WHAT:"The Marriage of Geometry and Gesture: The Paintings and Drawings of Owen McHugh 1962-2003"
The work of artist Owen McHugh, according to curator Corey Postiglione, "is an amalgam of two very distinct abstract motifs: geometric planes and painterly passages. Color and atmosphere are also central to his art."
McHugh notes that his "configurations [are] at once solid and infinite [and] may suggest a metaphor of existence. They are meant as images of contemplation."
The selections from McHugh's body of work include works on paper in acrylic paints, chalk and colored pencil and works on canvas in acrylic paint.
This exhibition is the second in the "Surveying Chicago Artists" series curated by Corey Postiglione.
WHERE: A + D 11th Street Gallery
72 East 11th Street, Chicago
WHEN: January 9 - February 21, 2004
(Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 5 pm)
Opening Reception: Friday, January 9, 5 - 7 pm
Featuring a GALLERY TALK with Owen McHugh and Corey Postiglione at 6 pm
HOW MUCH:Exhibition, reception and gallery talk are free and open to the public.
MORE INFO: 312-344-6156
WHO: Sponsored by the Art + Design Department of Columbia College Chicago
Media Contact: Micki Leventhal, 312-344-7383; mleventhal@colum.edu