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"From Dust to Dirt" Retrospective
Lake Ocnoee News
Posted February 13, 2010
"FROM DUST TO DIRT: Retrospective of Works by Southern Abstract Realist Artist"
On Saturday, February 13 from 6-8pm, the Madison Museum of Fine Art (MMoFA) opens its newest exhibition “From Dust to Dirt,” a retrospective of oil paintings and color pencil drawings by Abstract Realist artist Henry Ransom. The Museum will host a free artist reception with food, wine, and live music to celebrate the opening. All are welcome including children.
Says Michele Bechtell, MMoFA Director, “Ransom’s works are exquisite luminous visual jewels to behold. We scheduled the reception on the eve of St. Valentine’s Day to offer visitors the opportunity to make or enhance a special evening with fine art, engaging company, and the opportunity to meet a nationally acclaimed artist. The exhibition features original works by Ransom as well as a grand 3-dimernsional still life installation replicating the intriguing earth boxes he builds in his studio and fills with found objects including Georgia red earth, cow bones, pottery shards, and smooth river rocks. These still life compositions are by themselves works of art.”
Long-time resident of Good Hope with his BFA and MFA degrees from UGA, Ransom is a nationally acclaimed artist. Winner of the prestigious Julius Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design, he is listed in Who’s Who of American Art, has work illustrated in American Artists “An Illustrated Survey of Leading American Contemporaries,” and has works in numerous museum collections throughout the US.
“From Dust to Dirt” chronicles Ransom’s four artistic periods: Peoplescapes, Floorscapes, Sheetscapes, and Earthscapes. Many of his works focus attention on the elements of earth from an up-close aerial perspective, merging his attraction to landscape with his avid interest in gardening to portray “landscape as still life.” Ransom’s works have been described as hypnotically transporting the viewer into carefully constructed environments to wander among and meditate on the exquisite details of the sacred space he creates. The randomness of each work recalls a walk thru an informal garden where the visitor finds visual surprises around every corner
MMoFA is a 501-c-3 charitable museum that brings art history to life by collecting, preserving, interpreting, and imaginatively displaying original works of art by historically significant visual artists. For more information on the free Feb 13 artist reception, call 706-485-4530 or visit www.madisonmuseum.org.
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