APPLETON, WIS. — A mid-career retrospective of noted abstract painter Leslie Vansen highlights the latest exhibition at Lawrence’s Wriston Art Center Galleries. The new exhibition runs September 26 – Nov. 2.
A professor of painting and drawing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Vansen will deliver the exhibition’s opening lecture Friday, Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. A reception with the artist will follow the address, which is free and open to the public.
Vansen’s acrylic abstract paintings on canvas and paper explore metaphoric investigations into the functions of work, time and repetitive figurative movement through space. Her work will be featured in the Hoffmaster and Kohler galleries.
A member of the UWM faculty since 1978 and an active member of the College Art Association, Vansen earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa and an MFA from the University of Colorado.
The exhibition also will include “Requiem” in the Leech Gallery. Organized by senior art major Andrew Kincaid, the display will feature works inspired by the pop, minimal and abstract expressionist movements from Lawrence’s own permanent collection.
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 Mondays. For more information, call 920-832-6621 or visit http://www.lawrence.edu/news/wriston/.
