EXPEDITION: Photographs Prints Drawings Books at ACC Gallery Through Dec. 23 (Nov. 12, 2009) -
QUEENSBURY, NY – Adirondack Community College’s Visual Arts Gallery will host “EXPEDITION: Photographs Prints Drawings Books,” an exhibition of work by SUNY Plattsburgh studio art faculty members Diane Fine and Sue Lezon, from Nov. 16 through Dec 23.
A reception for the artists will be held Thursday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Gallery. The public is invited.
Fine and Lezon have joined together to present an exhibition of a wide spectrum of their creative art, from books to photographs, from drawings to prints. They have been colleagues for over 15 years at SUNY Plattsburgh. Their common statement indicates that their professional relationship benefits from their shared friendship: “We are pleased to present our work together for the first time. Though our mediums are different, all of the pieces in this show have been informed by our separate expeditions to far away places.”
Diane Fine works primarily in two related media: printmaking and the book arts. She is inspired by printmaking techniques that enable her to create many and varied kinds of surfaces and marks.
The fact of multiple in printmaking is important to Fine as it enables her to share her work more widely and in varied contexts. Collaboration with fellow artists, part of the tradition of printmaking and the book arts, has been an essential part of her learning process and production.
Sue Lezon has been fascinated with the monumental, fragmentary remains of ancient Egypt for over 30 years. These traces of the past refer to history, sacred spaces and icons, and the deep mystery of civilizations that have gone before us. She has commented: “There is so much that we do not know about our predecessors, but there is an undeniable link between the distant past and today.”
In her 1991 book Refuge, author Terry Tempest Williams eloquently expresses what Lezon feels is the heart and soul of the work that she has on exhibition: “Artifacts are alive. Each has a voice. They remind us what it means to be human, that it is our nature to survive, to create works of beauty, to be reso0urceful, to be attentive to the world we live in…they court the mysteries of private lives, communal lives, and lives rooted in ritual and ceremony.”
Diane Fine is currently Professor of Art at Plattsburgh State University of New York where she teaches printmaking and book arts. She received her BFA from Syracuse University and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She exhibits regularly and her work is represented in a number of public and private collections including: The New York Public Library, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum Library, St. Lawrence University, and the Hallmark Corporation.
Susan Lezon is Assistant Professor of Art at Plattsburgh State University of New York where she teaches a variety of photography courses. She received her BFA from Emerson College in Boston, MA where she concentrated on Photography. She received her MFA from University of Massachusetts/Hampshire College in Amherst, MA with work in photography. Recent exhibitions include: World in Focus at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, “…that you may behold the moon…” a solo exhibition held at University of Memphis Art Museum, Chicago House Gallery in Luxor, Egypt, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Doha, Qatar.
The Visual Arts Gallery at ACC is pleased to have these two wonderful artists at our college. Their art and their sensitivity to communicating their vision is most welcome for all in our community.
The Visual Arts Gallery exhibition and events are free and open to the public. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 10 am—3 pm; Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, 5:30—7:30pm; or by appointment by calling the gallery director, Dr. Sheldon Hurst, at 832-7738.
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