Gallery Exhibition: Points of View in Oil and Clay
Gallery Exhibition "Points of View in Oil and Clay" opens in Ainslie Art Center
October 1, 2008
“Points of View in Oil and Clay,” an exhibition of sculptures by Episcopal’s visual arts teacher Liz Vorlicek together with paintings by her college design teacher Claire Owen, welcomed visitors into a world that is at once bold and elusive in the Angie Newman John Gallery from Sept. 15 through Oct. 31.
“It was wonderful to have the opportunity to show with my teacher. Claire and I were able to put our heads together to install the work in the best kind of collaboration – one where the ideas flowed and visual relationships sparked in the beautiful gallery space,” said Vorlicek.
Owen’s work is displayed in dozens of collections, including The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; The National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y. In her artistic statement she explains, “The primary theme I am exploring is that of human’s relation to the animal world, as it has been interpreted through myth, fairy tale, and children’s literature.”
“Claire’s paintings and my sculptures share a sense of something being held, a stored energy,” wrote Vorlicek in her curator’s notes, “It might be in the luminous eyes of a house, or of a child that gazes out at the viewer and invites them forward, or in a crisp apple that is perched and about to topple from its nest of white ribbons into the hands of one who stands by.”
The closing reception for the exhibit was held during Parents’ Weekend. “The reception had particular resonance with me as an artist and teacher,” explained Vorlicek, “as I was able to share the evening with my first teacher from college and to present the artwork to the extended Episcopal High School community.”
