January Issue 2001
Gibbes Museum Of Art in Charleston, SC, Features Exhibition of Marine Paintings
Standing on a shore and looking outward over an infinite body of water can conjure up a variety of compelling images from roguish men manipulating their way through rough seas on magnificent ships, to exotic and mythical creatures like dolphins and mermaids, and scenes of immigrants arriving upon the shores of a new homeland. American artists have captured this general fascination with marine culture ever since the colonial times.
The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC, is pleased to present From Ship To Shore: Marine Paintings from the Butler Institute of American Art - a traveling exhibition of approximately 60 works of art from the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. The exhibit will run from Jan. 19 - Mar. 18.
This exhibition shows various interpretations of the sea and the life that revolves around it. You will see portraits of sailing vessels from the 17th century - broadside views in painstaking detail of the instruments that represented commerce, transportation, adventure and physical power. Also exhibited are depictions of America's coastlines as they have been documented for hundreds of years, including modem representations of coastal life ranging from cubist harbor buildings that obliterate any actual view of the coast to the American scene movement portraying the energy and realities of New York City's harbor.
The works comprising From Ship To Shore are drawn from the permanent collection of the Butler Institute of American Art. The museum's founder, industrialist Joseph G. Butler, Jr., was an early collector of marine works and ship portraiture. His response to the marine genre was one of a genteel patron paying homage to the majesty of the earliest American fleets and the power of the sea. Throughout the past 75 years of the Butler's existence, the marine collection has been enhanced by continuous acquisitions of ship portraiture and artvork reflecting the mystery and beauty of marine culture.
A variety of public programs are planned to focus and study From Ship To Shore.
For more info check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call 843/722-2706 or on the web at (http://www.gibbes.com).
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