Thursday, January 19, 2017

BU exhibit features drawings

from between the world wars
The Binghamton Univer-
sity Art Museum will open
its winter exhibits from 5 to
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in
room 213 of the Fine Arts
Building on BU’s campus.
The Main Gallery exhib-
it, “Works on Paper Be-
tween the Wars,” will show
nearly 100 prints and draw-
ings from the 1920s, ’30s,
and ’40s that were donated
to the museum over the last
year by Binghamton resi-
dents Gil and Deborah Wil-
liams. The opening recep-
tion will feature a 6 p.m.
performance of original
musical compositions writ-
ten by students of professor
Daniel Thomas Davis and
inspired by works on view.
The exhibit highlights a
gift of more than 400 works
on paper, all donated in 2016
by the Williamses. The sub-
ject of the prints and draw-
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ings on view express the

nostalgic desires of people
at the time, but they also
reflect deeper concerns of
many Americans during
this period.
In the Susan M. Reifer
and Stanley J. Reifer Mez-
zanine Gallery, additional
prints and drawings of the
same period, also donated
by the Williamses, are
paired with vintage clothing
in an exhibit titled “Fash-
ionable Impressions: Art
and Clothing in Dialogue,”
curated by Andrea Lenci-
Cerchiara and Barbara
Wolfe, costume designers
and faculty from the BU PROVIDED
theater department, and PROVIDED The drawings donated by Gil and Deborah Williams express the
assisted by Marnie Halpern The Binghamton University Art Museum will exhibit prints and nostalgic desires of people from the 1920s through ‘40s, along with
and Jordana Braverman. drawings from the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s that were donated to the deeper concerns of many Americans during that period.
Gil Williams will speak museum by Binghamton residents Gil and Deborah Williams.
with the director of the
museum, Diane Butler, anthropology. Each object Kurdish Collection at the
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about the process of col-
lecting art and tell anec-
dotes about some of the
works on view and the art-
ists who made them, at 12
p.m. Feb. 16.
Four other exhibitions
will open Jan. 26:
» In the Nancy J. Powell
Lower Galleries is “Kindred
Spirits: The Graphic Work
of Rockwell Kent & Lynd
Ward,” an exhibit of addi-
tional work on loan from the
Williamses features two
printmakers known for
their book illustrations,
curated by undergraduate
students Matthew Pitcher
and Therese Ferrara.
» ”Envisioning the Past”
draws on works in the mu-
seum’s permanent collec-
tion and curated by the
Undergraduate Art History
Association.
» ”Issues in Accessioning
Pre-Hispanic Objects” is
curated by Fernando Flo-
res, a graduate student in
illustrates a particular
problem that museums
confront when managing
gifts with unclear prove-
nance or record of owner-
ship.
» ”A Glimpse of Daily
Life in Iraqi Kurdistan” is
organized by Aynur de
Rouen, the curator of the
Binghamton University
Libraries. It features pho-
tographs on loan from the
Vera Beaudin Saeedpour
Kurdish Library and Mu-
seum Collection.
All events are free. For
more information, visit
binghamton.edu/art-
museum.