Exhibitions
from Syracuse University Art Galleries
March 1, 2015 - June 14, 2015
An artist’s portrait, like all good portraits, offers the viewer more than physical features. One sees the characteristics of the sitter that make that person a unique individual. All artists are involved with, or have a heightened interest in, creative pursuits which makes them interesting candidates for portrait subjects.
On the other hand, a self-portrait is an artist’s opportunity to make a statement. Traditional portraiture, especially commissioned ones, often came with expectations that the image be a favorable likeness of the sitter. Self-portraiture removed those restrictions enabling artists to be more experimental. This exhibition brings together fifty works in a variety of media that examine self-portraits and portraits of other artists. Included in the show are works by Milton Avery, Chuck Close, Leonard Baskin, Edward Steichen, Norman Rockwell, and Anders Zorn. Sitters include James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Eakins, Charlie Chaplin, C.S. Lewis, and Pablo Casals.
March 1, 2015 - June 17, 2015
This exhibition features Beth Van Hoesen’s creatures which include household pets, zoo animals, worms and salamanders. Beth stated “I started with pet rodents, farm animals, dogs and cats. Then came a few birds, then wild animals. I keep meeting new ones I like….” The works were selected from drawings, lithographs and etchings donated to the Arkell Museum from the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Trust.
June 6, 2014 - August 24, 2014
This exhibition organized by the Syracuse University Art Gallereis highlights Homer’s fascination with coastal and nautical scenes as an illustrator and special correspondent for the American pictorial press. The images include early illustrations for periodicals including Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper and Harper’s Weekly ,as well as rare lithographs and large etchings made after Homer’s paintings. The exhibition defines Homer’s transition from an illustrator of the pre- and post war years through his travels abroad that mark his evolution to the pre-eminent American painter of the late 19th century.
This exhibition, curated by Andrew Saluti, Assistant Director of the SUArt Galleries, features forty-one original prints including wood engravings, lithographs, and etchings. The exhibition is drawn from the permanent collection of the Syracuse University Art Collection, and focuses on the illustrious career of Winslow Homer as a draftsman and printmaker.
