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LEGALLY TWENTY-ONE IN TIME FOR VISTA LIGHTSSOUTH CAROLINADEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLESDRIVER’S LICENSEVISTA STUDIOS/GALLERY 80808808 LADY STREETCOLUMBIA SC 29201RECEPTION: 11-17-2011TIME: 5-9 PMDURING VISTA LIGHTSOPENING: 11-10-2011EXPIRES: 11-29-2011DOB: 1990VistaStudios80808.com803-252-6134Ethel Brody Stephen Chesley Heidi Darr-HopeJeff Donovan Pat Gilmartin Robert KennedySusan Lenz Sharon Licata Laurie McIntoshMichel McNinch Kirkland Smith Laura Spong David YaghjianOctober 27 - November 8, 2011if Art Gallery FIVE YEARSat if Art Gallery and Gallery 80808/Vista StudiosColumbia Museum of Artcontinued from Page 21Society, New York City’s first museum School: Nature and the American Vision,and one of the nation’s oldest collecting published by Skira Rizzoli Publications,institutions,” stated Louise Mirrer, PresidentInc. Featuring 150 full-color illustrationsand CEO. “Nowhere is this mission of works from the acclaimed collection ofmore vital than in the traveling exhibition the New-York Historical Society, the catalogueNature and the American Vision. This tourplaces the splendid paintings in thekeeps in public view some of the most traveling exhibition into a broad historicalimportant works of Thomas Cole, Frederic and cultural context. Dr. Ferber receivedChurch, Albert Bierstadt, John Kensett, the 2010 Henry Allen Moe Prize for CataloguesJasper Cropsey, Asher B. Durand, Georgeof Distinction in the Arts from theInness and many others: the first artists New York State Historical Association forto have created a consciously American the volume.tradition of painting.”The Historical Society’s rich holdingsNature and the Grand American Vision of American art date back to the secondhas traveled to The Amon Carter Museum,half of the 19th century, when the museumFort Worth, TX (February 26- June acquired, through generous donation, the19, 2011); the Peabody Essex Museum, extensive painting collections formed bySalem, MA (July 30 - November 6, 2011); pioneering New York art patron Lumanand now to the Columbia Museum of Reed (1787-1836). By 1944, the SocietyArt, Columbia, SC (November 17, 2011 was also home to the extraordinary collection- April 1, 2012); and finally to the newof Hudson River School art amassedCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, by Robert Leighton Stuart (1806-1882),Bentonville, AR (May - August, 2012). another of New York’s prominent 19thcenturyThe paintings will then return to theirart patrons. Works once belongingrenovated home.to these pioneering American collectorsN-YHS Senior Art Historian Dr. Linda form the core of the traveling exhibition.S. Ferber, curator of the exhibition, said, The New-York Historical Society, one“The New-York Historical Society houses of America’s pre-eminent cultural institutionsone of the oldest and most comprehensiveis dedicated to fostering researchcollections of landscape paintings by and presenting exhibitions and publicartists of the Hudson River School. We programs that reveal the dynamism ofwelcome this unique opportunity to share history and its influence on the world ofthese treasures with a national audience.” today. Founded in 1804, the Society has aAdditional support has been generously mission to explore the richly layered historyprovided by these sponsors: BlueCrossof New York City and State and theBlueShield of South Carolina, BB&T and country, and to serve as a national forumJohn and Kay Bachmann. This exhibitionfor the discussion of issues surroundingis supported by an indemnity from the making and meaning of history.the Federal Council on the Arts and the The Society is recognized for engagingHumanities. A Tru Vue Optium® Conservationthe public with deeply researched andGrant from The Foundation of the far-ranging exhibitions, such as AlexanderAmerican Institute for Conservation of Hamilton: The Man Who Made ModernHistoric & Artistic Works has supported America; Slavery in New York; Drawn byglazing of the works in the exhibition. New York: Six Centuries of WatercolorsThe exhibition is accompanied by and Drawings at the New-York Historicalan award-winning 224-page catalogue Society; Grant and Lee in War and Peace;by Linda S. Ferber: The Hudson Rivercontinued above on next column to the rightPage 22 - Carolina Arts, November 2011Table of ContentsCity Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, willpresent the exhibit, New Abstracts, featuringmixed media works by Rod Wimer, onview from Nov. 17 through Dec. 23, 2011.A reception will be held on Nov. 17, from 5- 9pm in conjunction with Columbia’s VistaLights celebration.Lincoln and New York; and The GratefulDead: Now Playing at the New-York HistoricalSociety. Supporting these exhibitionsand related education programs isone of the world’s greatest collections ofhistorical artifacts, works of American andEuropean art, and material culture documentingthe history of the United Statesand New York.For further information check ourSC Institutional Gallery listings, call theMuseum at 803/799-2810 or visit (www.columbiamuseum.org).City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC,Features Works by Rod WimerWork by Rod WimerSkilled at the melding of contemporarystyles, Wimer blends sensitive tonality withvivid color to compose paintings that definevisual aesthetics.Wimer said, “My current abstract collagedworks are all about my never endingexperimentation with found objects and mylove of texture and color in all its forms.These large format canvas collages are constructedof an undergirding of acrylic paint,oil pastel, and graphite. I then continue tobuild layers with both found and hand-madepapers, fibers, and more layers of paint andpastel. I am heavily influenced by the cleanWork by Rod Wimerlines of mid-century modern design, andyet, I also love the veiled chaos of abstractionin the organic nature that surrounds us.”Collectors of the artist’s work often commenton his range and versatility. His subjectmatter includes abstracts, landscapes,and contemporary human figures.“I love the process of creating textureswith hand-made paper, leaves, fabric, sand,and found objects,” Wimer said. “I employthe use of color schemes, both strong andneutral, depending on the emotion I desireto convey in the final work. I often employmore neutralized color schemes in an effortto focus on composition. My watercolorabstracts are infused with colored pencil,graphite, and oil pastel. I enjoy experimentingwith new ways to add texture to thismedium. I use knives and razor blades to“scrape” the paper or canvas, which createscontinued on Page 23