May Issue 2002
Tippy Stern Fine Art in Charleston, SC, Presents Exhibit of Works by Bridget Dobson to Benefit the Gibbes Museum of Art's Educational Outreach Programs
In charting a new
direction for Tippy Stern Fine Art, in Charleston, SC, the gallery's
owner and director Tippy Stern Brickman will present an exhibition
of Atlanta, GA, based artist Bridget Dobson's fanciful paintings.
The benefit weekend will take place Apr. 18-21, 2002, while the
exhibition itself will continue through May 17, 2002.
In her desire to engage in more community outreach events and activities, Tippy Stern Brickman is working with the Gibbes Museum of Art and Saks Fifth Avenue in a fund-raising weekend to help the Gibbes' Educational Outreach Programs. Brickman explains this special Benefit in this way, "The entire weekend is centered on fundraising to help Educational Outreach Programs of the Gibbes Museum of Art. As part of our festivities for Bridget Dobson Weekend, Saks Fifth Avenue will contribute ten percent of their sales for those four days to the Gibbes Museum. We encourage everyone to shop Saks, or join us at the Gibbes Museum or at our gallery as a way to support the outreach programs of the Museum."
Dobson, who has recently had a highly successful one-woman show in New York and who has an on-going tour of sixty of her paintings traveling for more than two years to museums across the country, paints with a fanciful narrative style reminiscent of Chagall, Matisse and other 20th Century Modernists. Dobson's penchant for narrative painting has remarkably evolved out of her many years as a screenwriter and producer on such soap operas shows as Santa Barbara, As the World Turns, The Guiding Light and General Hospital. The artist's paintings tend to be character driven, with a distinctively loose and romanticized style of figuration that simultaneously suggests a whimsical eye, an eye for the decorative, as well as an ability to visually make some meaningful insights into human nature.
After years of writing drama for television, and collaborating with numerous professionals to fabricate a finished production, Dobson relishes her metamorphosis into an individualistic visual artist. "The joy of painting something of my own is indescribable. My paintings have a genesis in my relationship with my husband, but they are more generally the relationships of women to men. There are universal emotional truths reflected in my paintings." For her exhibition, Dobson is engaged in creating some images of Charleston. "The city is such a beautiful and enchanting place, with its elegant buildings, cobblestone streets, palmetto trees and rich multi-layered culture. It is sheer visual inspiration for someone like me."
Scheduled Events For Bridget Dobson Weekend Include:
Apr. 18, 2002, 5-7pm - Bridget Dobson Reception to Benefit the Gibbes Museum of Art's Educational Outreach Programs At Saks 5th Ave. Saks will donate 10% of the amount of purchases made during the reception to the Gibbes.
Apr. 19, 2002, 5-8 pm - Opening Reception At Tippy Stern Fine Art, LLC. in honor of Bridget Dobson's Show the Gallery will contribute 10% of each sale of the artist's work to the Gibbes Museum of Art
Apr. 20, 2002, 1-3 pm - Book Signing at the Saks 5th Avenue Club. Contact: Sonya Livingston 843/805-1111
Apr. 20, 2002, 4-5 pm - Artist's Talk at Tippy Stern Fine Art, LLC.
Saks Fifth Avenue will also donate 10% of purchases made by supporters of the Gibbes Apr. 19-20 to the Museum's Educational Outreach Programs.
For further information check our SC Commercial Galery listings, call the gallery at 843/534-0028, e-mail at (tippyb@earthlink.net) or on the web at (www.tippysternfineart.com).
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