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February Issue
2009
NC State University
in Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Norm Schulman and Thomas Sayre
NC State University in Raleigh, NC, is presenting two new exhibits on view at the GREGG Museum of Art & Design including: Norm Schulman: A Life in Clay, on view through Mar. 29, 2009, and Thomas Sayre: New Work, on view through May 10, 2009.
Norm Schulman's work ranges from the purely functional to the purely sculptural. The exhibit will feature work from throughout his long career. Schulman said recently, "I wanted to start all over again and get back to the essence. I've been working [with clay] for 50 years, and I've been constantly changing and developing, making one series after another. But I've always wanted to do what I'm doing right now - taking care of my own creative needs."
For many, the fact that Schulman has been a teacher and a mentor to many ceramists is of equal importance to his work. He is highly regarded by his former students and coworkers. Jun Kaneko, who worked with Schulman at the Rhode Island School of Design, has said "It was an amazing experience for me to teach with Norm. We had very different approaches but got along really good. He is an amazing artist and has so much knowledge and always works. I think everything good about Norm."
The exhibition, catalog and tour of the exhibition are made possible by the generous support of the Windgate Charitable Foundation. Additional support is provided by Highwater Clays, Inc. and Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts. The catalog of the exhibition will be available at the Museum front desk. This exhibition was organized by the Asheville Art Museum and Curated by Frank Thomson.
You'll find Thomas Sayre's monumental public art sculptures around the country and around the world. For this Gregg Museum exhibition, Sayre is creating a group of site-specific earthcast sculptures. These tree spade forms will tilt slightly on their side allowing the viewer to engage with his work in a new way. In addition to the earth castings are Sayre's large scale paintings of carbon, pastels, and iron oxide on Masonite.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 919/515-3503 or visit (www.ncsu.edu/gregg/).
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