NEW DATE / Dissonance and Repair

Images: (L) Barbara Kreft, "Medusa Rosata," 2017, oil on canvas, 58x47  /  (R) Kimberly Benson, "Festival," 2017, oil and enamel on lace fabric on canvas, 50x42

 

The Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at St. Catherine University is pleased to announce two new exhibitions opening April 14.

 

West Gallery:
Dissonance and Repair
New paintings by Barbara Kreft and Kimberly Benson
Gallery Talk: May 3, 2 p.m.

 

In Dissonance and Repair, painters Barbara Kreft and Kimberly Benson explore abstraction through similar channels, investigating ideas such as ideal beauty and cultural representations of nature. Their complex compositions – richly layered, boldly gestural and pulsing with color – reveal their influences upon one another, yet their approaches to painting are completely different. As they explain in their artist statement, “Kreft works to unify a painting into a harmonious assemblage – a delicate process of repair – while Benson searches for a greater level of visual dissonance, a space where energies and matter are allowed to run unfettered.”

 

East Gallery:
Dismantling Mindset
Senior Juried Exhibition
Artists: Ashley Tyler Alex, Sarah Borgen, Breanna D. Goudeau, Hannah Haughey, Teresa R. Widiger

 

Dismantling Mindset showcases the talent of graduating studio art majors at St. Catherine University. Through a variety of medium and imagery, this show delves into subject matter that explores alternative perspectives and attempts to dismantle assumptions made by the viewers.

 

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The public is invited to an opening reception for both shows on Saturday, April 21. Free. For more information, please visit gallery.stkate.edu/