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Goldsleger & Millard: Two Leading Contemporary Artists Exhibit Together at Wesleyan College
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Two of the region’s most recognized contemporary artists will exhibit together at Wesleyan College this spring. Cheryl Goldsleger’s work in various drawing and painting media, including encaustic, will be installed alongside the abstract sculpture of Larry Millard. The exhibit will be held in Wesleyan’s Murphey Art Building Gallery; it opens Wednesday, March 19, 2008 and will run through Thursday, May 1, 2008. The event is free and open to the public.
Cheryl Goldsleger’s work stems from her diverse interest in architectural space. She draws influence from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Medieval, and contemporary architecture, plus also from symbolic open-air maze and labyrinth structures. Working with architectural imagery throughout her career, Goldsleger has been compared to M.C. Escher and Giovanni Battista Piranesi for her depictions of seemingly realistic spaces that are physically impossible. Her most recent work reflects the influence of early 20th century architecture that advances a utopian vision. Much of Goldsleger’s three-dimensional encaustic and resin works represent plans and diagrams of actual structures and reflect her interest in the history of women in architecture.
Exhibiting with Goldsleger is another Georgia based artist, Larry Millard, who creates stunning indoor and outdoor minimalist sculpture out of a variety of materials including iron, bronze, steel, zinc, glass, wood, and plastic. Millard explores architectural themes and spatial relationships through the use of translucent materials. Through the layering of unexpected or seemingly unrelated materials, Millard’s abstract sculptures invite the viewer to visually or physically explore hidden interior spaces.
Millard earned his BFA at East Tennessee State University and, like Goldsleger, earned his MFA at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also a professor at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. Millard is responsible for much of the success of the UGA sculpture program, and many of his graduate students are successful professional sculptors.
Cheryl Goldsleger currently serves as Director of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University. Her teaching experience spans more than twenty years and includes painting, drawing, and printmaking instruction at universities in Georgia, North Carolina, and Philadelphia.
Both Goldsleger and Millard have exhibited internationally, presented work regularly in the United States, and won numerous awards including National Endowment for the Arts artist’s grants. Art patrons will find the sculpture of Millard in important public and private collections across the Southeast. Goldsleger’s work has been reviewed, discussed, and featured in a wide variety of publications. Her drawings and paintings are included in the permanent collections of prestigious contemporary museums around the world such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, and the High Museum in Atlanta. |
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