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December Issue 2004
NC Museum
of Natural Science in Raleigh, NC, Offers Works by Grace Li Wang
& Alexa Kleinbard
Impressions of the soul and other-worldly gardens soon will grace
the walls of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Nature
Art Gallery - captured in nature-inspired paintings by Grace Li
Wang and Alexa Kleinbard. The exhibit entitled, Vistas and
Roots, runs from Dec. 3 through Jan. 30, 2005.
Wang, a native of Taipei, Taiwan, graduated from the North Carolina
State University's School of Design in 1974 with a degree in environmental
design. She has received numerous international art and design
awards, including the Designers Choice Award from International
Design Publications, and the Distinguished Art and Design Graphics
Award from the International Society for Technical Communications.
According to Wang, she strives to capture impressions of the soul
in her paintings. "I want to create imageries that become
the active force in expressing colors and forms as in nature,
with the emotional qualities that are strong and can go beyond
the realm of words," she said. After many years as an art
director for Triangle area corporations, Wang now runs her own
contemporary art gallery in Raleigh.
Alexa Kleinbard, a resident of Tallahassee, FL, has received numerous
awards for her rich, colorful paintings, including the Whitaker
Art Award and two National Endowments for the Arts Endowment Grants.
Many of her paintings have been inspired by her concern over critical
environmental issues, and are often charged with powerful images
of man's encroachment on native peoples, plants and animals.
Kleinbard's father's gardens also serve as inspiration. "My
father's hobby was gardening, and I used to follow him as he worked,"
she said. "He had beautiful gardens."
The Nature Art Gallery, inside the Museum Store, hosts new exhibitions
predominantly by Southern artists six times a year. All exhibited
art is for sale.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery
listings, call the Museum Store at 919/733-7450, ext. 360 or at
(www.naturalsciences.org).
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