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January 26 – March 28, 2013 (Closed March 8-17) ;
Carl Austin Hyatt,
Sacred Landscapes of Peru:
The Photographs of Carl Austin Hyatt
Carter Gallery
Portsmouth photographer Carl Austin Hyatt regularly travels to Peru to document and study indigenous spiritual practices. His black and white photographs range from images of Machu Picchu, to abstracted images of Inca stone- work, portraits, images of a shaman ritual, and landscape images of Cusco. The exhibition also includes a selection of Q’ero textiles Mr. Hyatt has collected during his many journeys.
Hyatt has been photographing on the seacoast for more than 25 years. He has bodies of work concentrating on portriature, the figure and the natural world. His experiences with the natural world led him to explore how indigenous cultures see and understand the world. He has investigated indigenous traditions on four continents but has been most drawn to the high Andean traditions of southern Peru. This body of work is the result of more than 20 excursions
in Peru since 1998. His work is in major museum collection such as the Currier Museum, The Smithsonian Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and many private collections around the world. He is a 1996 MacDowell Colony Fellow.
He teaches indigenous and shamanic principles of energy, awareness and perception internationally.
For educators and group tour coordinators, a special introductory tour of Sacred Landscapes of Peru: The Photographs of Carl Austin Hyatt in Spanish will be offered. The tour was written and developed by Museum of Art docent, Stephen M. Martin and fellowship student Hillary Schwartz. To schedule a tour, call Catherine A. Mazur, Education Coordinator, 603/862-3713.
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Carl Austin Hyatt and Dr. Hillary S. Webb will also offer a discussion on Andean Ceremonial Celebrations on Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m.
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Benjamin Brown, The Joyous Garden, Courtesy of The Irvine Museum
California Impressionism, Paintings from The Irvine Museum
Scudder Gallery
During the late nineteenth century and twentieth century, California’s majestic landscape was the inspiration for a profusion of light-filled paintings. Artists set out to capture its vivid colors and intense sunshine in a distinctive style that has come to be called California Impressionism or California plein air painting.
This traveling exhibition from The Irvine Museum features 35 works of 29 of these important California painters, including: Franz A. Bischoff (1864-1929), Donna Schuster (1883-1953), and Thaddeus Welch (1844-1919).
This exhibition is supported by the FEDCO Charitable Foundation and the S. Melvin and Mary Jo Rines Art Exhibition Fund.
RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
Janet Chen, Art of the Americans, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA will resent a lecture on American Impressionism on Wednesday, February 27 at 12 p.m. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Dr. Tom Kelly, Chief Sustainability Officer and Founding Director of the Sustainability Institute, UNH, and Meghan Howey, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the Culture and Sustainability Faculty Fellow present a talk on What Sustains Us Culturally?, on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 12 p.m.
Students from the Choreography class, Department of Theatre and Dance, present their interpretations of works on view on Thursday, March 7, at 10 a.m.
Hetty Startup, lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, UNH, offers a lecture on Like A Beam of Light Reflected Through a Prism: The Californian Mission on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12 p.m.
The Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Sustainability Institute, present the winner of the 2013 video contest in which students were asked to respond to the question "What Sustains Us?" on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 12 p.m.
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Public Sculpture On View...
Wendy Klemperer, Caribou (Ihumataq), 2009, steel, epoxy
138" x 106" x 80, photo courtesy of Lisa Nugent
Currently on view near Johnson Theatre at the Paul Creative Arts Center is a new full-size metal sculpture created by artist Wendy Klemperer.
Wendy Klemperer earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry at Harvard before moving to NYC to pursue art full time, earning a B.F.A. in sculpture at Pratt Institute in 1983. She has received residency grants from the Skowhegan School, ME, MacDowell Colony, NH, Ucross Foundation, WY, Sculpture Space, NY, IKONS, Newfoundlad, Canada, Sias University, Xingzheng, China, and Denali National Park in Alaska. Her work has been exhibited extensively in NYC and throughout the United States, including installations at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY, Bridgewater-Lustberg Gallery, NY, NY, Pratt Institute Sculpture Park, Brooklyn, NY, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, and Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, as well as comprehensive solo shows at Maine Audubon, Freeport, and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, organized by June LaCombe. Her large scale permanent installations include: Portland International Jetport, ME, 560 Broadway in NYC, Lay Sculpture Park in Missouri, Somersby Landing Sculpture Park in Newburyport, MA, California State University, Bakersfield, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, the LL Bean Company, Freeport, Maine, and SIAS University, Xinzheng, China.
Klemperer teaches welded sculpture at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, NY, and the Carving Studio and Sculpture Ctr in West Rutland VT. She lives in Brooklyn, NY and Nelson, NH. She is represented in Maine by June LaCombe: www.junelacombesculpture.com
To learn more, visit http://www.wendyklemperer.com
Gary Haven Smith, Wave Bench II, 2011, Glacial Boulder, 20” x 66” x 27”
Mills Courtyard
Contemporary granite sculptures by UNH alumnus Gary Haven Smith (’73) that seem to defy gravity and push the physical limits of cut stone are on view in the Mills Courtyard adjacent to the Museum of Art throughout
the year.
Gary Haven Smith carves elegant abstract sculptures out of granite boulders found near his home in New Hampshire. His work features textures, patterns, and designs inspired by ancient civilizations, symbols, and the geological past. Through his creative process, he explores the complex relationships between the natural environment, cultural history, and recent technology.
As the artist describes the process:
I have been harvesting glacial boulders in New Hampshire. These boulders have a legacy for me. They are time capsules that have been rolled, tumbled, and abraded by glaciers as they have traveled on their journey. I use diamond embedded saws, a large granite wire saw, sandblasters, grinders, and carbide-tipped tools to cut, carve, and work the granite.
Gary's sculpture is based in an austere New England formalism, with an aesthetic that is both elemental and essential. He has been an important figure in New England sculpture for many years and his work can be found in many public and private collections and graces the grounds of both public spaces and private residences throughout the region. For more information, visit http://www.garyhavensmith.com/