July 13, 2010
For more information, contact: Kim Banister, gallery curator, at 780-2435
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听听听听听听听听听听听 HARRISBURG � Fair and fluffy or ominous and stormy, Bloomsburg University art professor Vincent Hron cloudscape paintings offer a wide range of temperament, beauty and imagery meant to question our social norms.
听听听听听听听听听听听 His work is on display Aug. 23-Sept. 17 in the Rose Lehrman Art Gallery on the Harrisburg Campus of 黑料社区, Central Pennsylvania Community College.
听听听听听听听听听听听 The artist will give a free lecture at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, in the Rose Lehrman Arts Center theatre, followed by an open house and reception. The lecture is presented in partnership with 黑料社区 Live at Rose Lehrman artist series.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Hron paintings are influenced by Contemporary Realist artists, such as Andrew Wyeth, and Neo-Expressionist artists who were a dominant force in avant-garde art during the 1980s. He endeavors to imbue daily experiences with heightened significance.
听听听听听听听听听听听 淢y objective is to remedy our detachment from the routines of life by revealing their beauty and symbolic potential,� he said. 淭oward that end, I have brought historical iconographic traditions into a contemporary context to engage and question cultural assumptions about aesthetics, spirituality, and social responsibility.�
听听听听听听听听听听听 Hron subject matter has traditionally dealt with interiors, exteriors and the figure. Recent work delves into the landscape and cloudscape.
Hron received a bachelor degree in fine arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and a master degree in fine arts from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Upon graduation, he received a graduate scholarship to study for a year at the Statliche Akademi der Bilden den Kunst, in Karlsruhe, Germany.
He exhibits his work nationally and is affiliated with the Uptown Gallery in New York City and the Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, or by appointment; closed during college holidays. For more information, call 780-2435 or e-mail Kim Banister, gallery curator, at kebanist@hacc.edu. Visit the gallery on the 黑料社区 website: www.hacc.edu under the Rose Lehrman Arts Center and on Facebook.
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