Feature Articles

September Issue 2002

Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, Presents Two Exhibitions to Kick Off Season

High and Low: Printmakers Views of Society, 1600-1800 is on view in the University's Rutledge Gallery and Two Ways With Wood: Bob Kopf and Randy Shull is on view in the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery. Both exhibition will be on view through Oct. 28, 2002. The Rutledge and Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Galleries are located in the historic Rutledge Building on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.

High and Low: Printmakers Views of Society, 1600-1800 features thirty-six prints from the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, that expose the social, cultural, and political issues of their times. The exhibition's title High and Low refers to its focus on the representation of all classes of European society, from beggars and harlots to King George III and Queen Charlotte. The exhibition is divided into three parts: The Family, Politics, and The Arts. Prominent printmakers of the day including Jacques Callot, William Hogarth, and James Gillray are featured. Curated by Winthrop art history professor Dr. Laura Dufresne, the exhibition was designed and researched by her students to include curriculum teacher packets for distribution in Rock Hill School District Three as well as a scholarly and informative publication. Dr. Dufresne will present a lecture about the exhibition Sept. 19 at 7 pm in Rutledge Auditorium.

Two Ways With Wood: Bob Kopf and Randy Shull opens to the public Sept. 5 in the Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery and continues through Oct. 28. Asheville, NC's Randy Shull and Walnut Cove, NC's Bob Kopf are among the finest artists and craftsmen working in wood today. Their individual work, however, is quite distinctive. Shull refers to his work as sculpture. Though it may include functional objects, in many respects his work is more about visual ideas or allusion. Shull's painted pieces are constructed so that the idea of furniture functions beyond use, beyond the nature of the materials used. His works exist as 3-dimensional images.

Bob Kopf's wooden pieces rely upon the specific nature of the wood components to suggest, and to construct a given functional design. Any meaning in the work is dependent upon the character of the wood and his techniques. Still, his furniture pieces can also assume a sculptural role through their distinct formal qualities. Randy Shull will give a lecture about his work on Sept. 5, at 7pm in the Rutledge Auditorium. On Sept. 6, Bob Kopf will give a workshop beginning at 10am in Rutledge G36. The workshop will focus on the decision making in his design process. All events and programs are open and free to the public.

For more information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call Tom Stanley, Gallery Director at 803-323-2493 or e-mail at (stanleyt@winthrop.edu).

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