The Art History Society, in collaboration with the Frohring Library and the Department of Art History and Studio Art, is happy to invite the JCU community to the Fine Arts Show that will be held in the Aurelian Wing on November 16, at 7:30 pm.
Prof. William Pettit will present his work The Omniverse Dilemma, the current exhibit of the 4m2 Gallery located in the Aurelian Wing.
The pieces come from the union of two artistic intentions.
One concerns research in local and home-made materials, traditional ingredients, and pigments related to the history of both cooking and painting. These represent a sample of locally sourced colors and supports made by the artist based on medieval and Renaissance manuals.
The other is an exploration of physical and scientific structures and how they influence accumulation and and flow, and the gesture and hand of the artist. There is a balance between structure and and chance that reflects both cosmic and cellular formations.
The union of these two intentions form a biology of painting where the infinitesimal qualities of animal and vegetable chemistry reflect the elements of a macro- and micro-cosmic genesis, order, and entropy.
The Fine Arts Show will be accompanied by the launch of the on-line 4m2 Gallery and the presentation of the new 4m2 Gallery logo.