr. David Butler, Executive Director, Knoxville Museum Art
LC classes are always welcome!
Faculty are asked to notify the Daura Gallery graduate assistant, (ext. 8595) if you give a gallery assignment or if you plan to bring your class for a gallery visit. Also, please refer to the Daura Gallery's Education page for more information on using the Gallery as an instructional resource.
Spring Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Select Sundays, 1 - 4 p.m.
Closed for Spring Break (March 8-14, 2010)
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