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Top: Along the Arthur
Kill, Bill Murphy ,
watercolor on paper
Bottom: Whale's Journey Up the Hudson,
Virginia Creighton, oil on canvas
Above right: All Creation, Thomas Nelson,
oil on Masonite
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.
Artists include Robert Berlind, Creighton, Simon Gaon, Heidi Gluck,
Susanna Heller, Bill Hochhausen, Yvonne Jacquette, Herbert Katzman,
Ellen Kozak, Diana Kurz, Cynthia Mailman, Peter McCaffrey, Bill Murphy,
Thomas Nelson, Susan Pyzow, Sylvia Sleigh, and Sidney Tillim.
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