1/12/2024 0 Comments Columbus museum of art paintingsThe painting’s title, “What Shall I Cry?,” refers to a biblical passage from Isaiah regarding the fleeting nature of life on Earth.Ĭoady Brown’s oil portrait “Hypnosis” is a mesmerizing scene of a seated woman, her eyes closed, one arm folded over her head and the other propping her up. Portraits include Greg Breda’s beautiful acrylic depiction of an African American woman with a contemplative expression on her face and positioned against a background of cherry blossoms. Jerrell Gibbs’ big and colorful “Lady in a Blue Dress” was inspired by, among others, two Henri Matisse works in the museum collection, “Lorette in a Red Jacket” and “Woman by a Window.”Įqually flamboyant in its size and colors is Hilary Pecis’ acrylic still life “Tulips, Ranunculus and Oranges,” also paying homage to Matisse and especially the 1992 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, referred to by Pecis with a copy of the poster in the background of her painting. Intriguingly, in their pieces, many of the young artists have referenced famous artists or art works, including some of those already in the museum collection. “In calling the show ‘Present Generations,’ there’s a feeling that this is really up-to-the-minute work that is coming into the museum and yet will be here for generations,” Cann said. “The show feels like where contemporary art is at right now,” said Tyler Cann, the museum’s director of exhibitions and curator of contemporary art who organized the exhibit. The Scantland Collection, recently given to the museum by members of the Scantland family of central Ohio, is on view in the exhibit “Present Generations” on the second floor of the Walter Wing at the Downtown museum.Ĭreated by 27 living artists, the paintings, photographic works, installations and sculptures represent the wide-ranging interests of the collectors (especially Pete Scantland, founder and CEO of Orange Barrel Media) as well as the artistic and societal interests of the artists. Twenty-seven bold new contemporary works of art -a recent gift to the Columbus Museum of Art -provide a snapshot of what a group of diverse American artists are creating these days.
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