APPLETON, WIS. — Abstract paintings, the intersection of fashion and art and manuscript illuminations will be featured in the latest exhibition at Lawrence University’s Wriston Art Center galleries. The exhibition runs Sept. 22 – Oct. 28.
Chicago painter Todd Chilton, whose abstract images will be displayed in the Kohler Gallery, will be the exhibition’s featured speaker Friday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. A reception with the artist will follow the address, which is free and open to the public.
Chilton’s work often focuses on simple, layered geometric patterns that reveal a subtle sense of humor while also creating a visual tension between openness and resistance. His work was featured last year in solo exhibitions at The Suburban in Oak Park, Ill., and the Contemporary Art Workshop in Chicago. He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Brigham Young University in 2002 and a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005.
“Turn of the Century Art and Fashion” will be featured in the Hoffmaster Gallery. Pairing garments from the Lawrence theatre department with images from the Wriston galleries’ permanent collection, the show explores the influence of fashion on art. It focuses on fashion trends of the late 19th through the early 20th centuries.
Late medieval and early Renaissance manuscript illuminations will be featured in the Leech Gallery exhibition “The Illuminated Book.” The exhibition was organized and researched by Lawrence students in the art history course of the same name.
Wriston Art Center hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday from noon – 4 p.m. The gallery is closed on Mondays. For more information, call 920-832-6621 or visit http://www.lawrence.edu/news/wriston/.
