Current Exhibitions
Dominance and Affection: New Work by Bethany Krull
July 24, 2010-January 30, 2011
In the Sylvia L. Rosen Gallery for Fine Art in Craft Media
Opening Celebration: August 13, 2010 from 5:30-7:30pm
As part of the Burchfield Penney's biennial Art in Craft Media exhibition funded by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment, the Langley H. Kenzie Award was developed to recognize an outstanding artist from the juried exhibition with a solo show honoring Mrs. Kenzie's dedication as an artist in the craft medium. The work of artist Bethany Krull is a playful examination of our relationship to creatures in our world our pets. Dominance and Affection looks at the complexity of how we care for these pets with love and restraint, in cages but with elaborate seemingly human comfort. This approach allows us to think about the complexity of all things in our lives we consider dear, our friends, partners and possessions.
George William Eggers (1883-1958)
June 26 - October 10, 2010
In the Corridor Gallery
Opening celebration: Friday, August 13, 2010 from 5:30-7:30pm
In 1974, Bernard Karpel donated the George William Eggers Archive, a collection of art, sketchbooks, notebooks, teaching aids and memorabilia by an artist who had led a distinguished professional life as an artist, museum director, and art school administrator. This exhibition features some of the exquisitely rendered figure drawings, landscapes, and prints for which Eggers became known.
Celebrating James Litz
June 19 - October 3, 2010
In the R. William Doolittle Gallery
Opening celebration: Friday, August 13 from 5:30-7:30pm
James Litz (1948-2009) was one of WNY’s most beloved primitive painters. This exhibition is in memory the artist who passed away in 2009 and a celebration of his life and work. Litz started painting, quite accidentally, when he was 33 and quickly, his new found passion became his refuge from the memories of his service in Vietnam which haunted him. Litz’s resulting style was "primitive-naïve" oil and acrylic paintings that featured colorful and humorous characters and scenes for which he will be remembered.
Julie Lewitzky: Friends and Other Beings
March 23 - December 11, 2010
In the Useum
Opening Celebration: Friday, April 9 from 5:30-8:30pm
Julie Lewitzky has created Friends and Other Beings for our youngest visitors and their companions. Her whimsical imagination has turned ordinary materials into a fanciful neighborhood filled with a magical house, lively animals, and a backyard space to play with friendly creatures. Friends and Other Beings is full of distinctive characters that inhabit this quirky space and invite you into their world.
Works by Charles Cary Rumsey
January 23 – January 30, 2011
In the Charles Cary Rumsey Gallery.
Opening Celebration: Friday, January 22, 2010 from 5:30-8:30pm
In 1902, Charles Cary Rumsey went to Paris, a city that contains a wealth of bronze sculptures by French artists known as “animaliers” for their spirited depictions of animals. Their Beaux-Arts era work epitomized a romantic sense of naturalism through movement, conflict, and the picturesque. Although Rumsey sculpted many different animals, he had a special affinity for portraying horses. This exhibition explores Rumsey’s style, from its animalier roots to horse portraits and equestrian works.
