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May Issue 2008
Corrigan Gallery in Charleston, SC,
Offers Works by Richard Hagerty
The
Corrigan Gallery in Charleston, SC, is very pleased to present
Celebration, a show of works by Richard Hagerty opening
on May 15. The work will hang through June 15, 2008. This special
show is also a Piccolo Spoleto Festival Invitational Exhibition,
observing Hagerty's status as the commissioned official poster
artist for the 30th Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
Surgeon Richard (Duke) Hagerty began painting
before medical school honed his eye and hand coordination. He
is a self taught artist who draws his surreal, fantasy based imagery
from dreams, mythology, history, science, and stories. Painting,
he believes, is the language of the unconscious; the act of painting
itself is as close as we get to dreaming in the conscious state.
He works in a variety of media, including pen and ink, watercolor
and oil. He has been a working artist for thirty years.
This former Charleston City Councilman is widely acclaimed for
his fantasy paintings in which he utilizes free association to
craft psychologically potent dreamscapes. Hagerty's work recalls
that of Dali, Bosch, Brueghel, Kandinsky, Miro, Klee and Chagall.
The symbolic art movement preceding World War II and the influence
of the iconographic mark making of the Latin American and Asian
cultures is evident in his work.
Often works are based on the Hagerty's personal myth experiences and their connection to the collective unconscious. His works captured the viewer's attention with movement, color and a complex story tantalizes far beyond a simple viewing of the work. Whether figurative or geometric, the work is familiar yet not. It carries the audience on a journey beyond time and place to an arena where all is possible and fantastical scenarios can play out. References are many; stories behind the imagery often remain untold; and the complexity of the repetition of images over the 30 years of painting remains to be unraveled.
Hagerty was the 2007 Piccolo Spoleto Children's Festival Poster Artist with his painting, Dream Children. He was also selected as the Piccolo Spoleto poster artist, in 1984 and 1990 and was a 2003 Piccolo Spoleto Invitational Exhibition artist. His paintings have appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1979 throughout the southeastern region and in New York. Hagerty's work is in the collection of the Gibbes Museum of Art. He had a solo show at the Gibbes Art Gallery (now Museum of Art) in 1991. The Tippy Stern Fine Art gallery exhibition entitled Paintings in May 2001 featured works by Hagerty along with two other artists.
The Corrigan Gallery presents art with a future
instilled with intellect. Varied, thoughtful, provoking works
are presented in an intimate space for the viewing pleasure of
all. Bringing 20 years of Charleston art experience to collectors
and presenting artists with up to fifty years of creating as well
as those in the early years of their careers, the gallery provides
a fresh alternative to the traditional southern art scene. Located
in the heart of the historic district, the gallery combines the
charm of the old city of Charleston with a look to the future.
Paintings, drawings, fine art prints, photography and sculpture
are readily available for the discriminating collector. Artists
represented include Manning Williams, Karin Olah, Candice Flewharty,
Gordon Nicholson, Mary Walker, Gene Speer, Richard Hartnett, Kevin
Bruce Parent, John Moore, JD Cummings, Kristi Ryba, Sue Simons
Wallace, Daryl Knox, Lynne Riding, Lese Corrigan and Paul Mardikian.
For further information check our SC Commercial
Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/722-9868 or visit (www.corrigangallery.com).
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