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February Issue 2006
SC State Museum in Columbia, SC, Features Works by Leo Twiggs
The SC State Museum in Columbia, SC, will offer the exhibition, Myths & Metaphors: The Art of Leo Twiggs, on view in the fourth-floor Recent Acquisitions Gallery, from Feb. 3 through Apr. 9, 2006.
Artist Leo Twiggs has developed his own unique form of batik painting, writing, teaching art and administered a museum and a university art department at South Carolina State University. In addition to more than 50 one-man shows, he also has served as a juror and curator for many exhibits.
Dr. Twiggs, acknowledged as one of the foremost artists in South Carolina today, credits his friends and family for influencing the subject matter of his art. "I suppose that living in the Lowcountry with my grandmother, mother, sister, brother, uncles and aunts has acted to shape what I explore in my work," Twiggs said. "The people I knew were folks who lived, loved and died in their meager environment. However, there was a dignity about that existence, an existence not unlike that of many other people in the world."
East Wind Suite was a series Twiggs produced after Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast. His family lived through the storm and Twiggs was overwhelmed by the hurricane's destruction. "To me, the hurricane series is a coming together of all the images I had produced over the years - mother, family, and people I know," said Twiggs. "The hurricane series shows people in a dire situation. They are in the wind and they are unyielding, just like the people I know."
"The retrospective will give guests the opportunity to see the beautiful surfaces, complexities of compositions and the richness of his work," said Paul Matheny, chief curator of art at the State Museum.
In addition to being one of the South's most influential teachers and artists, Twiggs has a special connection to the State Museum. "Dr. Twiggs devoted many years to the Museum by first serving on the Museum Commission appointed by the governor and later as a member of the South Carolina Museum Foundation board," said Matheny. "We have been fortunate to have his support."
On Feb. 11 Twiggs will present a lecture about his work. In addition, the museum will present the film "Homecoming: Art of Jonathan Green and Leo Twiggs" as part of the museum's "Museum and a Movie" series, in cooperation with SCETV. Additional art activities will be offered throughout the afternoon.
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or at (www.museum.state.sc.us).
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