December Issue 2001
Black Mountain Center for the Arts in Black Mountain, NC, Features Miniature Exhibit
The Third Annual Juried International Miniature
Art Exhibit and Sale will be on display Dec. 1-31 at the Black
Mountain Center for the Arts in Black Mountain, NC. Miniature
works of art from across the US and around the world will be included
in this competition. Presented along with the juried exhibit will
be the Miniature Art Society of America Traveling Exhibit,
featuring the work of dozens of national miniaturists.
Miniature art is a specialty art, not a novelty art. This unique
art form, based on minute scale, traces its roots back to the
book painting and illuminated manuscripts of the 7th century.
These are most often extremely detailed works, exquisite in color
with a strength of composition which more than competes with larger
paintings. Today's miniatures generally use the gentle l/6th guide,
limiting subjects to no more than one sixth of the actual size
of the subject.
A miniature usually takes as long or longer to produce as a large piece of art. A fine miniature can be magnified many times over and it will still hold together as a fine work of art of much greater size. Techniques such as stippling, hatching and pointillism are sometimes only discovered under magnification. (Magnifying glasses will be provided for viewers of the exhibit!)
Ann Vaselik of Asheville, NC will be judging the works this year. Vaselik is well known as a painter, illustrator and teacher throughout the country, with numerous solo shows, awards and commissions. Her work is contained in private and corporate collections.
For more info check our NC Institutional Gallery listings or call 828/869-0930.
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