{"id":12818,"date":"2016-01-12T13:38:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=12818"},"modified":"2017-07-11T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:06:16","slug":"art-connects-dayton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2016\/01\/12\/art-connects-dayton\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Connects Dayton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"artinstitute\"<\/a>You do not have to be an art major to appreciate the arts that are on display at the Dayton Art Institute. Right now, the institute has three displays, all of which are created by Ohioan artists, with some even from the Miami Valley.<\/p>\n

Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth, the Kettering Exhibition Coordinator and Curatorial Associate for the Institute, spoke with the Clarion, providing backstories for the displays\u2014some of the stories behind the work were just as interesting as the art themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhotographs by Ohio Art Educators\u201d is a display of five works by art educators from Ohio. The purpose of the display is to give people new ways to see and understanding the visual world. The photographs in this exhibition are drawn from the collection of The Dayton Art Institute, demonstrating the range of artists who are also educators within the Dayton community. Their work influences the approach of future generations of artists and thinkers.<\/p>\n

By showcasing works made from one medium, photography, this presentation narrows its lens in order to note the rich depth of possibility this medium can offer, as well as see the various nuances and the aesthetic choices of each artist.<\/p>\n

One teacher whose work is featured on display is Sinclair Photography professor Richard E. Jurus II, whose works have been displayed in Building 13\u2019s art gallery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have used his art and others from Sinclair Community College before,\u201d Katherine said. \u201c We contact their Fine Arts department and after confirmation, we went and picked them up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another exhibition is \u201cVisions and Dreams: Threaded works of Mary Borkowski.\u201d This was previously showcased at Sinclair.<\/p>\n

A native of Sulphur Lick Springs, Ohio, Borkowski spent much of her life in Dayton and began quilting in 1930. In 1965 she created her work on silk, felt or velvet backgrounds with silk thread and yarn. She called this type of work \u201cthread painting,\u201d and these form her singular contribution to traditional fiber arts.<\/p>\n

The subject matter is generally drawn from events in Borkowski\u2019s life, through what she calls her \u201cstring pictures,\u201d which can also be described as surreal and strange. The effect resembles embroidery, but with more depth and texture. Borkowski was untrained in the fine arts, and her resulting work presents a unique interior vision all her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Borkowski exhibition is presented in conjunction with the special exhibition \u2018American Sampler: Grandma Moses and the Handicraft Tradition,\u2019 as they are untrained artists whose initial preferred mediums were embroidery\/thread paintings, but Borkowski\u2019s work takes a very different tone and is much more allegorical\/social commentary than the work of Moses. While Mary Borkowski likely knew of Grandma Moses\u2019 paintings, she would not have known about Moses\u2019 embroideries and I would not go so far as to say Borkowski was influenced by Moses,\u201d Siegwarth said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSites of Worship\u201d presents depictions of churches, temples, mosques and other locations of prayer from around the world. Highlighting the context and architectural grandeur of these sites, the exhibition demonstrates commonalities among places of prayer. This display draws from the works on paper collection of The Dayton Art Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe museum is a civic institution open to all, and we encourage dialogue around the art presented, of which this exhibition demonstrates one small glimpse of the over 17,000 works on paper housed at the museum,\u201d Siegwarth said.<\/p>\n

The Dayton Art Institute was able to acquire art from the Cleveland Art Museum for an exhibition titled \u201cToil and Leisure: The Evolution of French Landscape Painting in the 18th and 19th Centuries,\u201d which depicts landscape of the 18th and 19th century Europe and its ties to social commentary.<\/p>\n

French artist Paul C\u00e9zanne painted \u201cThe pigeon Tower at Bellevue,\u201d a towering rock formation in the small town of Bellevue in southern France, with an exaggeration of the rock\u2019s shape, extending it vertically and to the left, creating a geometric focal point of interest in the composition.<\/p>\n

Contemporaries of C\u00e9zanne\u2019s contemporaries Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Jean Fran\u00e7ois Millet and Charles Fran\u00e7ois Daubign used similar styles of art as forms of social protest that would show the gap between the upper class and the working class. One art form used in this time period was Rococo, as a retaliation against the grandeur, symmetry, and strict regulations.<\/p>\n

Using a more jocular, florid, and graceful approach, this style of art was ornate and used light colors, asymmetrical designs, curves, and gold. \u201cToil and Leisure\u201d will only be displayed until January 10, but will return to the museum in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want those that come to the galleries to have a connection when visiting the Art Institute,\u201d said Siegwarth. \u201cWe have displays reaching over five millennia that could help us connect by reaching into our past.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.daytonartinstitute.org.<\/p>\n

Jimaur Calhoun<\/strong>
\nA&E Editor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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