Exhibition Overview
TWO
VIEWS is an exhibition of two sets of art with roots in traditional Japanese
culture in its summer exhibition from July 13 – September 30, 2006.
An opening reception for the exhibitions will be held on Thursday, July
13th from 5-7PM. Artist James Fuhrman will offer a brief gallery talk at
the reception. The opening reception is free and open to the public.
Modern Impressions: Japanese Prints from the Berman and Corazza Collections showcases works from the collection of the Berman Museum at Ursinsus College. Curators Frank L. Chance, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, and Matthew Mizenko, Ph.D, Ursinus College assembled over sixty post-World War II Japanese prints by 36 artists. Together, the works provide a comprehensive view of a vital and ambitious printmaking movement, often referred to as sosaku hanga, which in recent years has commanded greater attention from art historians and curators. Themes range from Buddhist temples and sculpture to contemporary jazz, embracing Asian imagery as well as more international and universal motifs. The prints of this period reflect the artistic creativity and dynamism of a time of reconstruction and growth.
The Museum’s Galleries will also feature the work of James Fuhrman in Meditations on Still and Quiet. Each of James Fuhrman’s sculptures is a visual meditation –a consideration of an idea of still and quiet. The works, 2 large installations and 8 pedestal pieces, create spaces for the viewer to enter no matter the size. Fuhrman finds that the open areas between the placed objects are the vital spaces and are the focus for the viewer’s meditation. The two installation works - in the Museum’s Murray Gallery and Lehr Gallery - create contemplative, meditative places of still and quiet within the museum.