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Friday, July 3, 2009
All programs are FREE with museum
admission unless otherwise noted.
OPENING
10:00 am
DIFFERENT AT EVERY TURN:
CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS OF THE HUDSON RIVER
JULY 3–AUGUST 23, 2009
Since
it was first captured by Thomas Cole in the early 19th
century, the Hudson River has meant many things to many artists.
Different at Every Turn: Contemporary Painters of the Hudson River
features the work of 17 contemporary artists, each revealing a personal
connection with a different aspect of the river. As it travels up the
length of the Hudson Valley, Different at Every Turn conveys 17
distinct viewpoints of a single entity—from remembrances of September 11
to scenic natural vistas that speak to the intrusion of civilization on
the river’s environs, rendered in styles as varied as abstraction and
realism. The exhibition, according to its curator, Virginia Creighton,
“gives us a diverse array of visual images, each a small event of
illumination revealing different imaginative realities of the river.
These works remind us that the Hudson River is a constantly changing and
inspiring force.” Organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of
Henry Hudson’s historic exploration, the exhibition will be hung in the
museum’s Rice House Gallery.
Above: Along the Arthur Kill, Bill Murphy, watercolor on paper
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