September Exhibits
September 17 - October 30, 2005
Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 5-8pm
A national traveling exhibit.
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Arman
School of Fishes. 1982
Pliers on board |
| Tools in Motion, drawn from the collection of the hardware-store magnate the late John Hechinger Sr., is an exhibit of 20th century art works inspired by the common tool. The Hechinger Collection began in 1978 when hardware industry pioneer John Hechinger, Sr. found his new company headquarters efficient but sterile. Hechinger began collecting art that highlighted the company’s very livelihood and displayed it throughout the building. In 1998 Hechinger decided to share his collection with audiences in other parts of the country and planned for a national tour that would feature highlights of the collection. The paintings, sculptures, works on paper and photographs, included in the exhibit, explore the collection’s fundamental themes of the transformation of a mundane object into a work of art. Among the featured artists are: Arman, Claes Oldenberg, Jim Dine, Red Grooms, Mr. Imagination and Howard Finster. The works in the exhibit celebrate the dignity of everyday tools and the intrinsic beauty of their design, where form and function are often linked. |
This exhibit, organized by International Arts & Artists, is made possible with support of the Friends of the Museum and PA Council on the Arts, and sponsored in part by Warfel Construction Company and Wohlsen Construction Company.
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Ann DeLaurentis
Armstrong Series 1
Watercolor |
| Lancaster artist Ann DeLaurentis will exhibit a new series of watercolors and oils in The City Within. The exhibit will include works that explore the vista of skylines full of angles, walls of texture and tone that speak to the artist in a language of color, light and line. DeLaurentis uses images she discovers in cityscape and industrial structures of Lancaster and other familiar places as inspiration for this new series. Her paintings combine the precision of geometric forms and subtlety of the paint surface, with an intensity of color that is the signature of her work. |
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