Bentley RSM Gallery To Showcase Works Of John Guthrie

WALTHAM, MA — The RSM Gallery is preparing to open its latest exhibit on the Bentley University campus.

Opening night for "EVOLUTION", a selection of paintings and drawings by Boston-based artist John Guthrie, is scheduled for May 13. An artist talk at 5 p.m. will preface an opening reception starting at 5:30 p.m.

Informed by his background in aerospace engineering, Guthrie has gravitated towards the expansive potential of abstraction within both the visual arts and sciences, a news release from the university said.

"Over the past thirty years as an artist, Guthrie has constructed a vocabulary of high-key color and crisp geometry through deftly composed abstract paintings, it said. "His work has evolved around principles of queerness and abstraction, challenging the viewer to see beyond visual conventions."

As part of the emerging Queer Abstraction movement, Guthrie subverts structures of the color wheel and the grid through his personal color theory, interacting geometries, and immersive compositions, according to the release.

As the artist states: “The elegance of queerness is that it moves fluidly across binaries. Something queer can be both, neither, or either.”

The exhibit runs from May 13 to Sept. 15. The gallery is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 1 to 7 p.m. on Sunday.

The RSM Gallery is located on the main floor of the Bentley University Library.