NEW ART EXHIBITIONS COMING TO SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE’S DULGAR AND THIEL GALLERIES

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to present two exhibitions in galleries on the college’s Main Campus in South Holland.

The first exhibit, entitled Rinnio Della Vita, will be on display in the Dorothea Thiel Gallery through Thursday, September 12th.  There will also be an Artist Reception for artists Anne Farley Gaines and Geoffrey Novelli on September 12th from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  According to artists Gaines and Novelli, the subject of “renewal” in this exhibit, or “rinnio della vita” in Italian, is expressed in multiple ways.  Spiritual renewal is evidenced by Gaines in “The Form of the Fourth,” a very recent watercolor triptych.  Another type of renewal is the re-use of materials, such as the yellow enamel pans that Novelli has used for the eyes of “Bumblebee” and the metal strips for wings. The two artists also are showing off a few pieces of older works in the exhibit, thus infusing them with renewed life and exposure to a new audience.  Renewal is a very positive concept, and Gaines and Novelli feel that the world needs as much positive energy brought into it as possible.

The second exhibit is from Chicago-based artist Barbara Hashimoto.  Her solo exhibition FĪNĀLIS Coming will be in the Lee E. Dulgar Gallery through September 18th with the artist reception to be held at 12:30 p.m. on September 11th.  FĪNĀLIS Coming features multiple works that signify a shift towards the culmination of Hashimoto’s monumental environmental art project, The Junk Mail Experiment.  This exhibition explores the creative practice involved in building a multi-year project and relates how an artist’s ideas can be realized through research, process, and the exploration of materials.  FĪNĀLIS Coming includes new work in installation, sculpture, and photography.  Though the role of materiality is significant, Hashimoto’s work is researched-based and conceptually driven.  Working in a broad array of media, she is particularly known for both her ceramic- and paper-based work of intimate scale as well as her expansive environmental art projects embracing activism and community engagement.

The public is welcome to visit art exhibitions and receptions at no charge.  The Thiel Gallery is on the fourth floor in the Art & Design hallway and is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., and closed on weekends and holidays.  The galleries are supported in part by the SSC Foundation. 

SSC is located at 15800 South State Street, South Holland, Illinois.  Call (708) 596-2000, ext. 2445 or ext. 2300 for more information.